Review Section

THE GEOLOGY OF THE U. S. S. R. VOLUME XXII: THE TURKMEN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC. PART I. GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION. Luppov, N. P., ed. , Sukocheva, M. P., and Neronova, L. V., assoc. ed: Ministry of Geology and Mineral Conservation, 658 P. , Moscow, 1957. A Review by Mark Burgunker.     

Review Section

Yakzhin, A. A., RELATIONSHIPS IN FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN ZABAYKAL'YA, Gosgeoltekhizdat, Moscow, 1962.¹ 250 pp; 78 figs (tectonic map of the territory), 25 tables, references. (NK 62-24(54)).² A review by V. P. Sokoloff.

FOLDED DEFORMATIONS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST, THEIR TYPES, AND THE MECHANISMS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, Collected Papers, The O. Yu. Shmidt Memorial Institute of Earth's Physics, Moscow, 1962.¹ 335 pp; 16 articles, 143 figs. (including 25 photographs), 6 tables, references. (K 488).² A review by V. P. Sokoloff.

PROBLEMS IN PETROGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SIBERIAN PLATFORM AND OF THE VERKHOYANSK-CHUKOTKA FOLDED REGION, Transactions of the Yakutian Branch of the Siberian Division, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Collected Papers, no. 11, Moscow, 1962¹. 139 pp; 9 articles, 67 figs. (including 39 photographs), 25 tables, references (N1(62-24(39)).² A review by V. P. Sokoloff.

PHYSICAL METHODS IN RESEARCH ON SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND MINERALS, Proceedings of the first All-Union Conference on Physical Methods in Research on Sedimentary Rocks and Minerals, Committee on Sedimentary Rocks at the Division of Geological and Geographical Sciences, Moscow, 1962.¹ 26 articles, 98 figs. (including 27 photographs), 33 tables, references. (K 503).² A review by V. P. Sokoloff.     

A new type of potassium-alkalic rocks (bulgarites) in Bulgaria

Milashev, V. A., Fiziko-khimicheskiye usloviya obrazovaniya kimberlitov [PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF KIMBERLITES]: Edited by V. V. Dolivo- Dobrovol'skiy. NIIGArk MG SSSR, Izd-vo Nedra, Leningrad, 1972. 176 pp., 29 tables, 28 figs., 47 equations, 189 refs. NK 71– 29(49)

Fleyshman, S. M., Sell [MUDFLOWS]: Gidrometeoizciat, Leningrad, 1970. 352 pp., 29 tables, 95 figs., 79 refs. NK 69–44(68).

Savkevich, S. S., Yantar' [AMBER]; lzd-vo Nedra, Leningrad, 1970. 192 pp., 20 tables, 46 figs., 261 refs. NK 70–14(45).

Chernysheva, Z. S., Dolina Volgi i rel'yef Povolzh'ya v apsheronskoye vremya [THE VOLGA VALLEY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA IN APSHERONIAN TIME]: Institute of Geography, AN SSSR. Izd-vo Nauka, 1970. 152 pp., 6 tables, 23 figs., 152 refs. NK 70(34)–78.     

TERRA BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article: GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS OF THE KARAKORUM MOUNTAINS. Mike Searle TRACKING DINOSAURS. Martin Lockley THE MECHANICS OF EARTHQUAKES AND FAULTING. Christopher H. Scholz THE LAST DEGLACIATION: ABSOLUTE AND RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGIES. E. Bardand and W. S. Broecker (eds)     

Review Section

CONTEMPORARY SEDIMENTS OF THE CASPIAN SEA, a Symposium of papers by M. V. Klenova, V. F. Solovyev, N. M. Arutyunova, P. G. Popov, L. A. Yastrebova, V. P. Baturin, and E. K. Kopylova, 302 pp., published by Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1956. A Review by Robert L. Folk, University of Texas.

V.F. Solovyev, PECULIARITIES OF DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PRESENT CASPIAN SEDIMENTS IN THE REGION OF APSHERON, pp. 118-136, 2 figs., 6 tables, 9 refs.

M.V. Klenova, MATTER IN SUSPENSION IN THE KURA RIVER, p. 151-174, 6 figs., 12 tables, 14 refs.

N.M. Arutyunova, MINERAL COMPOSITION OF THE BAKU ARCHIPELAGO SEDIMENTS, p. 175-185, 1 fig., 7 tables, 11 refs.

P.G. Popov, "STRATIFICATION OF SEDIMENTS IN THE CASPIAN SEA, p. 186-241, 13 figs., 18 tables, 35 refs.

M.V. Klenova and L. A. Yastrebova, SEDIMENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CASPIAN SEA, p. 242-271, 7 figs., 16 tables, 55 refs.     

Review Section

Sokolov, V. A. , MIGRATION OF GAS AND OIL, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1956. A Synopsis by Paul A. Witherspoon and W. D. Romey. ¹

Markovsky, A. P. , chief editor, GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF THE U. S. S. R.: volume I, Stratigraphy, edited by N. K. Ovechkin, 588 p. ; volume II, Magmatic Processes, edited by Yu. I. Polovinkina, 331 p. ; volume III, Tectonics, edited by L. I. Krasny, 384 p.¹ A review by Eugene A. Alexandrov. ²     

Review Section

Teodorovich, G. I., A CONTRIBUTION ON THE ORIGIN OF LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES¹ Transactions of. the Petroleum Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vol. V, 1955 Translated by Mark Burgunker.

Strakhov, N. M., Brodskaya, N. G., Knyaseva, L. M., Razzhivina, A. N. Rateev, M. A., Sapozhnikiv, D. G., and E. S. Shishova. FORMATION OF SEDIMENTS IN RECENT BASINS: A symposium, Moscow, 1954. 791pp. A review by George V. Chilingar, University of Southern California.     

REVIEW SECTION

Rauser-Chernousova, D.M., FACIES OF UPPER CARBONIFEROUS AND ARTINSKIAN DEPOSITS IN THE STERLITAMAK-ISHIMBAEVO REGION OF THE PREURALS, BASED ON A STUDY OF FUSULINIDS (FATSII VERKHNEKAMENNOUGOLNYKH I ARTINSKIKH OTLOZHENII STERLITAMAKSKO-ISHIMBAISKOGO PRIURALYA (NA OSNOVE IZUCHENIYA FUZULINID)) Akad. Nauk SSSR, Institut Geologicheskikh Nauk, Trudy, Vypusk 119, Seriya Geologicheskaya, no. 43, 108 pp., Moscow, 1951. A review by Maxim K. Elias, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska.

Ronov, A.B., NOTES ON VOLUMETRIC STUDIES OF RUSSIAN PLATFORM SEDIMENTS AND HERCYNIAN VOLCANISM OF THE URALS. Professor Ronov is considered one of the foremost experts on tectonics and volumetric studies of sediments in the USSR. A review by George V. Chilingar.

THE STUDY OF HYDROLOGY IN EASTERN EUROPE, A review by Steponas Kolupaila, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Scheidegger, A. E. PRINCIPLES OF GEODYNAMICS. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Gottingen,Heidelberg 1958. Translated by Arthur N. Rohl, Review by V.V. Beloussov.     

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Book Reviews

Lukashev, K. I., and V. K. Lukashev, Geokhimicheskiye poiski elementov v zone gipergeneza [GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR ELEMENTS IN THE ZONE OF SUPERGENESIS]: 2 volumes. Nauka i tekhnika Press, Minsk, 1967. NK66-28(70).

Iskopayemyye rify i metodika ikh izucheniya [FOSSIL REEFS AND METHODS OF THEIR STUDIES]: Transactions of the 3rd Paleoecologial-Lithological Session (Ural, June 1965). 21 papers by 32 authors. G. I. Smirnov and M. L. Klyuzhina, Executive Editors. IGiG, Uralian Branch, AN SSSR. Sverdlovsk, 1968, 252 pp., 10 tables, 91 figs., 280 refs. NK67-30(50).

Markov, K. K., A. A. Velichko, et al., Plestotsen [THE PLEISTOCENE]: Vysskaya shkola Press, Moscow, 1968, 304 pp., 31 tables, 120 figs., 40 refs. Lists of plant spp., typical of glacial and interglacial periods, and of typical Neogene-Pleistocene faunal complexes. Subject index. NK68-21(198).

Markov, K. K., V. I. Bardin, et al., Geografiya Antarktidy [GEOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTICA]: Mysl' Press, Moscow, 1968. 439 pp., 61 tables, 67 figs., 653 refs. Index of geographical names. Map (loose); expeditions (traverses); topography under ice; survey; tectonics; shelf glaciers. NK66-47(125).

Paleovulkanizm Urala [PALEOVOLCANISM OF THE URAL]: Seven papers by 16 authors. S.N. Ivanov and V. M. Necheukhin, Executive Editors. IGiG, Uralian Branch, AN SSSR. Sverdlovsk, 1968. 184 pp., 7 tables, 64 figs., 220 refs. NK67-30(44).

Vulkanogennyye formatsii Kazakhstana [VOLCANOGENIC FORMATIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN]: Seventeen papers by 34 authors. R. A. Borukayev, Executive Editor. Nauka Press, KazSSR. Alma-Ata, 1967, 160 pp., 29 tables, 35 figs., 181 refs. NK66-48(27).

Kalinko, M. K., Neorganicheskoye proiskhozhdeniye nefti v svete sovremennykh dannykh. Kriticheskiy analiz [INORGANIC ORIGIN OF OIL IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN DATA. CRITICAL ANALYSIS]: Nedra Press, Moscow, 1968, 336 pp., 49 tables, 33 figs., 487 refs.

Margantsevyye mestorozhdeniya SSSR [MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR]. Based on the data at the Conference on Principal Genetic Types and Geochemistry of Manganese Ore Deposits, April 6–12, 1965, Moscow. IGEM, AN SSSR and others. Thirty-two papers by 53 authors. D. G. Sapozhnikov, Executive Editor. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1967. 460 pp., 79 tables, 160 figs., 532 refs. Appendix: general bibliography, 1958–1964, 700 titles. NK66-26(10).

Alexandrov, S. M., V. L. Barsukov, and V. V. Shcherbina, Geokhimiya endogennogo bora [GEOCHEMISTRY OF ENDOGENIC BORON]: The Vernadskiy Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, AN SSSR. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 184 pp., 29 tables, 59 figs., 185 refs. NK66-46(69).

Yushkin, N. P., Mineralogiya i paragenezis samorodnoy sery v ekzogennykh mestorozhdeniyakh [MINERALOGY AND PARAGENESIS OF NATIVE SULFUR IN EXOGENIC ORE DEPOSITS]: Komi Branch, IG, AN SSSR. Nauka Press, Leningrad Div., 1968, 187 pp., 19 tables, 72 figs., 286 refs. SK68-1(335). By Dr. V.P. Sokoloff     

AGI Book Review

Muscovite and rare metal-muscovite pegmatites

Shmakin, B. M., 1976, PEGMATITES CONTAINING MUSCOVITE AND RARE METALS (MINERALOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PEGMATITES FROM EAST SIBERIA AND INDIA) (Muskovitovyye i redkometal'nomuskovitovyye pegmatity (mineralogo-geokhimicheskaya i geneticheskaya kharakteristika pegmatitov Vostochnoy Sibiri i Indii): AN SSSR SO Inst. Geochim., Izd-vo Nauka, Siberian Div., Novosibirsk, 367 pp., illus. (incl. tables, geol. sketch maps). Reviewed by A.A. Beus

Mineralogy of the Donets basin

Lazarenko, Ye. K., Panov, B. S., Gruba, V. I., 1975, MINERALOGY OF THE DONETS BASINS (Mineralogiya Donetskogo Basseyna), Izd-vo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, v. I, 252 pp., 159 figs., price - Rubles 1.95; v. II, 502 pp., 315 figs., price - Rubles 3.44. Reviewed by Eugene A. Alexandrov     

Book Reviews

Voronov, P. S., Ocherki o zakonornernostyakh morfometrii global'nogo rel'yefa Zemli [ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS IN MORPHOMETRY OF GLOBAL RELIEF OF THE EARTH]: Nauka Press, Leningrad, 1968. 123 pp., 7 tables, 53 figs., 241 refs. NK 68–1(348).

Geokhronologiya dokembriya Sibirskoy platformy i yeye skladchatogo obramleniya {PRECAMBRIAN GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SIBERIAN PLATFORM AND ITS FOLDED FRAME]: Twenty-eight authors. M. M. Manuylova, Executive Editor, Nauka Press, Leningrad, 1968. 333 pp., 5 tables, 23 figs., 288 refs.; 4 loose maps in folder. Abstract in English. SK 68–1(282).

Problemy izucheniya geologii dokembriya [PROBLEMS IN STUDIES OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY]: Materials of conference of study and mapping of Precambrian geology. GI, Kola Branch, AN SSSR. Thirty-seven papers by 52 authors. I. V. Bel'kov, Executive Editor. Nauka Press, Leningrad, 1967. 266 pp., 15 tables, 62 figs., 193 refs. SK 67–1(291).

Edel'shteyn, I.I., Petrologiya giperbazitov Tobolo-Irgizskogo rayona Yuzhnogo Urala i osobennosti svyazannykh s nimi kor vyvetrivaniya [PETROLOGY OF HYPERBASITES IN TOBOL-IRGIZ DISTRICT, SOUTHERN URAL, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER CRUSTS]: Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 200 pp., 80 tables, 74 figs., 220 refs. NK 67–10(93).

Chizhov, 0. P. et al., Oledeneniye Novoy Zemli [GLACIATION OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA]: Interdepartmental Geophysical Committee, AN SSSR. Glaciology IGY, no. 18. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 338 pp., 91 tables, 95 figs., 268 refs. Index of geographical names (including 33 new names [streams, lakes, mountains, etc.] conferred by the Institute of Geography, AN SSSR). Table of contents and summary in English. SK 66–1(368).

Razumova, V. N., Kory vyvetrivaniya lateritnogo i kaolinovogo tipa osnovnykh porod [WEATHERED CRUSTS OF THE LATERITIC AND KAOLINITiC TYPES OVER BASIC ROCKS] Tr. GI AN SSSR, vyp. 174. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1967. 117 pp., 13 photo plates, 55 tables, 6 figs., 136 refs. Table of contents in English. SK 67–1(292).

Bronguleyev, V.V., Problema skladkoobrazovaniya v zeinnoy kore [THE PROBLEM OF FOLDING IN TERRESTRIAL CRUST]: Nedra Press, 1967. 291 pp., 3 tables, 140 figs., 262 refs. NK 67–17(14).

Marova, N. A., Podvodnyy lik okeana [SUBAQUEOUS FACE OF THE OCEAN]. In Zemplya i vselennaya [EARTH AND COSMOS]: 1969, no. 4, p. 32–38. Izd. AN SSSR, Moscow.³     

Book Reviews

Problemy metallogenii Sovetskogo dal'nego vostoka [PROBLEMS OF METALLOGENY IN THE SOVIET FAR EAST]: Transactions of the Field Session of the Division of Earth Sciences, Academy of Sciences, USSR. Executive Editor: V. I. Smirnov. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1967. 146 pp. , 5 tables, 20 figs. 220 refs.; thirteen papers by 23 authors. IGR Staff review.

Vekilova, F. I., Geokhimiya kobal ita [GEOCHEMISTRY OF COBALT]: Izd. AN Azerb. SSR, Baku, 1966. 187 pp., 82 tables, 193 refs. NK 64‐52(27). IGR Staff review.

Yarzhemskiy, Ya. Ya. , Voprosy formirovaniya boratov [FORMATION PROBLEMS OF BORATES]: Nedra Press, Leningrad, 1968. 93 pp., 67 figs. , 31 refs. NK 67‐41(45). IGR Staff review.

Khamskiy, E. V., Kristallizatsiya iz rastvorov [CRYSTALLIZATION FROM SOLUTIONS]: Nauka Press. Leningrad, 1967. 150 pp., 30 figs., 31 tables, 402 refs. NK 67‐19(63). IGR Staff review.

Mkrtchyan, S. S., K. N. Paffengol'ts and E. A. Khachaturyan, Alaverdskiy rudnyy rayon (geologiya i rudonosnost') [THE ALAVERDY MINING DISTRICT (GEOLOGY AND ORE POTENTIAL)]: Izd. AN Arm SSR. Erevan, 1968. 154 pp., 17 figs. , 61 refs. NK65–47 (198). IGR Staff review.

Kovdorskiy Vermikulit [VERMICULITE FROM KOVDOR]: Nauka Press, 1966, Moscow-Leningrad, ten articles by members of the Mining and Metallurgical Institute, Kola Branch, Academy of Sciences, USSR. 149 pp. A review by Constantine C. Popoff.     

Review Section

Belousov, V. V., FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF TECTONICS¹, The State Geology and Conservation Publishing House, Moscow, 1954, 606 pp. A Review by Mark Burgunker.

Nalivkin, D. V., A STUDY OF FACIES: THE ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION ¹, The Department of Geologic-Geographic Sciences, the Academy of Science of the USSR. Moscow and Leningrad, 1956, vol. I, 534 pp.; vol. II, 393 pp. A Review by Mark Burgunker.

Strakhov, N. M. , Brodskaya, N. G. , Knyaseva, L. M., Razzhivina, A. N., Rateev, M. A., Sapozhnikiv, D. G., and E. S. Shishova. , FORMATION OF SEDIMENTS IN RECENT BASINS: A symposium, Moscow 1954. 791 pp. A review by George V. Chilingar, University of Southern California¹.     

Book Reviews

Lamakin, V. V., Neotektonika Baykal'skoy vpadiny [NEOTECTONICS OF BAYKAL DEPRESSION]: Trudy GI AN SSSR, vyp. 187. Nauka Press, Moscow. 248 pp., 6 tables, 28 photos, 58 figs., 367 refs. ; index of geographical and geological names. SK 68-1(299).

Seysmotektonika i seysmichnost' riftovoy sistemy Pribaykal'ya [SEISMOTECTONICS AND SEISMISM OF THE BAYKALIAN RIFT SYSTEM]: Nine coordinated chapters by 12 authors. V. P. Solonenko, Executive Editor. IZK, SO AN SSSR. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 220 pp., 80 figs., 11 tables, 238 refs. Enclosure: map of seismotectonics of the rift zone, in color (1 cm = 25 km).

Parmuzin, Yu. P., Severo-vostok i Kamchatka [THE NORTHEAST AND KAMCHATKA]: “Mysl” Press, Moscow, 1967. 322 pp., 11 tables, 90 photographs and diagrams, 220 refs.; map of landscape regions (1 cm = 200 km). Indices: geographical names; flora; fauna.

Grinberg, C. A., Dokembriy Okhotskogo massiva [PRECAMBRIAN OF THE OKHOTSK MASSIF]: Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 36 tables, 40 figs., 157 refs. SK 68-1(285).

Tektonika Sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka i prilegayushchikh akvatoriy [TECTONICS OF SOVIET FAR EAST AND ADJACENT AQUATORIA]: Yu. A. Kosygin, Executive Editor. Sixteen papers by 30 authors. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 234 pp., 6 tables, 22 figs., 483 refs. Index of regional tectonic structures and terms. NK 67-45(35).

Murzayev, E. M., Priroda Sin'tszyana i formirovaniye pustyn' tsentral'noy Azii [NATURE IN SINKIANG AND DEVELOPMENT OF DESERTS IN CENTRAL ASIA]: Nauka Press, Moscow, 1966. 382 pp., 57 tables, 74 figs., 545 refs. (incl. 61 in Chinese); index of geographical names; toponymic glossary (380 terms, 22 pp.).

Votakh, O. A., Tektonika dokembriya zapadnoy okrainy Sibirskoy platformy [PRECAMBRIAN TECTONICS OF WESTERN MARGIN OF SIBERIAN PLATFORM]: IGiG SO AN SSSR. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 138 pp., 26 figs., 8 tables, 344 refs. Index of regional tectonic names; index of local lithological-stratigraphic subdivisions. SK 68-1(277).

Mokshantsev, K. B., et al., Glubinnoye stroyeniye vostochnoy chasti Sibirskoy platformy i prilegayushchikh skladchatykh sooruzheniy Verkhoyano-Chukotskoy oblasti [DEEP STRUCTURE OF EASTERN PART OF SIBERIAN PLATFORM AND ADJACENT FOLDED CONFIGURATIONS OF THE VERKHOYANSK-CHUKOTKA REGION]: Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. 172 pp., 27 figs. 1 table, 347 refs. SK 68-1(306).

Problemy tektonicheskikh dvizheniy i noveyskikh struktur zemnoy kory [PROBLEMS OF TECTONIC MOVEMENTS AND NEWEST STRUCTURES IN TERRESTRIAL CRUST]: Thirty-one papers by 36 authors, for the 8th Congress, INQUA, in Paris, 1969. N. I. Nikolayev, Executive Editor. 226 pp., 5 tables, 61 figs., 253 refs. Nauka Press, Moscow. NK 68-20(91).

Bulleten' komissii po izucheniyu chetvertichnogo perioda [BULLETIN OF COMMITTEE ON THE QUATERNARY, AN SSSR]: No. 35. V. I. Gromov and I. K. Ivanova, Executive Editors. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1968. Eighteen papers by 23 authors. 212 pp., 14 tables, 65 figs., 315 refs. SK 68-1(274).

Itogi nauki [SCIENCE REVIEWS]: Ser. geolog. Geokhimiya, mineralogiya, petrografiya, 1963–1964. Institute of Scientific Information, AN SSSR. VINITI Press, Moscow, 1965. A. S. Marfunin, Executive Editor. 237 pp. NK 65-48(38). By Dr. V.P. Sokoloff     

Problems and rules for study and description of stratotypes and stratigraphic reference cross-sections

Erzhanov, Zh. S., and Yegorov, A. K., Teoriya skladkoobrazovaniya v tolshche gornykh porod [THEORY OF FOLDING IN THE BODY OF ROCKS]: IMiM AN KazSSR. Izd-vo Nauka Ka zSSR, Alma-Ma, 1968. 136 pp., 22 figs., 16 tables, 78 refs. NK 68–24(56).

Geologiya zony perekhoda ot Aziatskogo materika k Tikhomu Okeanu [GEOLOGY OF THE ZONE OF TRANSITION FROM THE ASIAN CONTINENT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN]: Seventeen papers by 25 authors, N. P. Vasil'kovskiy, Executive Editor. Izd-vo Nauka, Moscow, 1968. 288 pp., 42 figs., 12 tables, 630 refs. NK 68–22 (34).

Petrografiya ogneuporov, shlakov i sinteticheskikh mineralov [PETROGRAPHY OF REFRACTORIES, SLAGS, AND SYNTHETIC MINERALS]: Transactions of the Second Uralian Petrographic Conference, Vol. VII, UFAN SSSR. Forty-four papers by 122 authors, P. S. Mamykin, Editor. Sverdlovsk, 1968. 194 pp., 110 figs., 58 tables, 248 refs. NK 68–36(62).

Pek, A. A., O dinamike yuveni]'nykh rastvorov [DYNAMICS OF JUVENILE SOLUTIONS]: IGEM AN SSSR. Izd-vo Nauka, Moscow, 1968. 148 pp., 34 figs., 23 tables, 219 refs. NK 67–19 (76).

Osobennosti razmeshcheniya gidrotermarnogo orudeneniya v strukturnykh etazhakh Karpat [DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF HYDROTFIERMAL MINERALIZATION IN STRUCTURAL STAGES OF THE CARPATHIANS]: Report by 8 authors, L G. Tkachuk, Executive Editor. IGN AN UkrSSR. Izd-vo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1968. 98 pp., 12 figs., 74 refs. NK 67–30(46).

Fundamenty sooruzheniy na merzlykh gruntakh v Yakutii [FOUNDATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTIONS ON FROZEN GROUND IN YAKUTIA]: Fourteen chapters by 9 authors, K. F. Voytkovskiy, Executive Editor. IM SO AN SSSR, Izd-vo Nauka, Moscow, 1968. 200 pp., 45 figs., 36 tables, 53 refs. NK 68–12(96).

Maksimov, V. P., et al., Osobennosti osvoyeniya neftynykh mestorozhdeniy Zapadnoy Sibiri [SPECIAL ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ASSIMILATION OF OIL FIELDS IN WESTERN SIBERIA]: Nedra Press, Moscow, 1968. 240 pp., 79 figs., 80 tables, 19 refs. NK 68–15(82).

Kuznetsov, N. T., Vody Tsentral'noy Azii [WATERS OF CENTRAL ASIA]: IC AN SSSR. Izdvo Nauka, Moscow, 1968. 272 pp., 56 figs., 23 tables, 287 refs. SK 68–1(340).

Gidrokhimicheskiye materialy [HYDROCHEMICAL DATA]: Tom XLVIII. .Twenty-four papers by 51 authors, V. 13. Stradomskiy, Editor. Hydrochemical Institute GUGS, Novocherkassk. Gidrometeoizdat, Leningrad, 1968. 180 pp., 49 figs., 66 tables, 355 refs. NK 68–45(65).

Popov, O. V., Podzemnoye pitainye rek [SUBSURFACE DISCHARGE INTO STREAMS}: Gidrorneteoizdat, Leningrad, 1968. 292 pp., 70 figs., 19 tables, 85 refs. Appendix: tabulated accessions of subsurface waters to 71 major rivers of the USSR. NK 66–32(53).

Goleva, 0. A., Gidrogeokhimicheskiye poiski skrytogo orudeneniya [HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR BLIND ORES]: VSEGINGE0. 1 Izd-vo Nedra, Moscow, 1968. 292 pp., 68 figs., 64 tables, 274 refs. NE 67–39 (51).

Savchenko, N. A., Fiagdonskoye rudnoye pole [FIAGDONIAN ORE FIELD]: Izd-vo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 1970. 188 pp., 15 figs., 19 tables, 5 photo pls., 276 refs. NK 69–9(20).

Bartosh, T. D., et al., Geologiya i resursy presnovodnoy izvesti Latviyskoy SSR [GEOLOGY AND RESERVES OF FRESH-WATER LIME IN LATVIAN SSR]: VNIIMORGEO. Izci-vo Zinatne, Riga, 1968. 300 pp., 114 figs., 24 tables, 93 refs. NK 67–37 (56).

Maslov, N. N., Osnovy rnekhaniki gruntov i inzhenernoy geologii [PRINCIPLES OF GROUND MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY]: 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Izd-vo Vyschaya Shkola, Moscow, 1968. 630 pp., 389 figs., 32 tables, 69 refs.

Gidrologiy Tikhogo, Okeana[HYDROLOGY OF PACIF" OCEAN]: Shirshov, Institute of Oceanolgy, AN SSSR. Pacific Ocean Series, V. II A. D. Dobrovol'skiy, Executive Editor. Izdvo Nauka, Moscow, 1968. 524 pp., 234 figs., 56 tables, 536 refs., 71 records and special reports. Appendix: 47 diagrams. In English: Title page and Table of Contents.     

Foreword: Magma generation and evolution in the Earth

A VOLUME IN HONOUR OF THE WORK OF MICHAEL J. O'HARA, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY The 20th century was eventful inall areas of Earth Science. Continental drift and sea-floorspreading became embodied in the theory of plate tectonics,isotopically heterogeneous mantle was recognized as a by-productof plate tectonics, large igneous provinces were identifiedas possibly originating from mantle plumes - the list goes on.One thing these revolutions have in common is the process ofscientific debate - which Mike O'Hara has stimulated vigorouslyin the field of     

TERRA BOOKS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MORPHOMETRICS, L. F. Marcus, E. Bello, A. García Valdecasas (eds) GREENHOUSE-GAS-INDUCED CLIMATIC CHANGE: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SIMULATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, M. E. Schlesinger (ed.) GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE, G. Innes Lumsden (ed.)     

Book Reviews

Varlakov, A. S., Metamorfizm v svyazi s diabazami v rayone Bakal'skogo rudnogo polya [METAMORPHISM IN CONNECTION WITH DIABASES IN THE BAKAL ORE FIELD DISTRICT]: Nedra Press, Moscow, 1967. 143 pp., 32 tables, 49 figs., 95 refs. NK 67-15(14).

Fatsii i usloviya formirovaniya nefteproizvodyshchikh svit [FACIES AND CONDITIONS OF ORIGIN OF THE SOURCE ROCK SUITES]: IGiRGI, AN SSSR and MNP SSSR. G. I. Teodorovich, Executive Editor. Ten papers by 15 authors. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1966. 180 pp., 4 tables, 44 figs., 320 refs. NK 66-11 (42).

Predovskiy, A. A., Petrov, V. P., and Belyayev, 0.A., Geokhimiya rudnykh elementov metamorficheskikh seriy dokembriya (na primere Severnogo Priladozh'ya) [GEOCHEMISTRY OF ORE ELEMENTS IN PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC SERIES, AS IN TERRITORY ABUTTING ON LAKE LADOGA FROM THE NORTH]: Nauka Press, Leningrad division, 1967. 139 pp., 22 tables, 30 figs., 92 refs. SK 67-1 (289).

Karyakin, A. E., and Smirnova, V. A., Struktury khrustal'nykh poley [STRUCTURES OF CRYSTAL-QUARTZ FIELDS]: Nedra Press, Moscow, 1967. 240 pp., 37 tables, 90 figs., 164 refs. NK 67-17 (16).

Metallogeniya i magmatizm Tyan' Shanya [METALLOGENY AND MAGMATISM OF TIEN SHAN]: A. A. Konyuk, Executive Editor. Twelve papers by 19 authors. IG, AN Kir SSR. “Ilim” Press, Frunze, 1967. 174pp., 14 tables, 15 figs., 121 refs. NK 67-35 (36). By Dr. V.P. Sokoloff

Geologiya i metallogeniya Uspenskoy tektonickeskoy zony (Tsentral'nyy Kazakhstan) [GEOLOGY AND METALLOGENY OF USPENSKAYA TECTONIC ZONE (CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN]: in six volumes. R. A. Borukayev and G. N. Shcherba, Editors. Vol. 1 - Geologiya Uspenskoy zony [GEOLOGY OF USPENSKAYA ZONE]: 372 pp., 58 figs., 33 tables, 143 refs. Vol. 2 - Mestorozhdeniya chernykh i redkikh metallov [FERROUS AND RARE METALS DEPOSITS]: 302 pp., 68 figs., 57 tables, 166 refs. Vol. 3 - Mestorozhdeniya tsvetnykh metallov [NON-FERROUS METALS DEPOSITS]: 261 pp., 66 figs., 36 tables, 163 refs. Alma-Ata, 1967, Nauka Press. NK66-44 (101). Vol. 4 - Gidrogeologiya i gidrokhimiya [HYDROGEOLOGY AND HYDROCHEMISTRY]: 158 pp., 30 figs., 32 tables, 157 refs. Alma-Ata, 1968, Nauka Press. Reviewer: Boris V. Brajnikov.

Mineral'nyye fatsii granitoidov i ikh rudonosnost' [MINERAL FACIES OF GRANITOIDS AND THEIR ORE POTENTIAL]: I. N. Govorov and I. A. Tararin, Executive Editors. Eighteen papers by 30 authors. DVGI SO AN SSSR. Nauka Press, Moscow, 1966. 288 pp., 32 tables, 93 figs., 386 refs. NK 65-44 (102). By Dr. V.P. Sokoloff     

TERRA BOOKS

PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE, Ross Stuart Taylor