Izuchenie lantanoidov v osadochnykh porodakh i konkretsiyakh (fosfority, glaukonity, pirity) fanerozoya, v metaosadochnykh porodakh dokembriya (v tom chisle v zhelezorudnykh tolshchakh kurskoy (KMA) i krivorozhskoy (UShch) seriy proterozoya), v korakh vyvetrivaniya dzhespilitov i slantsev proterozoya pokazalo ikh vysokuyu informativnost" dlya rekonstruktsiy obstanovok osadkoobrazovaniya. Lantanoidy pozvolyayut opredelyat" fatsial"nye usloviya sedimentatsii, glubiny osadkonakopleniya, transgressivno-regressivnye tsikly razvitiya osadochnykh basseynov razlichnykh poryadkov, klimat, tektonicheskuyu obstanovku, otsenit" stepen" vozdeystviya endogennykh protsessov na osadkoobrazovanie. Monografiya predstavlyaet interes dlya geologov, litologov, geokhimikov, spetsialistov po izucheniyu zhelezorudnykh formatsiy dokembriya.