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Z
Element
Value
Median
SD
Low
High
N
Unit
Reference
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ppb
ppt
wt%
wt%ox
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Reservoir
Z
Element
Value
Median
SD
Low
High
N
Unit
Info
Reference
Source(s)
Phosphoria Formation
42
Mo
0.003
61
ppm
Gulbrandsen 1966
Retort Phosphatic Shale Member
42
Mo
0.003
20
ppm
Gulbrandsen 1966
Mead Peak Phosphatic Shale Member
42
Mo
0.01
41
ppm
Gulbrandsen 1966
Silicate Earth
42
Mo
0.05
ppm
McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth
42
Mo
0.05
µg/g
McDonough 1998
Depleted Mantle
42
Mo
0.064
Jones & Drake 1986
Newsom & Palme 1984
Nakhla Meteorite
42
Mo
0.086
ppm
McSween, Jr. 2004
Lodders 1998
Seawater
42
Mo
0.11
Bruland 1983
Seawater
42
Mo
0.11
Broeker & Peng 1982
ALH 77005 Meteorite
42
Mo
0.2
ppm
McSween, Jr. 2004
Lodders 1998
Amphibolites
42
Mo
0.29
189
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.3
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Shaw et al. 1994
Intermediate Granulites
42
Mo
0.35
136
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
0.36
ppm
Kerr 2004
Tejada et al. 2002
Metafelsic Volcanics
42
Mo
0.37
41
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Shergotty Meteorite
42
Mo
0.37
ppm
McSween, Jr. 2004
Lodders 1998
Marine Organisms
42
Mo
0.39
ppm
Li 1991
Bowen 1979
Mafic Intrusions
42
Mo
0.4
308
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.45
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks
42
Mo
0.46
121
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Granulites
42
Mo
0.46
137
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Granulites
42
Mo
0.46
128
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates
42
Mo
0.5
50
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics
42
Mo
0.5
972
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton
42
Mo
0.52
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.54
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.54
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Gao et al. 1998a
South Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.54
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton
42
Mo
0.55
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton
42
Mo
0.55
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates
42
Mo
0.56
2038
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.56
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.56
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.59
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton
42
Mo
0.59
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.59
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
0.59
ppm
Kerr 2004
Tejada et al. 2002
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.6
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Granites
42
Mo
0.6
1226
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton
42
Mo
0.6
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.6
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.6
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Sims et al. 1990
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.6
ppm
Wedepohl 1995
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
Rivers
42
Mo
0.6
ppb
Li 1982
Interior North China Craton
42
Mo
0.61
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.61
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.62
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton
42
Mo
0.62
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton
42
Mo
0.63
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.64
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton
42
Mo
0.64
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.65
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.65
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Gao et al. 1998a
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.66
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Mavic Volcanics
42
Mo
0.67
632
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton
42
Mo
0.68
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.69
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Amazon River Particulates
42
Mo
0.7
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Arenaceous Rocks
42
Mo
0.71
2754
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
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
Central East China Craton
42
Mo
0.78
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.78
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton
42
Mo
0.79
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites
42
Mo
0.79
553
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.8
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.8
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.8
ppm
Candela 2004
Rudnick & Gao 2004
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
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.8
ppm
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.8
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Rudnick & Presper 1990
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites
42
Mo
0.8
641
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton
42
Mo
0.82
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Diorite
42
Mo
0.86
260
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton
42
Mo
0.88
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Pelites
42
Mo
0.89
69
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Granulitic Xenolites
42
Mo
0.9
28
ppm
Rudnick & Presper 1990
South Margin of North China Craton
42
Mo
0.9
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
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
Granites
42
Mo
0.94
402
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
0.98
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1
ppm
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Olivine Chondrules
42
Mo
1
0.9
1.1
3
ppm
Martin & Mason 1974
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.1
ppm
Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.1
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Wedepohl 1995
Primitive Mantle
42
Mo
1.1
Hofmann & White 1983
Palme et al. 1981
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.1
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.1
0.3
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
see text
Brown Rock
42
Mo
1.2
3
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.2
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Sims et al. 1990
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.4
ppm
Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.4
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Wedepohl 1995
Allende Meteorite
42
Mo
1.5
wt%ox
Martin & Mason 1974
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.5
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Taylor 1964
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.5
ppm
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust
42
Mo
1.5
µg/g
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Granulites
42
Mo
1.6
3
ppm
Rudnick & Presper 1990
Pelites
42
Mo
1.64
1341
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Solid Earth
42
Mo
1.7
ppm
McDonough 2004
Solid Earth
42
Mo
1.7
µg/g
McDonough 1998
Solar Photosphere
42
Mo
1.92
0.05
Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere
42
Mo
1.92
0.05
Palme & Jones 2004
Grevesse & Sauval 1998
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
1.95
0.04
Palme & Jones 2004
Colorado River Particulates
42
Mo
10
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Seawater
42
Mo
10
ppb
Li 1982
Tamalyk Krasnoyarsk
42
Mo
10
38
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
10.1
Gao et al. 1998
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
10.57
ppm
Kerr 2004
Continental Crust
42
Mo
1000
ppm
Palme & O'Neill 2004
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Seawater
42
Mo
10000
Li 1991
Whitfield & Turner 1987
Melitite-rich Chondrules
42
Mo
11
7.4
14
10
ppm
Martin & Mason 1974
Oceans Surface water
42
Mo
11
µg/kg
Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983
Cranston 1979
Seawater
42
Mo
11
µg/kg
Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983
Cranston 1979
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
11.78
ppm
Kerr 2004
Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
12.85
ppm
Kerr 2004
Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
12.85
ppm
Kerr 2004
Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
12.86
ppm
Kerr 2004
Kerr et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
13.54
ppm
Kerr 2004
Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
13.64
ppm
Kerr 2004
Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
13.81
ppm
Kerr 2004
Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
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
14.27
ppm
Kerr 2004
Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
14.39
ppm
Kerr 2004
Reynaud et al. 1999
CAI Inclusions Allende Meteorite
42
Mo
14.6
1.314
ppm
Bischoff & Palme 1987
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
15.18
ppm
Kerr 2004
Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
15.44
ppm
Kerr 2004
Mahoney et al. 1995
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
15.77
ppm
Kerr 2004
Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
16.6
ppm
Kerr 2004
Hauff et al. 2000
Mishash Formation
42
Mo
17
3
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Mazor 1963
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
17.23
ppm
Kerr 2004
Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
17.5
ppm
Kerr 2004
Salters et al. 1992
Battle Creek Formation
42
Mo
175
7
ppm
Altschuller 1980
De Keyser & Cook 1972
Phosphoria Formation
42
Mo
19
60
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Gulbrandsen 1966
Kyzyl Kum
42
Mo
2
5
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Kapustyanski 1964
Mekong River Particulates
42
Mo
2
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
North Qinling Belt in China
42
Mo
2.04
ppm
Gao et al. 1998
Danube River Particulates
42
Mo
2.2
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Solar System
42
Mo
2.52
0.13608
2
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System
42
Mo
2.55
0.14
2
Anders & Grevesse 1989
Belkinsk Akai Sayan
42
Mo
2.6
33
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Marine Shales
42
Mo
2.6
ppm
Li 1991
Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales
42
Mo
2.6
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Bone Valley Formation
42
Mo
2.8
8
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Depleted Mantle
42
Mo
25
7
ppb
Salters & Stracke 2004
Marine Pelagic Clay
42
Mo
27
ppm
Li 1991
Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Pelagic Clay
42
Mo
27
ppm
Li 1982
Slope Lisbourne Group
42
Mo
27
4
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Patton & Matzko 1959
Garonne River Particulates
42
Mo
3
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
River Particulates
42
Mo
3
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Alborz Mountains
42
Mo
335
3
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Aval et al. 1968
Monterey Formation
42
Mo
38
5
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Primitive Mantle
42
Mo
39
15.6
ppb
Palme & O'Neill 2004
Sims et al. 1990
Fitton 1995
Primitive Mantle
42
Mo
39
ppm
Palme & O'Neill 2004
Sims et al. 1990
Fitton 1995
Congo River Particulates
42
Mo
4
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Dover Sandstone
42
Mo
4
4
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Cathcart & Schmidt 1974
Ganges River Particulates
42
Mo
4
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Solar System
42
Mo
4
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Cameron 1982
Manganese Nodules
42
Mo
400
ppm
Li 1991
Baturin 1988
Core
42
Mo
5
ppm
McDonough 2004
Core
42
Mo
5
µg/g
McDonough 1998
Karatau
42
Mo
5
10
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Kholodov 1963
Mississippi River Particulates
42
Mo
5.1
µg/g
Martin & Meybeck 1979
Primitive Mantle
42
Mo
50
20
ppb
McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth
42
Mo
50
20
ppb
McDonough & Sun 1995
Spinel Peridotites
42
Mo
50
35
30
3
ppb
McDonough 1990
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
6.5
Gao et al. 1998
Battle Creek Formation
42
Mo
7
17
ppm
Altschuller 1980
De Keyser & Cook 1972
La Caja Formation
42
Mo
7
8
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Rogers et al. 1956
Pungo River Formation
42
Mo
7
2
ppm
Altschuller 1980
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions
42
Mo
7
4.2
9.8
2
ppm
Martin & Mason 1974
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
7.4
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
7.5
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
7.9
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
8.1
Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton
Sm/Mo
8.5
Gao et al. 1998
Marine Phosphorites
42
Mo
9
6
0
38
18
ppm
Altschuller 1980
Oceanic Plateaus
42
Mo
9.53
ppm
Kerr 2004
Kerr et al. 1996
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
900
ppb
McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
920
ppb
McDonough & Sun 1995
Palme 1988
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
920
ppb
McDonough & Sun 1995
Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
Orgueil Chondrite
42
Mo
920
2
ppb
Anders & Ebihara 1982
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
928
46.4
ppb
Palme & O'Neill 2004
Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites
42
Mo
928
51
2
ppb
Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orgueil Chondrite
42
Mo
928
2
ppb
Anders & Grevesse 1989
Continental Crust
42
Mo
0.19
wt%
Candela 2004
Rudnick & Gao 2004
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites
42
Mo
0.001
8
wt%ox
Manheim et al. 1980
Phosphoria Formation
42
Mo
30
ppm
Gulbrandsen 1966
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions
42
Mo
0.7
5
ppm
Martin & Mason 1974