GERM Reservoir Database
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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
Spinel Peridotites 47 Ag 6.8 4.8 8.3     17 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 13 Al 1.96           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 13 Al   2.2         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 13 Al 2.27 2.2 1.1     375 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Al/Ti 22 22 29     361   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 33 As 0.11 0.1 0.07     7 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 79 Au 0.65 0.5 0.53     30 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 5 B 0.53 0.55 0.07     6 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 56 Ba 33 17 52     75 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 83 Bi 1.7 1.6 0.7     13 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 35 Br 0.01 0.01 0.01     6 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 6 C 110 93 50     13 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 20 Ca 2.15 2.2 1.11     374 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 20 Ca 2.08           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 20 Ca   2.2         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites   Ca/Al   1.35           McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites   Ca/Al 1.28 1.35 1.6     374   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 48 Cd 41 37 14     16 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 58 Ce 6.29 2.08 11.7     197 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 58 Ce   2.08         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 17 Cl 53 75 45     15 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 27 Co   111         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 27 Co 112 111 10     166 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 24 Cr   0.39         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 24 Cr 2690 2690 705     325 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 24 Cr 0.44           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 55 Cs 10 1.5 16     17 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 29 Cu 11 9 9     94 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 66 Dy 0.51 0.47 0.35     58 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 68 Er 0.3 0.28 0.22     52 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 63 Eu   0.1         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 63 Eu 0.16 0.097 0.21     201 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 9 F 88 100 71     15 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 26 Fe 8.28           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 26 Fe   8.19         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 26 Fe 8.43 8.19 1.14     375 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Co 580   99         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Cr 26   9         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Mn 60 59 10     366   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Mn 60   10         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Ni 31   8         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   FeO/Ni 39 37 11     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 31 Ga   2.4         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 31 Ga 2.4 2.4 1.3     49 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 64 Gd 0.6 0.31 0.83     67 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 64 Gd   0.31         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 32 Ge 0.96 0.92 0.19     19 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 72 Hf 0.27 0.17 0.3     71 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 67 Ho 0.12 0.09 0.14     54 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 49 In 12 12 4     19 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 77 Ir 3.7 3 0.9     34 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 77 Ir   3.7         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 19 K 0.05           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 19 K   0.028         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 19 K 0.054 0.028 0.11     330 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 57 La   0.77         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 57 La 2.6 0.77 5.7     208 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   La[n]/Sm[n] 2.7 2.1 2.8     200   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   La[n]/Yb[n] 7.1 2.7 12     195   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 3 Li 1.5 1.5 0.3     6 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 71 Lu 0.043 0.045 0.023     172 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 71 Lu   0.045         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 12 Mg 90.1             Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. Mg-value is the molar ratios of 100 Mg/(Mg + SFe). McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 12 Mg 42.25           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 12 Mg 41.4 41.2 3     375 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 12 Mg   90           McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 12 Mg   41.2         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites   Mg# 89.8 90 1.1     375   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   MgO/Ni 191   33         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   MgO/Ni 190 190 33     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 25 Mn   0.14         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 25 Mn 0.12           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 25 Mn 0.14 0.14 0.03     366 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 42 Mo 50 35 30     3 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 11 Na 0.18           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 11 Na   0.21         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 11 Na 0.24 0.21 0.16     341 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 41 Nb 4.8 2.7 6.3     58 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Nb/Ta 17 17 3     4   Data exclusively from Jochum et al. (1989). McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 60 Nd   1.1         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 60 Nd 2.67 1.52 4.31     162 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni 0.27           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni   0.27         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni 2160 2140 304     308 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Co 19.4 19.6 2.4     165   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Co 20   4         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Cr 0.86 0.79 0.31     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Cr 0.86   0.31         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Ir 600000   140000         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites 76 Os 4 3.7 1.8     18 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 15 P 0.02           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 15 P   0.03         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 15 P 0.056 0.03 0.11     233 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 82 Pb 0.16 0.16 0.11     17 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 46 Pd 3.9 4.1 2.1     19 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 59 Pr 0.56 0.21 0.87     40 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 78 Pt 7         1 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 37 Rb 1.9 0.38 4.8     97 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 75 Re 0.13 0.09 0.11     18 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 44 Ru 12.4 12 4.1     3 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 16 S 157 152 77     22 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 51 Sb 3.9 3.2 3.9     11 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 21 Sc 12.2 12 6.4     220 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 21 Sc   12         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 34 Se 0.041 0.025 0.056     18 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 14 Si 44.15           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 14 Si 44 44.1 1.26     375 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 14 Si   44.1         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 62 Sm   0.25         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 62 Sm 0.47 0.25 0.69     214 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 50 Sn 54 36 31     6 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 38 Sr 49 20 60     110 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 38 Sr   20         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites   Sr/Nd 15 14 7         This average Sr/Nd ratio only includes samples for which both Sr and Nd were determined. McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 73 Ta 0.4 0.23 0.51     38 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 65 Tb 0.07 0.056 0.064     146 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 65 Tb   0.056         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 52 Te 11 10 4     18 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 90 Th 0.71 0.22 1.2     71 ppm The abundance of Th may be systematically too high due to possible analytical problems (Stosch, 1988). McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 22 Ti 0.07           wt%ox Average major oxide composition of Spinel Peridotites from Maaloe and Aoki 1975. Values mainly used for comparison to compsition values gathered by McDonough in his study to show no significant differences between prior and current averages. McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 22 Ti 0.09 0.09 0.09     361 wt%ox McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 22 Ti   0.09         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites   Ti/Eu 5200 4360 4000     49   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ti/Eu 6500 6520 4000     193   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ti/Eu 7700 7440 2800     104   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 81 Tl 1.2 0.9 1     13 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 69 Tm 0.038 0.035 0.026     40 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 92 U 0.12 0.04 0.23     48 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 23 V   53         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 23 V 56 53 21     132 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   V/Sc 5 4.7 1.1     113   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 74 W 7.2 4 5.2     6 ppb McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 39 Y 4.4 3.1 5.5     86 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Y/Ho 26 25 16     16   The Y/Ho data are measured using spark source mass spectrometry and radiochemical neutron activation techniques. See text for details. Data from Frey & Prinz (1978), Frey & Green (1979) and Jochum et al. (1989). McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 70 Yb   0.27         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
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Spinel Peridotites 70 Yb 0.26 0.27 0.14     201 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 30 Zn 65 60 20     129 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 40 Zr 21 8 42     82 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Zr/Hf 35 35 2     5   Data exclusively from Jochum et al. (1989). McDonough 1990
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