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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
Alborz Mountains 42 Mo 335         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Aval et al. 1968
ALH 77005 Meteorite 42 Mo 0.2           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Allende Meteorite 42 Mo 1.5           wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Amazon River Particulates 42 Mo 0.7           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Amphibolites 42 Mo 0.29         189 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 42 Mo 0.71         2754 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 42 Mo 0.46         121 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Battle Creek Formation 42 Mo 175         7 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Battle Creek Formation 42 Mo 7         17 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Belkinsk Akai Sayan 42 Mo 2.6         33 ppm Altschuller 1980 Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Bone Valley Formation 42 Mo 2.8         8 ppm Altschuller 1980
Brown Rock 42 Mo 1.2         3 ppm Altschuller 1980
CAI Inclusions Allende Meteorite 42 Mo 14.6   1.314       ppm Bischoff & Palme 1987
Carbonates 42 Mo 0.56         2038 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 42 Mo 0.5         50 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.6           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.45           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.65           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.78           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.62           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.54           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.69           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.66           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.59           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 42 Mo 0.64           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 8.1             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.5             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.4             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 10.1             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 8.5             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.9             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 6.5             Gao et al. 1998
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 900           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 928   51     2 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 1.95   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 0.928   0.0464       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 0.928           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 920           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 928   46.4       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 42 Mo 920           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
Colorado River Particulates 42 Mo 10           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Congo River Particulates 42 Mo 4           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1000           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.1           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           ppm Candela 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 42 Mo   0.19         wt% Candela 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.65           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 42 Mo 1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Core 42 Mo 5           µg/g McDonough 1998
Core 42 Mo 5           ppm McDonough 2004
Danube River Particulates 42 Mo 2.2           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Depleted Mantle 42 Mo 25   7       ppb Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted Mantle 42 Mo 0.064             Jones & Drake 1986 Newsom & Palme 1984
Diorite 42 Mo 0.86         260 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Dover Sandstone 42 Mo 4         4 ppm Altschuller 1980 Cathcart & Schmidt 1974
East China Craton 42 Mo 0.64           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Granulites 42 Mo 0.46         137 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 42 Mo 0.5         972 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Ganges River Particulates 42 Mo 4           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garonne River Particulates 42 Mo 3           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Granites 42 Mo 0.6         1226 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 42 Mo 0.94         402 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granulites 42 Mo 1.6         3 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 42 Mo 0.9         28 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Interior North China Craton 42 Mo 0.6           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 42 Mo 0.62           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 42 Mo 0.59           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 42 Mo 0.61           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 42 Mo 0.55           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Granulites 42 Mo 0.35         136 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Karatau 42 Mo 5         10 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kholodov 1963
Kyzyl Kum 42 Mo 2         5 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kapustyanski 1964
La Caja Formation 42 Mo 7         8 ppm Altschuller 1980 Rogers et al. 1956
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.6           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Sims et al. 1990
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.54           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Mafic Granulites 42 Mo 0.46         128 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Intrusions 42 Mo 0.4         308 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Manganese Nodules 42 Mo 400           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Marine Organisms 42 Mo 0.39           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 42 Mo 27           ppm Li 1982
Marine Pelagic Clay 42 Mo 27           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Phosphorites 42 Mo 9 6   0 38 18 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Shales 42 Mo 2.6           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales 42 Mo 2.6           ppm Altschuller 1980 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mavic Volcanics 42 Mo 0.67         632 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mead Peak Phosphatic Shale Member 42 Mo 0.01         41 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Mekong River Particulates 42 Mo 2           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Melitite-rich Chondrules 42 Mo 11     7.4 14 10 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Metafelsic Volcanics 42 Mo 0.37         41 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Mishash Formation 42 Mo 17         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Mazor 1963
Mississippi River Particulates 42 Mo 5.1           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Monterey Formation 42 Mo 38         5 ppm Altschuller 1980
Nakhla Meteorite 42 Mo 0.086           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.61           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.56           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.98           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.59           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 2.04           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 42 Mo         0.001 8 wt%ox Manheim et al. 1980
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 15.77           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 12.85           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 12.85           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 14.27           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 0.59           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 13.64           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 15.18           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 0.36           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 11.78           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 13.54           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 16.6           ppm Kerr 2004 Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 13.81           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 9.53           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 14.39           ppm Kerr 2004 Reynaud et al. 1999
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 15.44           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1995
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 10.57           ppm Kerr 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 14.16           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 14.19           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 14.2           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 12.86           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 17.5           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 42 Mo 17.23           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceans Surface water 42 Mo 11           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Cranston 1979
Olivine Chondrules 42 Mo 1     0.9 1.1 3 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Orgueil Chondrite 42 Mo 920         2 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 42 Mo 928         2 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Pelites 42 Mo 0.89         69 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 42 Mo 1.64         1341 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Phosphoria Formation 42 Mo 0.003         61 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Phosphoria Formation 42 Mo   30         ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Phosphoria Formation 42 Mo 19         60 ppm Altschuller 1980 Gulbrandsen 1966
Primitive Mantle 42 Mo 1.1             Hofmann & White 1983 Palme et al. 1981
Primitive Mantle 42 Mo 39           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Sims et al. 1990
Fitton 1995
Primitive Mantle 42 Mo 50   20       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 42 Mo 39   15.6       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Sims et al. 1990
Fitton 1995
Pungo River Formation 42 Mo 7         2 ppm Altschuller 1980
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions 42 Mo         0.7 5 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions 42 Mo 7     4.2 9.8 2 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Retort Phosphatic Shale Member 42 Mo 0.003         20 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
River Particulates 42 Mo 3           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 42 Mo 0.6           ppb Li 1982
Seawater 42 Mo 11           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Cranston 1979
Seawater 42 Mo 0.11             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 42 Mo 0.11             Bruland 1983
Seawater 42 Mo 10000             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 42 Mo 10           ppb Li 1982
Shergotty Meteorite 42 Mo 0.37           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth 42 Mo 50   20       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 42 Mo 0.05           µg/g McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 42 Mo 0.05           ppm McDonough 2004
Slope Lisbourne Group 42 Mo 27         4 ppm Altschuller 1980 Patton & Matzko 1959
Solar Photosphere 42 Mo 1.92   0.05         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar Photosphere 42 Mo 1.92   0.05         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 42 Mo 4             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 42 Mo 2.52   0.13608     2   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 42 Mo 2.55   0.14     2   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solid Earth 42 Mo 1.7           ppm McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 42 Mo 1.7           µg/g McDonough 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 42 Mo 0.79           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 42 Mo 0.77           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 42 Mo 0.77           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 42 Mo 0.82           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 42 Mo 0.9           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.56           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.54           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.73           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 42 Mo 0.74           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Spinel Peridotites 42 Mo 50 35 30     3 ppb McDonough 1990
Tamalyk Krasnoyarsk 42 Mo 10         38 ppm Altschuller 1980 Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 42 Mo 0.79         553 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 42 Mo 0.8         641 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.4           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.5           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.1   0.3       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text









Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 0.78           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 42 Mo 1.2           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Sims et al. 1990
Yangtze Craton 42 Mo 0.63           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 42 Mo 0.88           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 42 Mo 0.52           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 42 Mo 0.68           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 42 Mo 0.55           ppm Gao et al. 1998
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