GERM Partition Coefficient (Kd) Database
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Data contribution by Roger Nielsen

Partition Coefficients      
Rock Type Mineral Z Elem Value SD Low High Kd Type Info Reference
Basalt Clinopyroxene 90 Th       0.0019 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
Basalt Clinopyroxene 92 U       0.0018 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
Basalt Whitlockite 90 Th     1.26 1.4 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
Basalt Whitlockite 92 U     0.36 0.67 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
Haplobasalt, Basalt Whitlockite 90 Th     1.28 1.38 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
Haplobasalt, Basalt Whitlockite 92 U     0.0025 0.54 Experimental Benjamin et al. 1978
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