Contents
Oceanology

Vol. 38, No. 6, 1998

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from / Interperiodica Publishing (Russia).
Oceanology ISSN 0001-4370.

Marine Physics

Evolution of an Internal Wave and Secondary Currents in a Turbidity Flow

B. I. Samolyubov and M. V. Sluev p. 725  abstract

Hydrographic Conditions in the Region of the Kuril Straits in Summer

K. T. Bogdanov and V. V. Moroz p. 733  abstract

On the Estimation of the Surface Manifestations of Solitary Internal Waves
Generated by the Collapse of a Mixed Patch in a Really Stratified Fluid

G. V. Smirnov, V. E. Veden’kov, and A. N. Galkovskii p. 741  abstract

Variability of the Near-Bottom Nepheloid Layer off the Northwestern Africa Coast

M. A. Evdoshenko p. 749  abstract

Climatic Characteristics of the Layer of Thermal Inversions in the Ocean

L. I. Galerkin, A. M. Gritsenko, and S. G. Panfilova p. 758  abstract

Influence of the Coastal Upwelling on the Dynamics of the Upper Boundary
of the Hydrogen Sulfide Zone off the Southern Crimea

N. M. Stashchuk and V. I. Vlasenko p. 766  abstract

Marine Chemistry

Interannual Variability of the Rate of Salinated Water Formation
in the Polynyas of the Sea of Okhotsk and Their Impact on the Hydrochemical Structure of the Shelf

S. V. Gladyshev, N. V. Arzhanova, I. A. Naletova, and V. V. Sapozhnikov p. 774  abstract

On the Role of Biochemical Cycles in the Formation of the Ocean Climate

V. A. Konnov, P. N. Makkaveev, S. G. Poyarkov,
A. M. Chernyakova, P. V. Khlebopashev, and E. V. Yakushev p. 779  abstract

Marine Biology

Dynamics of Chlorophyll “a” Concentration and Species Composition
of Algae Communities of Antarctic Sea Ice at Early Stages of Its Development

N. A. Menzhinskaya p. 788  abstract

Spacio-temporal Dynamics of a Localized Population Burst in a Community of a Prey–Predator Type

S. V. Petrovsky, M. E. Vinogradov, and A. Yu. Morozov p. 796  abstract

On the Biology of Mass Copepods Neocalanus plumchrus and N. flemingeri in the Bering Sea

A. K. Geinrikh p. 805  abstract

Population Structure of the Euphausiid Crustaceans in Kola and Motovsky Bays (the Barents Sea)

S. F. Timofeev p. 809  abstract

Marine Geology

Propagating and Diffused Rifts of the West Antarctic

G. B. Udintsev, H. W. Schenke, A. V. Kol’tsova, and A. B. Knyazev p. 814  abstract

Ancient Paleomagnetic Anomalies of the Arabian Sea

A. A. Shreider p. 823  abstract

Crustal Inhomogeneity in the Komandorskii Basin (the Bering Sea) from Seismic Tomography Data

Yu. P. Neprochnov, G. A. Semenov, and A. L. Volokh p. 830  abstract

Ocean Influence on the Atmospheric Composition and Climates of the Earth

O. G. Sorokhtin and S. A. Ushakov p. 839  abstract

On Some Problems of Manifestation of Anthropogenic Activity,
Efficient Use of Territory, and Protection of Natural Environment on Lowland Sandy Coasts

Yu. S. Dolotov p. 848  abstract

Research Methods and Facilities

Sea Radiance Coefficient: Estimate of the Quasi-Single Approximation

I. M. Levin p. 855  abstract

Chronicle

Anita Alekseevna Neiman (On the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of Her Birth) p. 859

Author Index to Volume 38, 1998 p. 861