Table of Contents

Preface; To Development of the Theory of the Origin & Early Evolution of the Earth; Bulk Composition & Core Sizes of the Moon; Impulsive Heating of Gas-Dust Nebular Condensates as a Mechanism for the Conjugate Formation of Silicate Chondrules & Metal; Degassing of the Earth's Mantle & Metal Core Formation: Results of Experimental;Modeling; Formation of the Primordial Sialic Material of the Earth: Possible Mechanisms & Sources; Role of Salt Composition (K/Na) of Aqueous Environments in Biological Evolution; Survivability of Bacteria & Phages Exposed to Short Heating, UV Radiation, & Electron Flows; Role of Hydrogen & Metals in the Formation & Evolution of Metabolic Systems; Nanobiota of the World Ocean: Its Role in Modern Ecosystems, Possibilities of Reconstructing Ancient Ecosystems; Evolution & Development of Marine Biota in the Paleozoic As Affected by Abiotic Factors; Relicts & Living Fossils as Witnesses of the Modern Oceanic Fauna Formation; Accumulation of Carbonaceous & Phosphate Deposits in the Phanerozoic in Relation with Intensity of Volcanism; Global Climate Change & Its Possible Relation to the Variations in Solar Activity; Cause-and-Effect Relationships & Factors of Global Biospheric Transformations in the Phanerozoic; Lakhanda Microbiota, Upper Riphean of Siberia: Paleoecology & Taphonomy; New Morphotypes from the Lakhanda Microbiota of the Upper Riphean of Siberia; The Vendian Microfossil Assemblages of Eastern Siberia & their Biostratigraphic Potential; Index.