Geological and biogeochemical prerequisites for high Fe and Mn contents in the Amur River water

The role of natural and anthropogenic factors in the seasonal dynamics of the Fe and Mn ion migration in the Amur River water is examined. The contribution of the biogeochemical processes in the migration of the Fe and Mn ions at the water-river bed and groundwater-surface water contact zone is substantiated. The causes of the anomalously high Mn content in the Amur River water at the beginning of the 2005 freezing after the technogenic accident in China are discussed.     

Simulation of iceberg drift as a component of ice monitoring in the West Arctic

Discussed is the hydrodynamic model of iceberg drift. Presented are the examples ofits use in operational practice for predicting iceberg drift in the Kara Sea and for enhancing ice monitoring in the Barents Sea.     

中国东北新生代火山活动与地热资源

本文论述了中国东北新生代火山活动的时—空分布规律和温泉及热流高值区的空间分布特征,揭示了热流高值区和温泉分布区与新生代火山活动、裂谷运动和断裂活动的内在联系,特别强调了活动断裂对温泉和地热高异常区形成的控制作用。提出新生代火山活动区、裂谷盆地、断裂强烈活动区和大地震发生区,以及活化的古板块缝合带等地区,是最有利的地热资源勘探靶区。     

CENOZOIC VOLCANISM AND GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES IN NORTHEAST CHINA

1 INTRODUCTION Northeast China is located in the eastern marginal part of Eurasian plate. There are about 700 Cenozoic volcanoes and about 50 000km2 volcanic rocks in Northeast China. The Cenozoic volcanism is related to the Pacific plate subducting, back-arc spreading and corresponding marginal continental rifting. About 700 Cenozoic volcanoes in Northeast China are concentrated at some places, so Shuangliao, Keluo, Wudalianchi, Yitong, Shulan, Shangzhi, Longgang, Jingbo Lake, …     

THE MAIN FEATURES OF MORPHOSTRUCTURE OFTHE TRANSREGIONAL AMUR-SONGHUA-HUANGHEFAULT ZONE IN EAST ASIA

DuringthelastseveralyearstheRussian-Chinese~tivemorphOStructUralinvestigationswerecarriedoutalongthetransregionalfaultzonewhichstretcheSmorethan3000kin,fromlowerstreamoftheHuanghecaver,ac~theffehaho,Liaohedep~ion,thenalongthehahuaandthelowerAInurvalleystotheNorthffekhalinandprobablytothecentralPartofOkhotskAsbasin.It'soneofthelargestfaultzonesintheeasternrnalginofAsia.OntheterritoryofnortheasternChinathemostpinOfthiszoneiskno~asTall-L.faultzonewhichhasbeenstudiedbyChinesegeologistsform…     

Global hydrogeological systems and groundwater of the Pacific segment of the Earth

The paper presents the main results of almost half-century-long theoretical and applied studies by the late K.P. Karavanov dedicated to hydrogeological systems of continents and the oceanic floor as well as to the regional hydrogeology of the Pacific segment of the Earth. This research is not yet over; it is being developed by his followers and serves as a basis for the further study of the subsurface hydrosphere on land and the sea and ocean floor.     

Breaking the Grenville–Sveconorwegian link in Rodinia reconstructions

The Grenville, Sveconorwegian, and Sunsas orogens are typically inferred to reflect collision between Laurentia, Baltica, and Amazonia at ca. 1.0 Ga, forming a central portion of the Rodinia supercontinent. This triple‐junction configuration is often nearly identical in otherwise diverse Rodinia reconstructions. However, available geological data suggest that although the Grenville and Sveconorwegian provinces shared a similar tectonic evolution from pre‐1.8 to ca. 1.5 Ga, they record distinctly different tectonic histories leading up to, during, and possibly following Grenville–Sveconorwegian orogenesis. Moreover, palaeomagnetic data suggest the two continents were separated at peak orogenesis, further invalidating any direct correlation. A number of possible interpretations are permissible with available geological and palaeomagnetic data, of which a “classic” triple‐junction configuration appears least likely. In contrast to the commonly inferred intertwined Proterozoic evolution of Baltica and Laurentia, the possibility remains that they were unrelated for a billion years between 1.5 and 0.45 Ga.     

Water in Parental Basaltic Magmas of Menshyi Brat Volcano (Iturup Island,Kurile Islands)

Doklady Earth Sciences - Data from the study of minerals of the liquidus association (olivine and spinel) from high-Mg basalts (up to 10 wt % MgO) of Menshyi Brat Volcano (Iturup Island) are...     

Magnetic,paleomagnetic and palynologic studies of Paleolithic depositions of the Akhshtyrskaya cave (Russia)

The paper presents the results of experimental rock-magnetic, paleomagnetic and palynologic study of Paleolithic sediments sampled along two profiles in the Akhshtyrskaya cave, situated in the vicinity of Black Sea shore. In the upper part of profiles, some magnetite was observed; in the middle and lower parts, strongly oxidized non-stoichiometric magnetite and hematite prevail. Thin maghemite covers on the surface of fine magnetite grains are present in the majority of specimens. Natural remanence has one characteristic component (CHRM), mostly of chemical origin, although in few specimens containing magnetite it may be sedimentary. Directions of CHRM obtained by standard paleomagnetic methods revealed anomalous pattern only in layer 3/2, which is slightly older than the overlying layer 3/1 whose age was established as (35±2)×10³ years BP by the U-Th method. This suggests that this paleomagnetic anomaly (PMA) can be correlated with Kargapolovo excursion dated on about (45−39)×10³ years BP. In the remaining overlying and underlying layers, directions of CHRM are grouped around the present geomagnetic field. Depth distributions of scalar magnetic parameters generally coincide with the lithological division of the profiles. Palynologic study revealed the presence of 22 pollen zones. Five thermomers separated with colder periods were found in the middle and lower parts of profile. The non-magnetite composition of magnetic fraction of the majority of studied sediments — oxidized nonstoichiometric magnetite and hematite — resulted in the lack of correlations between paleoclimatic and scalar magnetic characteristics.