Abstracts of papers published in Volume 5

Mesozoic-Cenozoic metallogenic provinces, Wilson cycle, and plume tectonics
Yu. G. Gatinskii and D. V. Rundkvist

Helium isotopes in the ground fluids of the Baikal Rift and its surroundings: Contribution to continental rifting geodynamics
B. G. Polyak

Seismic regime of Southern California in relation to the crustal rigidity variations
V. I. Lykov and A. O. Mostryukov

Genesis of Archean tonalite-trondhjemite suites: Plume or subduction related?
O. M. Turkina and A. D. Nozhkin

Genesis of the earliest (3.20-2.83 Ga) terranes of the Fennoscandian shield
S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. P. Chekulaev, N. A. Arestova, A. B. Vrevsky, and A. V. Kovalenko

MAR volcanism in the Sierra Leone Fracture Zone region, Central Atlantic
S. G. Skolotnev, A. A. Peyve, S. M. Lyapunov, V. A. Simonov, Yu. E. Glazyrin, and V. Yu. Kolobov

Modern climatic data for the Pleistocene: Implications for a new concept of the orbital theory of paleoclimate
V. A. Bol'shakov

Early Precambrian mafic rocks of the Fennoscandian shield as a reflection of plume magmatism: Geochemical types and formation stages
N. A. Arestova, S. B. Lobach-Zhuchenko, V. P. Chekulaev, and E. G. Gus'kova

The Vendian-Early Paleozoic History of the Continental Margin of Eastern Paleogondwana, Paleoasian Ocean, and Central Asian Foldbelt
T. N. Kheraskova, A. N. Didenko, V. A. Bush, and Yu. A. Volozh

Tectonic subdivision of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas
A. O. Mazarovich and S. Yu. Sokolov

The Arctic Center of Quaternary ice and flood spreading: A deductive model
M. G. Grosswald

Geologic complexes of the southern marginal part of the Siberian Craton as indicators of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent evolution
E. V. Sklyarov, D. P. Gladkochub, A. M. Mazukabzov, T. V. Donskaya, and A. M. Stanevich

Petrophysical properties of Quaternary lavas of Spitsbergen
V. M. Ladygin, Ju. V. Frolova, and Yu. S. Genshaft

Anisotropy of the rock drill core elastic properties at uniaxial loading
A. V. Patonin

A new line in investigation of physical properties of rocks and minerals at high pressures and temperatures
S. M. Kireenkova, and G. A. Efimova

Layered intrusions as transitional magma chambers above the local plumes of large igneous provinces: Evidence from the Early Paleoproterozoic province of a siliceous highly magnesian rock series in the Baltic Shield
E. V. Sharkov

Methods and results of application of the neutron diffractometry in the Earth sciences: A Review
A. N. Nikitin and T. I. Ivankina

The origin of black shale-hosted Mn deposits in Paratethyan basins: Constraints from geological events at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary
I. M. Varentsov, N. G. Muzyliov, V. G. Nikolaev, and S. I. Stupin

Properties of the chemical remanent magnetization formed at a single-phase oxidation and a subsequent decomposition of titanomagnetites
A. K. Gapeev and S. K. Gribov

The Arctic rift system and the boundary between the Eurasian and North American lithospheric plates: New insight to plate tectonic theory
A. F. Grachev

Global climates of the Vendian
N. M. Chumakov

Wavelet analysis of secular geomagnetic variations
N. M. Rotanova, T. N. Bondar, and E. V. Kovalevskaya

New paleomagnetic data for the Hauterivian-Aptian deposits of the Middle Volga region: A possibility of global correlation and dating of time-shifting of stratigraphic boundaries
A. Yu. Guzhikov, E. Yu. Baraboshkin, and A. V. Birbina

Gravitational differentiation of liquid cores of planets and natural satellites
S. V. Starchenko

A strong earthquake of 2003 in Gornyi Altai
E. A. Rogozhin, A. N. Ovsyuchenko, A. R. Geodakov, and S. G. Platonova

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