BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

PhD Thesis (Candidate of Science Dissertation)

 

Safonova I.Yu. (2005) Vendian-Paleozoic basalts of the Paleo-Asian Ocean incorporated in foldbelts of Gorny Altai and East Kazakhstan: geodynamic settings of formation. Candidate of Sciences Thesis Autoreferate. NP AI «Geo», Novosibirsk, P. 20 (in Russian). (PDF)

  

Refereed Journal Publications:

 

2014

 1. Safonova, I.Yu., Kojima, S., Nakae, S., Romer, R.L., Seltmann, R., Sano, H., Onoue, T., 2014. Oceanic island basalts in accretionary complexes of SW Japan: tectonic and petrogenetic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. (accepted)

 2. Safonova I., Seltmann, R., Sun, M., Xiao, W., Rasskazov, S., Kislov, E., Kim, S., Glen, D., 2014. Continental Construction in Central Asia (IGCP#592): 2013 Meetings and Training Activities. Episodes 37, 115-121.

 3. Sharkov, E.V., Lebedev, V., Chugaev, A., Zabarinskaya, L., Rodnikov, A., Sergeeva, N., Safonova, I., 2014. The Caucasian-Arabian segment of the Alpine-Himalayan collisional belt: Geology, volcanism and neotectonics. Geoscience Frontiers http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2014.07.001

1.    4. Yang, G., Li, Y., Safonova, I., Yi, S., Tong, L., Seltmann, R., 2014. Early Carboniferous volcanic rocks of West Junggar in the western Central Asian Orogenic Belt: implications for a supra-subduction system. International Geology Review 56, 823–84.

 5. Simonov V.A., Mikolaichuk A.V., Safonova I.Yu., Kotlyarov A.V., Kovyazin S.V., 2014. Late Paleozoic-Cenozoic intra-plate continental basaltic magmatism of the Tienshan-Junggar region in the SW Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.001

 6. Glorie, S., De Grave, J., Buslov, M.M., Zhimulev, F.I., Safonova, I.Y., 2014. Provenance of Early Palaeozoic sediments at the southwestern margin of the Siberian Craton: insights from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 82, 115-123.

 7. Safonova, I., 2014. The Russian-Kazakh Altai Orogen: an overview and main debatable issues. Geoscience Frontiers 5, 537-552.

 8. Kurganskaya E.V., Safonova I.Yu., Simonov V.A., 2014. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of suprasubduction volcanic complexes of the Char strike-slip zone, eastern Kazakhstan. Russian Geology and Geophysics 55, 69-84.

 9. Gerya, T., Slabunov, A., Santosh, M., Safonova, I., 2014. Granulites and eclogites in geodynamics: Preface. Gondwana Research 25, 439-441.

10. Safonova, I., Santosh, M., 2014. Accretionary complexes in the Asia-Pacific region: Tracing archives of ocean plate stratigraphy and tracking mantle plumes. Gondwana Research 25,  126-158.

 

2013

1. Orkhonselenge, A., Krivonogov, S.K., Mino, K., Kashiwaya,K., Safonova, I.Y., Yamamoto, M., Kashima, K., Nakamura, T., Kim, J.Y., 2013. Holocene sedimentary records from Lake Borsog, eastern shore of Lake Khuvsgul, Mongolia, and their paleoenvironmental implications. Quaternary International, 290-291, 95-109.

2. Safonova I., Seltmann R., Sun M., Kroener A., Kislov E., Kovach V., Collins V., 2013. Continental construction in Central Asia (IGCP592): scientific results and meetings in 2012. Episodes 36, 227-234.

3. Novikov I.V., Vapnik E., Safonova I.Yu. Mud volcano origin of the Mottled Zone, South Levant. Geoscience Frontiers 4, 597-619.

4. Kusky, T., Windley, B., Safonova, I., Wakita, K., Wakabayashi, J., Polat, A., Santosh., M., 2013. Recognition of Ocean Plate Stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8 billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion. Gondwana Research 24, 501-547.

 

2012

1. Krivonogov S.K., Yi, S., Kashiwaya, K., Kim, J.C., Narantsetseg, T., Oyunchimeg, T., Safonova I.Y., Kazansky, A.Y., Sitnikova, T., Kim, J.Y., Hasebe, N., 2012. Solved and unsolved problems of sedimentation, glaciation and paleolakes of the Darhad Basin, Northern Mongolia. Quaternary Science Reviews 56, 142-163.

2. Kim, J.Y., Krivonogov, S.K., Lee, Y.J., Woo, J.Y., Oh, K.C., Yang, D.Y., Kim, J.C., Safonova, I.Y., Yamamoto, M., 2013. Climatic stages recorded in sediments of the Gunang Cave, South Korea. Quaternary International 313-314, 194-209.

3. Long X., Yuan C., Sun M., Safonova I., Xiao W., Wang Y., 2012. Geochemistry and U-Pb detrital zircon dating of Paleozoic greywackes in East Junggar, NW China: Insights into subduction-accretion processes in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research 21, 637-663. (PDF)

 4. Safonova, I., Simonov, V.A., Obut, O.T., Kurganskaya, E.V., Romer, R., Seltmann, R., 2012. Late Paleozoic oceanic basalts hosted by the Char suture-shear zone, East Kazakhstan: geological position, geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic setting. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 49, 20-39. (PDF)

5. Krivonogov, S.K., Takahara, H., Yamamuro, M., Preis, Y.I., Khazina, I.V., Khazin, L.B., Kuzmin, Y.V., Safonova, I.Y., Ignatova, N.V., 2012. Regional to local environmental changes in southern Western Siberia: Evidence from biotic records of mid to late Holocene sediments of Lake Beloye. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 331–332, 177-193.

6. Krivonogov, S.K., Yamamuro, M., Takahara, H., Kazansky, A.Y., Klimin, M.A., Bobrov, V.A., Safonova, I.Y., Phedorin, M.A., Bortnikova, S.B. 2012. An abrupt ecosystem change in Lake Beloye, southern Western Siberia: Palaeoclimate versus local environment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 331–332, 194-206.

 

 2011

 1. Safonova, I.Yu. , Buslov M.M., Simonov, V.A.,  Izokh A.E., Komiya T., Kurganskaya, E.V., 2011. Geochemistry, petrogenesis and geodynamic origin of basalts from the Katrun accretionary complex of Gorny Altai (wouth-western Siberia). Russian Geology and Geophysics 52,  421-442 (PDF).

2. Safonova, I.Yu., Sennikov N.V., Komiya T., Bychkova Y.V., Kurganskaya E.V., 2011. Geochemical diversity in oceanic basalts hosted by the Zasur'ya accretionary complex, NW Russian Altai, Central Asia: Implications from trace elements and Nd isotopes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 42, 191-207 (PDF)  

3. Safonova, I., Seltmann, E., Kröner, A., Gladkochub, D., Schulmann, K., Xiao, W., Kim, J., Komiya, T., Sun, M., 2011. A new concept of continental construction in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: (Compared to actualistic examples from the Western Pacific). Episodes 34, 186-196. (PDF)

 

2010

1. Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V., Kurganskaya E.V., 2010. Physico-chemical parameters of petrogenesis of basaltic units in the Katun zone, Gorny Altai. Litosfera. ¹ 3, p. 111-117. (PDF)

2. Ñèìîíîâ Â.À., Ñàôîíîâà È.Þ., Êîâÿçèí Ñ.Â., 2010. Ïåòðîãåíåçèñ îñòðîâîäóæíûõ êîìïëëåêñîâ ×àðñêîé çîíû, Âîñòî÷íûé Êàçàõñòàí. Ïåòðîëîãèÿ, ò. 18, ¹ 6, ñ. 59-72.(PDF)

3. Buslov M.M., Safonova I.Yu., Fedoseev G.S., Reichow M., Davies C., Babin G.A., 2010. Permo-Triassic plume magmatism of the Kuznetsk Basin, Central Asia: geology, geochronology and geochemistry. Russian Geology and Geophysics 51, 901-916. (PDF)

4. Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V., Kotlyarov A.V., 2010. Physico-chemical parameters of Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian plume magmatism in the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Russian Geology and Geophysics 51, 429-442. (PDF)

5. Safonova, I.Yu., Maruyama, S., Hirata, T., Kon, Y., Rino S., 2010. LA ICP MS U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from Russia largest rivers: implications for major granitoid events in Eurasia and global episodes of supercontinent formation. Journal of Geodynamics 50, 134-153. (PDF)

6. Davies C., Allen M., Buslov M., Safonova I., 2010. Deposition in the Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia: insights into the Permian-Triassic transition and the Mesozoic evolution of Central Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 295, 307–322 (PDF)

7. Safonova, I.Yu., Rino, S., Maruyama, S. (2010) U–Pb Ages of Detrital Zircons from Modern Sediments of the Yangtze River and Stages of Orogeny in Southeast Asia. Doklady Earth Sciences 431, 280-284 (PDF).

 

2009

1. Utsunomiya A., Jahn Bor-ming, Ota T., Safonova, I.Yu. (2009) A geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic study of the Vendian greenstones from Gorny Altai, southern Siberia: Implications for the tectonic setting of the formation of greenstones and the role of oceanic plateaus in accretionary orogen, Lihtos 113,  437-453 (PDF)

2. Safonova, I.Yu., A. Utsunomiya, S. Kojima, S. Nakae, O. Tomurtogoo, A.N. Filippov, K. Koizumi, 2009. Pacific superplume-related oceanic basalts hosted by accretionary complexes of Central Asia, Russian Far East and Japan, Gondwana Research 16, 587-608 (PDF)

3. Safonova, I.Y. (2009) Intraplate magmatism and oceanic plate stratigraphy of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific Oceans from 600 to 140 Ma, Ore Geology Reviews,  35, 137-154. (PDF)

4. Reichow M.K., M.S. Pringle, A.I. Al'Mukhamedov, M.B. Allen, V.L. Andreichev, M.M. Buslov, C.E. Davies, G.S. Fedoseev, J.G. Fitton, S. Inger, A.Ya. Medvedev, C. Mitchell, V.N. Puchkov,  I.Yu. Safonova, R.A. Scott, A.D. Saunders (2009) The timing and extent of the eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province: Implications for the end-Permian environmental crisis, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 277, 9-20 (PDF).

 

2008

1. Le Heron D. P.,  Buslov M.M.,  Davies C., Richards K., Safonova I.Yu. (2008) Evolution of Mesozoic fluvial systems along the SE flank of the West Siberian Basin, Russia. Sedimentary Geology, 208, 45-60. (PDF)

2. Safonova, I.Yu. (2008) Geochemical evolution of the intraplate oceanic magmatism of the Paleo-Asian Ocean from the Late Neoproterozoic to the Early Cambrian. Petrology, v. 16, no. 5, p. 492-511 (PDF).

3. Safonova, I.Yu., Simonov, V.A., Buslov, M.M., Ota, T., Maruyama, Sh. (2008) Neoproterozoic basalts of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (Kurai accretion zone, Gorny Altai, Russia): geochemistry, petrogenesis, geodynamics. Russian Geology and Geophysics 49, 254-271. (PDF)

 

1998-2006

1. Dobretsov N.L., Buslov M.M., Rubatto D., Safonova I.Yu. (2006) Shalkar Ophiolite Complex, Northern Kazakhstan: Structural Setting, Age, Geochemistry, and Genesis. Russian Geol. & Geophys., v. 47, no. 4, pp. 471-481. (PDF)

2. Buslov M.M., Watanabe T., Fujiwara Y., Iwata K., Smirnova L.V., Saphonova I.Yu., Semakov N.N. (2004) Late Paleozoic faults of the Altai region, Central Asia: tectonic pattern and model of formation. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 23, p. 655-671. (PDF)

3. Dobretsov, N.L., Buslov, M.M., Safonova, I.Yu., Kokh, D.A. (2004). Fragments of oceanic islands in the Kurai and Katun’ accretionary wedges of Gorny Altai. Russ. Geol. Geophys. 45(12), 1325-1348. (PDF)

4. Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M., Kokh D.A. (2004) Fragments of oceanic crust of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in Gorny Altai and East Kazakhstan: geochemistry and structural setting. Litosfera, ¹ 3, p. 84-96 (in Russian).

5. Safonova I.Yu., M.M. Buslov, K. Iwata, D.A. Kokh (2004) Fragments of Vendian-Early Carboniferous oceanic crust of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in foldbelts of the Altai-Sayan region of Central Asia: geochemistry, biostratigraphy and structural setting. Gondwana Research, v. 7, no. 3, pp. 771-790. (PDF)

6. Buslov M. M., Watanabe T., Safonova I.Yu., Iwata K., Travin A., Akiyama M. (2002) A Vendian-Cambrian island arc system of the Siberian continent in Gorny Altai (Russia, Central Asia). Gondwana Research. V. 5, no. 4, P. 781-800. (PDF)

7. Buslov, M.M., Saphonova, I.Yu., Watanabe, T., Obut, O.T., Fujiwara, Y., Iwata, K., Semakov, N. N., Sugai, Y., Smirnova, L.V., Kazansky, A.Yu. and Itaya, T. (2001) Evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (Altai-Sayan Region, Central Asia) and collision of possible Gondwana-derived terranes with the southern marginal part of the Siberian continent. Geoscience journal, v. 5, no. 3, pp. 203-224. (PDF)

8. Buslov, M.M., Fujiwara, Y., Saphonova, I.Yu, Okada, Sh. and Semakov, N.N. (2000) The junction zone of the Gorny Altai and Rudny Altai terranes: structure and evolution. Russian Geol. Geophys., v. 41, pp. 377-390. (PDF)

9. Buslov, M.M., Saphonova, I.Yu and Bobrov, V.A. (1999) An exotic terrane of the Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician oceanic crust in the northwestern Gorny Altai (Zasurin Formation): structural position and geochemistry. Dokl. RAN, v. 368, pp. 650-654.

10. Buslov, M.M., Saphonova, I.Yu. and Bobrov, V.A. (1998) New geochemical data on boninites from Kurai ophiolites, Gorny Altai. Dokl. RAN, v. 361, pp. 244-247. (PDF)

 

Book Chapters and Special Volumes

 

Buslov M.M., Safonova I.Yu., Fedoseev G.S., Reichow M., Travin A.V., Babin G.A. (2007) Plume-related basalts of the Kuznetsk Basin. In: R. Seltmann, A. Borisenko, G. Fedoseev (Eds.) Magmatism and Metallogeny of the Altai and Adjacent Large Igneous Provinces with an Introductory Essay on the Altaids, IAGOD Guidebook Series 16, CERCAMS/NHM, London, p. 121-135.

Safonova I.Yu. (2006) Geochemistry of within-plate basaltic lavas from the SW Paleo-Asian Ocean: evolution of plume magmatism from the Late Vendian to the Early Cambrian. In: N.V. Vladykin (Ed.)  Deep-seated magmatism, its sources and plumes. Inst. Geography SB RAS Publ., Irkutsk. pp. 159-173.

Safonova I.Yu. (2006) Geochemical diversity of Vendian-Early Cambrian plume-related basalts of the Paleo-Asian Ocean hosted by accretionary complexes of Gorny Altai. In: N.V. Vladykin (Ed.) Deep magmatism, its sources and plumes. Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk. pp. 166-180. (in Russian)

Dobretsov N.L., Buslov M.M., Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kokh D.A., (2005) Main results of scientific research works of the Trofimuk's United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy;  Priority lines of fundamental research in 2004. Part 1. GEO SN RAS Publ., Novosibirsk. (in Russian)

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2005) Geochemical diversity in oceanic basalts of the Zasurin Formation, NE Altai, Russia: trace element evidence for mantle plume magmatism. In: N.V. Vladykin (Ed.) Problems of sources of deep magmatism and plumes. Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk. P. 247-266.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2005) Oceanic basalts of the Chara ophiolitic belt: geochemistry, mantle sources and geodynamic settings. In: N.V. Vladykin (Ed.) Sources of deep magmatism and plumes. Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk. pp. 166-180. (in Russian)

Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V., Buslov M.M. (2005) Petrogenesis of basalts of the Kurai paleoseamount (Gorny Altai). In: Petrology of magamtic and metamorphic complexes, no 5. CNTI Publ., Tomsk, pp. 130-135. (in Russian)

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2004) Geochemistry of oceanic basalts of the Katun accretionary wedge in northern Gorny Altai: evidence for mantle plume magmatism. In: Vladykin N.V. (Ed.) Deep-seated magmatism: its sources and their relation to plume processes, Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk, pp. 273-292.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2004) Geochemistry of oceanic basalts of the Kurai accretionary prism (Gorny Altai). In: Deep-seated magmatism: its sources and their relation to plume processes, Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk, pp. 314-330 (in Russian).

Aschepkov I.V., Saprykin A.I., Gerasimov P.A., Khmel'nikova O.S., Cheremnykh L.V., Safonova I.Yu., Rasskazov S.V., Kutolin V.A., Vladykin N.V. (2002) Petrochemistry of mantle xenoliths of the Sovgavan Plateau, Primorje, Russia. In: In: Vladykin N.V. (Ed.) Deep-seated magmatism, mantle sources and plume problem. Vinogradov Inst. Geochem. Publ., Irkutsk, pp. 125-133. (in Russian)

Buslov M. M., Dobretsov N.L., and Safonova I.Yu. (2001) Kurai region in Gorny Altai. In: Dobretsov N.L., Vladimirov A.G. (Eds) Geology, Magmatism and Metamorphism of the Western part of Altai-Sayan fold region. Field excursion guide, UIGGM, Novosibirsk, p. 82-102.

Iwata K., Fujiwara Y., Buslov M.M., …, Saphonova I.Yu. (1999) Geodynamics and paleo-environmental change of Central Asia (Altai) – ñollision of the Baltica and Siberia Continents, and the birth of formation of the Northern Eurasia Continent//Special Reports on the Regional Studies of North-East and North Pacific in Hokkaido University. – Sapporo: Hokkaido Univ. Publ., pp. 113-123.

 

Abstracts of conference papers:

 

2014

Xi'an

Trabzon (2 papers)

Beijing (4 papers)

 

2013-1998

Safonova, I., Maruyama, S., 2013. Asia: a frontier of a future supercontinent. In: Kim, S.W., Park, S. (Eds.) IAGR Conference Series No. 4, 2013 IAGR Annual Convention and 10th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia, September 30-October 4, 2013, Daejeon, Korea, pp. 20-22.

Mikolaichuk A.V., Safonova I.Yu., Kröner A., Jenchuraeva A.V., Gordeev D.V., 2013. Late Paleozoic regional tectonics of the eastern part of the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyz continent. International Workshop and Field trip “Beishan Orogen in NW China: accretionary tectonics, magmatism, eclogites and granulite complexes”. August 22-28, 2013, Hami, Xinjiang, China, pp. 48-50.

Kotlyarov A.V., Safonova I.Yu., Simonov V.A., Mikolaichuk A.V., 2013. The Tienshan-Junggar igneous province of Central Asia: occurrences and petrogenesis of intra-plate basalts. International Symposium “Large Igneous Provinces of Asia, mantle plumes and metallogeny, November 7-11, 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam, 132-134.

Kurganskaya E.V., Safonova I.Y., Simonov V.A. Petrogenesis of island-arc volcanic rocks from the Char suture-shear zone (East Kazakhstan) // The 6th International Siberian Early Career GeoScientists Conference: Proceedings Conf. (9-23 June 2012, Novosibirsk, Russia). Novosibirsk, 2012. P. 70-71

Safonova I., Seltmann R., Sun M. Continental construction in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt // The 2012 IAGR Annual Convention and 9th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia: Abstracts (18-21 November 2012, Adelaide, Australia). - University of Adelaide Publ., p. 44-46.

Safonova I., Simonov V., Kurganskaya E., Volkova N., Komiya, T., 2012. A new Late Neoproterozoic-Cambrian island arc in the Char ophiolite belt of East Kazakhstan: evidence from geochemical and geochronological data. The 2012 IAGR Annual Convention and 9th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia: Poster Abstracts (18-21 November 2012, Adelaide, Australia). - University of Adelaide Publ.,p. 35-37.

Inna Safonova, Ekaterina Kurganskaya, Reimar Seltmann, Tsuyoshi Komiya, 2012. Early Paleozoic island-arc and Late Paleozoic oceanic units juxtaposed in the Char suture-shear zone, East Kazakhstan. CD-ROM of Proc. of the Int. Workshop "Geodynamic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt", St.-Petersburg, May 24-27, 2012.

Safonova I., 2011. The Russian-Kazakh Altai: An overview and main debatable issues. In: Program and Keynote Abstracts, Penrose Conference “Comparative evolution of past and present accretionary orogens: Central Asia and the Circum-Pacific”, September 4-10, 2011, Urumqi, China, pp. 17-18.

  Maruyama S., Komiya T., Isozaki Y., Safonova I., Tsuchiya T., Senshu H., Kawai K. , 2010. Ophiolite, Pacific-type orogeny, tectonic erosion, and evolving continents. In: Abstract volume of the International workshop “Geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic belt”, June 20-30, 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia. SB RAS Publ., p. 75-78.

Safonova I.Yu., Biske Yu.S., Simonov V.A., Tomurtogoo O. , 2010. Tracing the Paleozoic plume-related magmatism of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: new data on Middle Paleozoic OIB-type basalts. In: Abstract volume of the International workshop “Geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic belt”, June 20-30, 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia. SB RAS Publ., p. 103-106.

Safonova I.Yu., Maruyama Sh., Buslov M.M., Kon Y. , 2010. Signatures of supercontinents and Alpine orogeny in the CAOB: evidence from the U-Pb age spectra of detrital zircons from the Ob' River basin, West Siberia. In: Abstract volume of the International workshop “Geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic belt”, June 20-30, 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia. SB RAS Publ., p. 107-109.

Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V., Kurganskaya E.V., 2010. Petrogenesis of basaltic units from the Katun zone of Gorny Altay, SW Siberia: evidence from melt inclusions. In: Abstract volume of the International workshop “Geodynamic evolution, tectonics and magmatism of the Central Asian Orogenic belt”, June 20-30, 2010, Novosibirsk, Russia. SB RAS Publ., p. 119-123.

Safonova, I., Rino, S., Maruyama, S., Buslov, M., Kon, Y. Rodinia and Gondwana derived microcontinents in the bedrock of the Ob' River basin, West Siberia: evidence from the U-Pb dating of detrital zircons // 2009 IAGR Annual Convention and 6th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. Abstracts. Hanoi, Vietnam October 2-6, 2009, p. 15-16.

  Safonova I.Yu. (2009) Intraplate oceanic magmatism of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific Oceans. In: Volcanism and Geodynamics: Proc. 4th Russian Symposium on Volcanology and Paleovolcanology. V. 2. IVS FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, p. 494-499.

  Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V. (2009) Island-arc magmatism of the Char ophiolite zone (East Kazakhstan). In: Volcanism and Geodynamics: Proc. 4th Russian Symposium on Volcanology and Paleovolcanology. V. 2. IVS FEB RAS, Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky, p. 112-114.

  Safonova I.Yu., Buslov Ì.Ì., Reichow M., Fedoseev G.S. New geochemical and geochronological data on the Kuzbass basalts: implications to their mantle plume nature and position of the Permian-Triassic boundary. Abstracts of the International Symposium «Large Igneous Provinces of Asia, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny», 5-9 August 2009, Novosibirsk, Russia. P. 1??-1??.

Safonova I.Yu. Periods of continental growth and orogeny: implications from U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Ob’ river sands. Abstract Book  «Isotopic systems  and time of geological processes», Sankt-Petersburg, June 2009, v. 2, pp. 164-166.

Safonova I.Yu., Simonov V.A., Komia T., Kurganskaya E.V. Cambrian basaltic magmatism of different geodynamic settings recorded in the Katun accretional zone between the Paleo-Asian and Siberian continent. Abstracts of XXVI International Conference «Geochemistry of magmatic rocks», School «Geochemistry of alkaline rocks», 11-15 May 2009, Moscow, Russia. P. 125-127.

Utsunomiya A., Bor-Ming Jahn, Ota T., Safonova I. Geochemical and Sr-Nd isotopic study of the Vendian greenstones from Gorny Altai, southern Siberia: implications for the tectonic setting of the formation of greenstones and the roles of oceanic plateau in accretionary orogen // In: International Symposium “From genome to Snowball Earth, metazoan evolution and habitable planets: multidisciplinary relations”, September-October 2008, Tokyo. Program and Abstract Book, p. 159-160.

Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V. Physico-chemical parameters of magmatic systems of the Katun paleoseamount (Paleo-Asian Ocean). Abstract Book “Geodynamic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt lithosphere (from ocean to continent)”  Irkutsk, Russia, October 2008, v. 2, pp. 96-97.

Safonova I.Yu. (2008) Was the Paleo-Asian Ocean a NE branch of the Paleo-Tethys?: implications from the study of intra-plate magmatism. In: Agenda and Abstracts of the 3rd Int. Conf. on the Geology of the Tethys, January 2008, Aswan, Egypt. The Tethys Geological Society, Cairo. p. 12.

Reichow M.K., Pringle M.S., Fedoseev G.S., Safonova I.Yu., Millar I.L., Buslov M.M. and Saunders A.D. (2007) New geochemical data and high-precision 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Kuznetsk Basin: An extension of the Siberian large igneous province. Abstracts of the International Symposium «Large Igneous Provinces of Asia, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny», 13-16 August 2007.-, SB RUS Publ., 2007. p. 145-146.

Reichow M.K., M.S. Pringle, A.D. Saunders, V.N. Puchkov, I.Yu. Safonova, I.L. Millar, Buslov M.M., G.S. Fedoseev, R.A. Scott, and S. Inger (2007) New high-precision 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemical data from the greater Siberian large igneous province: The Biggest gets Bigger. AGU Abstract, 2007.

Safonova I.Yu. (2007) Ediacaran-Early Ordovician geochemical evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean intraplate magmatism // In: Problems of endogenic and environmental geochemistry. Proc. All-Russian Conf., September 24-30, 2007, Irkutsk, Inst. Geograph. Publ., p. 70-74 (in Russian)

Safonova I., Buslov M. (2007) Oceanic islands and seamounts in accretion-collisional belts of the Paleo-Asian, Paleo-Pacific and Pacific Oceans. In: Khanchuk A.I. (Ed.) Tectonics and Metallogeny of the Circum-North Pacific and Eastern Asia: Proc. of the Leonid Parfenov Memorial Conference, Khabarovsk, June 11-16, 2007, p. 306-309.

Safonova I.Yu., Rino Sh. (2007) U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Yangtze River, SW China: evidence for continental growth cycles.  In: Khanchuk A.I. (Ed.) Tectonics and Metallogeny of the Circum-North Pacific and Eastern Asia: Proc. of the Leonid Parfenov Memorial Conference, Khabarovsk, June 11-16, 2007, p.312-314.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov Ì.Ì. (2007) Intra-plate magmatism of the Paleo-Asian and Paleo-Pacific Oceans from 600 to 140 Ma. Abstracts of the International Symposium «Large Igneous Provinces of Asia, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny», 13-16 August 2007. SB RUS Publ., 2007. p. 60-62

Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V. (2007) Origin of the Ust'-Syoma complex, Gorny Altai. In: Geodynamic evolution of the lithosphere of the Central-Asian mobile belt (from ocean to continent). Inst. Esrth's. Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, v. 2, p. 76-78 (in Russian).

Simonov V.A., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V. (2007) Physico-chemical conditions of Neoproterozoic plume-related magmatism of the Paleo-Asian Ocean. Abstracts of the International Symposium «Large Igneous Provinces of Asia, Mantle Plumes and Metallogeny», 13-16 August 2007, Novosibirsk, Russia. P. 117-119.

Buslov M.M, Safonova. I.Yu. (2006) Accretionary-collision orogens and crustal growth of the Eurasian continent in Vendian-Paleozoic time // Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 03090, 2006 (EGU06-A-03090).

Davies, C., Le Heron, D., Allen, M.B., Buslov, M.M. and Safonova, I. (2006) Sediment pathways, distribution and provenance within the Mesozoic of the West Siberian Basin. Oil and Gas Habitats of Russia and Surrounding Regions. Geological Society of London Meeting, 8-9th February 2006, p. 23.

Safonova I. Hotspot-ridge interaction in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: geochemistry and petrogenesis of Vendian accreted paleooceanic plateau basalts // Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 00837, 2006 (EGU06-A-00837).

Safonova I.Yu. (2006) Geochemistry of the intraplate oceanic volcanism of the SW Paleo-Asian Ocean: evolution of plume magmatism from the Vendian to the Early Cambrian. In: Gordienko I.V. (Ed.) Volcanism and Geodynamics: Proc. 3rd All-Russian Symposium on Volcanology and Paleovolcanology. Buryatian Sci. Center Publ., Ulan-Ude, p. 314-320 (in Russian)

Safonova I., Buslov M., Izokh A. (2006). Cambrian intraplate and suprasubduction basalts of the Katun zone of the Gorno-Altai island arc: geochemistry and mantle sources. In: Gordienko I.V. (Ed.) Volcanism and Geodynamics: Proc. 3rd All-Russian Symposium on Volcanology and Paleovolcanology. Buryatian Sci. Center Publ., Ulan-Ude, p. 309-314 (in Russian).

Safonova I.Yu., Rino Sh. (2006) Stage of continental growth in Asia: implications from the U-Pb dating of zircons from sands of the Yangtze River, SW China. In: Isotopic dating of ore formation, magmatism, sedimentation and metamorphism. Proc. 3rd All-Russian Conf. on Isotope Geochronology, June 6-8, 2006, GEOS Publ., Moscow, v. 2 , p. 233-239 (in Russian).

Buslov M.M., Safonova I.Yu., Isozaki Y. (2005) Oceanic islands in Vendian-Early Cambrian accretionary wedges of Gorny Altai, SW Siberia: early stages of continental crustal growth of the Siberian continent. In: E.V. Sklyarov (Ed.) Structural and Tectonic correlation across the Central Asian orogenic collage: north-eastern segment. Guidebook and abstract volume of the Siberian Workshop IGCP-480, Irkutsk, 2005, p. 174-179.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2005) Vendian Intraplate Volcanism of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Implications from the Geochemical Study of Gorny Altai Basalts. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, 0269.

Simonov V.A., Sklyarov E.V., Safonova I.Yu., Kovyazin S.V. (2005) Magmatism processes in the Paleo-Asian Ocean: implications from the study of melt microinclusions. In: Geodynamic evolution of the lithosphere of the Central-Asian mobile belt (from ocean to continent). Inst. Esrth's. Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, v. 2, p. 97-100 (in Russian).

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2004) Geodynamic settings of formation of Paleo-Asian Ocean basalts from foldbelts of Gorny Altai and East Kazakhstan. In: Evolution of tectonic processes throughout the Earth’s history. Proc. XXXVII Tectonic Conf., Novosibirsk, February 10-13, 2004 , v. 2, GEO Publ., p. 137-139 (in Russian).

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M., Kokh D.A. (2004) Vendian-Paleozoic Oceanic Crust in Gorny Altai, Central Asia: Structural Setting and identification // Abstr. CD-ROM 32nd Int. Geol. Congr. – Florence. - 2004. – no. 127-14.

Simonov V., Safonova I. (2004). The geochemistry of fluids in the Troodos ophiolites and its petrographic implications, in: Chatzipetros A.A. & Pavlides S.B. (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, vol. 3, 1244-1247.

Safonova I., Buslov M. (2003) Fragments of the Vendian-Paleozoic oceanic crust of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in foldbelts (Altai-Sayan, Central Asia). EOS, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 5, 08207.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M., Kokh D.A. (2003) Fragments of oceanic crust of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in Gorny Altai and East Kazakhstan: geochemistry and structural position. In: Koroteev V.À. (Ed.) Volcanism and Geodynamics. Proc. 2nd All-Russian Symp. on Volcanology and Paleovolcanology, Yekaterinburg, p. 145-150 (in Russian).

Buslov M.M., Watanabe T., Fujiwara Y., Iwata K., Safonova I.Yu., Obut O.T., Semakov N.N., Smirnova L.V., Sugai Y., Kiriyanova A.P. , Kokh D.A. (2002) Vendian-Paleozoic geodynamics and tectonics of Altai, Central Asia. Abstr. Int. Symp. “Amalgamation of Precambrian blocks and the Role of the Paleozoic orogens in Asia”, Sapporo, p. 30-32.

Safonova I.Yu., Buslov M.M. (2002) The Chara ophiolitic belt: structure and rocks. In: Letnikov F.A. (Ed.) Geology, geochemistry and geophysics at the XX- XXI age boundary, Inst. Earth's Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk, p. 410-412 (in Russian).

Safonova I.Yu., Iwata K., Buslov M.M., Kokh D. (2002) Fragments of the Vendian-Paleozoic oceanic crust of the Paleo-Asian Ocean (Altai-Sayan, Central Asia): identification and structural occurrence. Abstr. Int. Symp. “Amalgamation of Precambrian blocks and the Role of the Paleozoic orogens in Asia”, Sapporo, p. 75-77.

Buslov, M.M., Fujiwara, Y., Watanabe, T., Saphonova, I.Yu., Obut, O.T., Iwata, K., Semakov, N. N., Itaya, T., and Ota T. (2001) Vendian-Cambrian geodynamic evolution of the Paleo-Asian ocean and paleotectonics of Central Asia. Abstract of the 3rd workshop of the IGCP-420 “Continental growth in the Phanerozoic: evidence from Central Asia”, Novosibirsk, p. 28-32.

Buslov M.M., Watanabe T., Fujiwara Y., Iwata K., Saphonova I.Yu., Obut O.T., Sugai Y. (2001).Geodynamics and tectonics of Central Asia: continental growth in Vendian-Paleozoic time. Abstract to ISRGA, Osaka.

Buslov M.M., Safonova I.Yu., Watanabe T. et al. Gondwana-derived terranes along the marginal part of Eastern Asia: evolution and closing of the Paleo-Asian Ocean//Geosciences Journal. – 2000. - V. 4. - P. 100-102.

Safonova I.Yu. (1999) Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician oceanic crust in NW Gorny Altai (Zasur'ia Fm.). In: Karyakin Yu.V. (Ed.) Tectonics and Geodynamics: general and regional aspects. Proc. XXXII Tectonic Conf., v. 2., GEOS, Moscow, p. 107-111 (in Russian).

Buslov M.M., Travin A.V., Safonova I.Yu. (1998) Subduction of oceanic islands and its role in the evolution of accretionary wedges and exhumation of high-pressure rocks. In: Karyakin Yu.V. (Ed.) Tectonics and Geodynamics: general and regional aspects. Proc. XXXI Tectonic Conf., v. 1., GEOS, Moscow, p. 80-83 (in Russian).