Geologicheskii Vestnik

The article briefly describes the results of fundamental, exploratory and applied scientific research by research staff of the Institute of Geology of the UFRC RAS in 2021–2026 in areas: stratigraphy and paleontology of the Urals and the eastern margin of the Russian Platform; geodynamics, magmatism, metamorphism, geophysics and paleomagnetism of folded structures and platforms using the Urals and adjacent territories as an example; the formation and distribution patterns of ore and non-metallic mineral deposits and hydrocarbon raw materials using the Urals and adjacent territories as an example; isotope geochemistry of sedimentary, igneous and ore-bearing complexes; geoecology and hydrogeology of the Urals and the eastern part of the Volga-Ural artesian basin; technogenic mineral resources of the Southern Urals. 

Institute of Geology, IG UFRC RAS, laboratories, main scientific results

• Bashlykova E.Yu., Gorozhanina E.N., Kulagina E.I. (2025) Microfacies and Foraminifera of the Tulskian Deposits (Visean Stage, Lower Carboniferous) of the Southeastern East European Platform and the Southern Urals. Georesources. 27 (3), 179–194. DOI: 10.18599/grs.2025.3.26 (In Russian).
• Belyavskaya O.S., Protsenko A.S., Kurmanov R.G. (2022) Ufa-II Settlement. Excavation Materials of 2017. Ufa: First Printing House. 293 p. (In Russian).
• Golovanova I.V., Danukalov K.N., Sal'manova R.Yu. (2022) Late Paleozoic Magnetization Reversal — an Independent Indicator of Tectonic Processes in the Southern Urals. Geological Bulletin. (2), 56–68. DOI: 10.31084/2619-0087/2022-2-5 (In Russian).
• Gorodzhanin V.M. (2026) "The Riphean-Vendian Boundary Interval in the Southern Urals: A Lithological-Formational and Genetic Approach to Correlating Deposits on the Eastern and Western Slopes of the Bashkir Meganticlinorium". Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 34 (2), 5–29. (In Russian).
• Zaitseva T.S., Kuznetsov A.B., Sergeeva N.D., Adamskaya E.V., Plotkina Yu.V. (2022) U–TH–PB age of detrital zircon from oolitic limestones of the Uk Formation: traces of Grenville source areas in the Late Riphean of the Southern Urals. Doklady Akademii Nauki. Nauki o Zemli. 503 (2), 14–20. DOI: 10.31857/S2686739722040193 (In Russian).
• Znamensky S.E. (2025) Geochemistry and petrogenesis of igneous rocks of the Kutuevsky Au-Cu porphyry ore occurrence (Southern Urals). Georesources. 27 (1), 20–30. DOI: 10.18599/grs.2025.1.2 (In Russian).
• Znamensky S.E. (2023) Mineralogy and P-T conditions of formation of metasomatic rocks of the Voznesenskoye gold deposit (Southern Urals). Lithosphere. 3 (23), 430–446. https://doi.org/10.24930/1681-9004-2022-22-3-391-403 (In Russian).
• Znamensky S.E. (2025) Mineralogy and petrogenesis of intrusive rocks of the Kutuevskoye Au-Cu porphyry ore occurrence (Southern Urals). Lithosphere. 25 (1), 114–133. DOI: 10.24930/2500-302X-2025-25-1-114-133 (In Russian).
• Kovalev S.G., Kovalev S.S. (2026) Rare earth fluorocarbonates in carbonaceous shales of the Ishlinsky graben (western slope of the Southern Urals). Georesources. 28 (1), 120–130. https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2026.1.2 (In Russian).
• Kovalev S.G., Kovalev S.S. (2022) Xenotime mineralization in various structural-compositional complexes of the Bashkir mega-anticlinorium (Southern Urals). Notes of the Russian Mineralogical Society. CLI (1), 74–91. (In Russian).
• Kovalev S.G., Kovalev S.S., Sharipova A.A. (2024) Chevkinite-Group Minerals in Differentiated Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions (Western Slope of the Southern Urals). Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogical Obshchestvo. CLIII (4), 34–44. (In Russian).
• Kolonskikh A.G., Ruslanova R.R., Kurmanov R.G. (2022) Reconstruction of Landscapes and Paleoclimatic Environments at Early Medieval Necropolises of the Southern Cis-Urals: Bustanaevsky Kurgan and Birsky Ground Cemeteries (Based on Palynological Data). Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series: Geoarchaeology. Ethnology. Anthropology. 40, 26–36. (In Russian).
• Kosarev A.M., Puchkov V.N., Seravkin I.B., Shafigullina G.T. (2022) Massive sulfide-bearing volcanic complexes of the Magnitogorsk paleoisland-arc megazone in the Southern Urals: models of ore-magmatic systems and geodynamic reconstructions. Petrology. (1), 91–118. DOI: 10.31857/S0869590322010058 (In Russian).
• Kotov V.G., Kurmanov R.G. (2023) The Mysovaya Paleolithic Site and Its Place in the Ural Paleolithic. XVI Bader Readings: A Collection of Scientific Papers Based on the Proceedings of the All-Russian (with International Participation) Scientific Conference. Perm: Perm State National Research University. P. 132–138. (In Russian).
• Kotov V.G., Kurmanov R.G., Nikolaev S.Yu., Rumyantsev M.M., Khurmaev A.A. (2024) New Natural Science Studies of Paleolithic Sites in the Southern Trans-Urals. Ufa Archaeological Bulletin. 24 (1), 6–27. DOI: 10.31833/uav/2024.24.2.001 (In Russian).
• Kurmanov R.G., Protsenko A.S., Ruslanova R.R., Ovsyannikov V.V., Danukalova G.A., Lapteva E.G., Vorobyova S.L. (2024) Dynamics of Vegetation and Climate in the Late Holocene in the City of Ufa. Geology, Mineral Resources and Problems of Geoecology of Bashkortostan, the Urals and Adjacent Territories. 15th Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference. Ufa, May 14–17, 2024. Moscow: Pero. (15), 129–133. (In Russian).
• Mavrinskaya, T.M., Sharipova, A.R. (2023) Biostratigraphic subdivision of the Pragian deposits of the western slope of the Southern Urals based on conodonts: The Mindigulovo section as an example. Lithosphere. 23 (6), 950–969. DOI: 10.24930/1681-9004-2023-23-6-950-969 (In Russian).
• Obydennova G.T., Protsenko A.S., Kurmanov R.G. (2022) Archaeological and palynological study of the cultural layer of the Okhlebininsky I settlement. Bulletin of Bryansk State University. 2 (52), 113–124. (In Russian).
• Osipova E.M., Danukalova G.A., Tiunov M.P. (2024) Using the malacofaunal method to reconstruct paleoecological conditions of the end of the Late Neopleistocene – Holocene based on materials from the Tetyukhinskaya Cave locality (southern Far East, Russia). Zoological Journal. 103 (2), 90–110. DOI: 10.31857/S0044513424020092 (In Russian).
• Protsenko A.S., Ivanov V.A., Kurmanov R.G., Suleimanov R.R. (2025) Kara-aby Zskoe settlement in the Southern Urals. Results of interdisciplinary research. Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes. (6), 33–45. https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.6.33.45 (In Russian).
• Protsenko A.S., Kurmanov R.G. (2025) Archaeological and palynological study of the Early Iron Age settlement Postupalovo-3 (Southern Urals). Bulletin of the Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic scientific journal. 3 (55), 174–193. DOI: 10.32516/2303-9922.2025.55.11 (In Russian).
• Puchkov V.N., Sergeeva N.D. (2021) Isotopic age of Riphean volcanogenic formations in the Southern Urals and the significance of event stratigraphy in refining the stratigraphic scale. Upper Precambrian stratigraphy: problems and solutions. Proceedings of the VII Russian conference on Precambrian geology (St. Petersburg, September 21–24, 2021). St. Petersburg: Svoy Publishing House. P. 155–158. http://www.ipgg.ru/ru/events/vii-rossiyskaya-konferentsiya-po-problemam-geologii-okembriya (In Russian).
• Ronkin Yu.L. Sergeeva N.D. (2025) Isotope geology of volcanic rocks of the Riphean stratotype of the Bashkir mega-anticlinorium. Relationship between the formation time of igneous formations and ore deposits in the metallogenic provinces of Eurasia. IX Russian Conference on Isotope Geochronology. Moscow, June 3–5, 2025. Conference Proceedings. Moscow: IGEM RAS. P. 157–159. (In Russian).
• Ruslanov E.V., Saveliev N.S., Kurmanov R.G. (2025) Dynamics of Development of the Mountain-Forest Zone of the Southern Urals in the Bronze Age–Modern Period Based on Interdisciplinary Research in the Mouth Part of the Kana River. Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes. (3), 239–257. DOI: 10.24852/2587-6112.2025.3.239.257(In Russian).
• Sergeeva N.D., Puchkov V.N., Karaseva T.V., Dyakova S.A. (2023) Updated stratigraphic scheme of the Riphean deposits of the Kama-Belsky and Sernovodsk-Abdulinsky aulacogens of the East European Platform (Volga-Ural region) // Precambrian stratigraphy: problems and solutions. Proceedings of the VIII Russian conference on the problems of Precambrian geology (St. Petersburg, September 25–29, 2023). St. Petersburg: Svoe Publishing House. P. 140–142. (In Russian).
• Smirnov A.I. (2024) Nival corrosion wells of the Southern Cis-Urals (distribution and formation features). Geomorphology and paleogeography. 55 (4), 144–156. DOI: 10.31857/S2949178924040095 (In Russian).
• Smirnov A.I. (2025) A New Type of Karst Landforms in the Southern Cis-Urals: Nival-Corrosion Wells. Caves. Issue 45. Perm: Perm State National Research University. P. 108–115. (In Russian).
• Fadeeva T.V., Kosintsev P.A., Gimranov D.O., Yakovlev A.G. (2022) Find of Teeth of the Archaic Vole Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregaloides (Hinton, 1923) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) in the Late Pleistocene of the Southern Urals. Reports of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Life Sciences. 505 (1), 294–297. DOI: 10.31857/S2686738922040047 (In Russian).
• Shabutdinov T.D., Savelyev D.E., Gataullin R.A. (2026) Mineralogical and geochemical features of chromitites of the Apshak area (ultramafic massif of Southern Kraka, Southern Urals). Mineralogy. 12 (1), 17–43. https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545X-2026-12-1-2 (In Russian).
• Yakupov R.R., Gusmanova K.B. (2024) Application of neural networks for recognition of chitinoses in images. Bulletin of Geosciences. 9 (357), 32–39. DOI: 10.19110/geov2024.9.5 (In Russian).
• Bakhshiev I.I., Kurmanov R.G. (2023) Palynological studies of cultural layers of the fortified settlement Ulak-1 of the Bronze Age (South Ural, Russia) / Ankusheva N., Chechushkov I.V., Epimakhov A., Ankushev M., Ankusheva P. (eds). Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy. GAM 2022. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. P. 58–67. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-46424-9_6
• Crockford P.W., Waldeck A.R., Bekker A., Kunzmann M., Ghosh R., Ghosh P., Sergeeva N.D., Michurin S.V., Haley I., Johnston D.T. (2025) Depositional controls on Δ′17O signatures of sedimentary sulfate. Geophysical Research Letters. 52 (12), e2024GL114184. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114184
• Danukalova G., Tiunov M., Osipova E., Kurmanov R., Omelko V., Panteleev A., Gladchenkov A. (2025) Holocene palaeoenvironments of the Southern Sikhote-Alin, reconstructed from palaeontological data (South of the Far East, Russia). Palaeoworld. 34, 200943. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.200943
• Fadeeva T., Yakovlev A., Gimranov D., Kosintsev P., Cheremiskina K. (2024) Fossil insectivorous mammals (Eulipotyphla) of the Southern Pre-Urals (Bashkortostan, Russia). Quaternary Science Reviews. 325, 108480. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108480
• Fadeeva T.V., Kosintsev P.A., Gimranov D.O., Yakovlev A.G. (2022) Finding of molars of the archaic vole Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregaloides (Hinton, 1923) (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) in the late pleistocene of the Southern Urals. Doklady Biological Sciences. 505 (1), 105–108.
• Golovanova I.V., Danukalov K.N., Parfirjev N.P., Sal’manova R.Yu., Sergeeva N.D. (2023) Section of the Asha Series (Southern Urals) — Basu or Zigan Formation? Problems of Geocosmos — 2022. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. P. 57–65. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40728-4_5
• Gorozhanin V.M., Michurin S.V., and Yuldashbaeva V.F. (2024) Lithological Features of the Uryuk Formation in the Vendian Tolparovo Section (Southern Urals). Lithology and Mineral Resources. 59 (1), 70–84. DOI: 10.1134/S0024490223700372
• Gorozhanin V.M., Michurin S.V., Krupenin M.T., Kuznetsov N.B., Romanyuk T.V. (2025) The “Washout Shales” of the Bakal Ore Field (Southern Urals) are Analogues of the Mashak Volcanites. Doklady Earth Sciences. 52 (2), 34. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X25606121
• Kovalev S.G., Kovalev S.S., Sharipova A.A. (2023) Oxyfluorides of rare-earth elements in the rocks of the Shatak formation (Southern Urals). Minerals. 13 (7), 935–948. DOI: 10.3390/min13070935
• Kovalev S.G., Kovalev S.S., Sharipova A.A., Gorozhanin V.M., Maslov A.V. (2024) New Data on the Sm-Nd Age of Mafic/Ultramafic Intrusions on the Western Slope of the Southern Urals. Doklady Earth Sciences. 518 (1), 1423–1428. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X24602621
• Levashova N.M., Golovanova I.V., Rud’ko D.V., Danukalov K.N., Rud’ko S.V., Sal’manova R.Yu., Meert J.G. (2021) Late Ediacaran magnetic field hyperactivity: Quantifying the reversal frequency in the Zigan Formation, Southern Urals, Russia. Gondwana Research. 94, 133–142. DOI: 10.1016/J.GR.2021.02.018
• Litvinova T.V., Sergeeva N.D., Dyakova S.A. (2024) Stromatolites as Indicators of Hydrocarbon Enrichment (in Riphean Sediments of the Volga-Ural Region Platform). Paleontological Journal. 58 (7), 117–125. Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2024. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030124600525
• Osipova E., Danukalova G., Tiunov M. (2024) Late Pleistocene and Holocene malacological and theriological faunas from the Tetyukhinskaya Cave (South Far East, Russia) and their palaeoecological implications. Palaeoword. 33, 241–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2022.12.007
• Osipova E.M., Danukalova G.A., Tiunov M.P. (2024) The Use of the Malacofaunistic Method for Reconstructing the Palaeoecological Conditions of the late Late Pleistocene to Holocene Based on Material from the Tetyukhinskaya Cave Site, Southern Far East, Russia. Biology Bulletin. 51 (8), 296–317. DOI: 10.1134/S106235902470122X
• Puchkov V.N., Ernst R.E., Ivanov K.S. (2021) The importance and difficulties of identifying mantle plumes in orogenic belts: An example based on the fragmented large igneous province (LIP) record in the Ural fold belt. Precambrian Research. 361, 106186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106186
• Rakhimov I.R., Kunakkuzin E.L., Vishnevskiy A.V., Soloshenko N.G., Kiseleva D.V. (2025) Disseminated layering or syn-shearing multi-phase petrogenetic model of Cu-Ni-PGE-bearing Khudolaz Differentiated complex in the Southern Urals: A case study of collisional ultramafic-mafic magmatism. Lithos. 516–517, 108267. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108267
• Rakhimov I.R., Pushkarev E.V., Chervyakovskiy V.S., Dyakova S.A. (2024) U–Pb age of detrital zircons from the middle permian sabantuy chromite paleoplacer (Southern Pre-Urals). Doklady Earth Sciences. 517 (1), 1075–1081. DOI: 10.1134/s1028334x24601664
• Saveliev D.E. (2024) Chromitites and associated mineralization of the Akkarga ophiolitic massif in the southeastern Urals (Russia). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 273, 106273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106273
• Saveliev D.E. (2024) PGM in chromitites of Kraka massifs (the Southern Urals): diversity and origin. Georesources. 26 (4), 120–131 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18599/grs.2024.4.8)
• Saveliev D.E., Shilovskikh V.V., Makatov D.K., Gataullin R.A. (2022) Accessory Cr-spinel from peridotite massifs of the South Urals: Morphology, composition and origin. Mineralogy and Petrology. 116, 401–427. DOI: 10.1007/s00710-022-00791-1
• Saveliev D.E.; Makatov D.K.; Vishnevskiy A.V.; Gataullin R.A. (2023) Accessory Minerals in the Chromitite Ores of Dzharlybutak Ore Group of Kempirsai Massif (Southern Urals, Kazakhstan): Clues for Ore Genesis. Minerals. 13, 263. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020263
• Snachev A.V., Rassomakhin M.A. (2024) Gold and Platinum Group Element Occurrence Related to Black Shale Formations in the Southern Urals (Russian Federation): A Review. Minerals. 14, 1283. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14121283
• Tagarieva R.Ch. (2024) Palmatolepis abramovae sp. nov.—A New Conodont Species from the Makarovo Regional Substage (Lower Famennian, Upper Devonian) of the Western Slope of the South Urals. Paleontological Journal. 58 (2), 196–203. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030123600324
• Znamensky S.E. (2026) Mineralogy and P-T Conditions for the Formation of Metasomatic Rocks of the Voznesenskoe Gold Deposit (Southern Urals). Geology of Ore Deposits. 68 (1), 147–161. DOI: 10.1134/S107570152570028X