Vol. 54, No. 8, 2020

Paleontological Journal

Foreword

Biogenic Carbon Balance in the Territory of the Russian Federation for 1992–2017

V. N. Kudeyarov p. 810 abstract

Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Composition of the Wood of Pinus sylvestris, Betula pendula and Populus tremula

P. Yu. Voronin, V. A. Mukhin, T. A. Velivetskaya, A. V. Ignatiev and Vl. V. Kuznetsov p. 819 abstract

Microbially Mediated Organomineralization in Paleozoic Carbonate Ooids

A. I. Antoshkina, E. A. Zhegallo and S. I. Isaenko p. 825 abstract

Soil Biomarkers as Indicators of Landscape Evolution on the Russian Plain

I. V. Kovalev and N. O. Kovaleva p. 835 abstract

The Role of Microbial Communities in Soil Formation and Soil Ecosystem Health

A. M. Semenov and D. A. Đukić p. 843 abstract

Microbiomorphic Analysis of Paleosols from the Upper Quaternary Deposits of the Kolyma Lowland

D. A. Lopatina and O. G. Zanina p. 853 abstract

Climate Dynamics and the History of Soil Formation in the Steppe Zone of Eastern Europe in the Holocene

A. V. Borisov, A. O. Alekseev, T. S. Demkina, M. V. El’tsov, P. I. Kalinin, T. V. Alekseeva and T. E. Khomutova p. 862 abstract

Volcanic Soil Series of the Lesser Caucasus as an Archive of Early Pleistocene Paleoecological Information

N. O. Kovaleva and E. M. Stolpnikova p. 872 abstract

Soil-Chronological Studies and GIS-Modeling of Formation and Evolution of Soils on the Crimean Peninsula

R. V. Gorbunov and E. I. Ergina p. 882 abstract

Unusual Benthic Morphotypes Typical of Permanent Hydrogen Sulfide Zone of the Black Sea: Hypotheses of Their Origin and Perspectives of Study

N. G. Sergeeva and L. L. Smyrnova p. 889 abstract

Bacterial Diversity of the Soil of the Polar Tundra of Russia

J. J. Berestovskaya, N. V. Pimenov and L. V. Vasilyeva p. 896 abstract

Culturable Bacterial Communities Isolated from Cryo-Arid Soils: Phylogenetic and Physiological Characteristics

A. A. Belov, V. S. Cheptsov, E. A. Vorobyova, N. A. Manucharova and Z. S. Ezhelev p. 903 abstract

Microeukaryotes in the Metagenomes of Late Pleistocene Permafrost Deposits

L. A. Shmakova, S. A. Malavin, E. V. Spirina, M. N. Tutukina and E. M. Rivkina p. 913 abstract

Bacterial-Paleontological Study of Siderite Transformation in the Early Proterozoic Jaspilites of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly

M. M. Astafieva and L. V. Zaitseva p. 922 abstract

Biogenic Contamination and Mineral Pseudo-Biogenic Structures in Earth Rocks and Astromaterials

E. A. Zhegallo p. 930 abstract

The Use of Modern Physical Methods of Instrumental Analytics in the Study of Stromatolites

A. V. Pakhnevich, L. V. Zaytseva, O. S. Samylina and S. E. Kichanov p. 936 abstract