Ukrainian Geologist Journal. № 1 (17), JANUARY-MARCH, 2007

NEWS
Haletskiy L., Remezova O. The international conference «Ti-2007 in CIS» 3

GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND MINING
Buharev S. A long ordeal, or On the issue of bringing investments to the mining industry of Ukraine 6
Ivanyshyn V., Stryzhak V. The analysis of the knowledge obtained at a regional stage of the area exploration carried out for the main perspective lithologic-and-stratigraphic complexes of the Dniper-Donetsk cavity (DDC) by the parametric wells of more than 5000 m in depth 15

SCIENCE: NEW LOOK
Gurov Ye., Gozhyk P. The Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary impact craters and their part in the development of life on the Earth 25
Oryschenko I. Spreading – the crust compensatory factor of the dilative Earth 33
Honcharenko V., Svystun V., Herasymenko T., Malynovskiy O. The fundamentals of a complex prognosis of methane accumulation zones in Donbass according to geological-geophysical data 36
Shekhunova S. The utilization experience for the subsurface excavations of saliferous formations 44
Mischenko V. The status of the man-caused mineral deposits 53

NAMES
Mytropolskiy O., Ognyanyk M., Larchenkov Ye., Ivanik O. From the cohort of the famous sons of Ukraine 66
Makarenko D. Academician V.V. Riznechenko as a painter (On the 75th centenary of the death) 70
Radzivill A., Degtyaryova L., Mandryk B., Furduy R. He stepped beyond the border... 72

GEOLOGY, HISTORY, CULTURE
Korzhnev M., Baysarovych I. Water as a factor of tectogenesis 83
Matchoulina S. The discovery of rare stalactitic and stalagmitic forms of pyrite in Donbass 86
Prokopets V. The stones that imbue life 88
Naydyn D. Carpathian geological expedition of professor A.A. Bogdanov, in 1946–1949 (the participant’s non-geological memoirs) 92

EDITORIAL NOTE
Terms and conditions of publishing 97