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)
Active Continental Rifts 59 Pr 3.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Active Continental Rifts 59 Pr 5.5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Aleutian Basalts 59 Pr 2.21         5 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
ALH 77005 Meteorite 59 Pr 0.13           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84001 Meteorite 59 Pr 0.06           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Allende Meteorite 59 Pr 0.21           wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Andes Basalt 59 Pr 7.1         10 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 59 Pr             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Archean Terrains 59 Pr 3.7           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 59 Pr 4.9           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 59 Pr 4.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Basalts 59 Pr 14.7         27 ppm Farmer 2004 Farmer et al. 2002
Basalts 59 Pr 37         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Turner et al. 1996a
Basalts 59 Pr 8.69         3 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 59 Pr 6.03         10 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 2001
Basalts 59 Pr 5.23         5 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 59 Pr 5.3         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Price et al. 1997
Basalts 59 Pr 9.58         4 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung 1999
Binda Eucrite 59 Pr 154           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Boninites 59 Pr 0.92         23 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Cascade Basalt 59 Pr 1.9         5 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Central American Basalts 59 Pr 1.35         17 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Chassigny Meteorite 59 Pr 0.13           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Chert 59 Pr 2.6           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 92.8           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 89.1   2.14     20 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 0.0964   0.00964       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 96.4   9.64       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 0.0891           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 0.8   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 92.9           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 96           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 0.137           ppm McDonough et al. 1992
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 92.9   6.6888     3 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982 Evensen et al. 1978
CI Chondrites 59 Pr 0.096           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme et al. 1981
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Beer et al. 1984
Jochum et al. 1986
Continental Arc Andesite 59 Pr 5.38         13 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arc Andesite 59 Pr 2.85         65 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arcs 59 Pr 2.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Arcs 59 Pr 4.5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 6.7           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 3.9           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 6.7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 4.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 59 Pr 3.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 8.2           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 59 Pr 4.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 59 Pr 3900           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 59 Pr 4.9           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 1.62           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov et al. 1997
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.032           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.742           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 1.88           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Glaser et al. 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 814           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.027           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov et al. 1997
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.0001           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 6.29           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Johnson et al. 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 315           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.001           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.18           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.008           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.28           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.004           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Shields & Platforms 59 Pr 2.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Shields & Platforms 59 Pr 4.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Core 59 Pr 0           µg/g McDonough 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.78           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.006           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 1.31           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 5.01           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 1.21           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Stachel et al. 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.469           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.081           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 5.28           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.012           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.85           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.859           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 6           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gergoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths 59 Pr 0.156           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Depleted D-MORB basalts   Nd/Pr 5.443             Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted Mantle 59 Pr 0.107     0.091 0.12   ppm Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted Mantle 59 Pr 0.131   0.0131       ppm Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted-Depleted MORB Mantle 59 Pr 0.087           ppm Workman & Hart 2005
DSDP/ODP Site 801 59 Pr 5.1           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Enriched-Depleted MORB Mantle 59 Pr 0.132           ppm Workman & Hart 2005
Felsic Archean Granulites 59 Pr 9.7 5.1       15 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Post-Archean Granulites 59 Pr 10 7.4         ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Frankfort Howardites 59 Pr 370           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Palme et al. 1978
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts   Nd/Pr 5.13             Salters & Stracke 2004
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 59 Pr 1.84         6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Garonne River Particulates 59 Pr 8.2           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Goalpara Ureilite 59 Pr 11   1       ppb Boynton et al. 1976
Granulites 59 Pr 15.4 5.6       35 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 59 Pr 8.1         5 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 59 Pr 2.3 1.2       54 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Greater Antilles Basalt 59 Pr 1.7         6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Greywackes 59 Pr 6.1           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Havero Urelite 59 Pr 19           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Ibitira Eucrite 59 Pr 868           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Barrat et al. 2000
Intermediate Mafic Archean Granulites 59 Pr 8.7 6.4       4 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 59 Pr 3.7 2.9       8 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 59 Pr 7.4 6.4       4 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Island Arc Andesite 59 Pr             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arc Andesite 59 Pr 2.11         55 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 59 Pr 4.3           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Johnstown Diogenite 59 Pr 21           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Kamchatka Basalt 59 Pr 2.64         23 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Kapoeta Howardites 59 Pr 830           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Lesser Antilles Basalt 59 Pr 0.72         7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.4           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.4           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 3.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.8           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 59 Pr 2.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Mafic Archean Granulites 59 Pr 5.5 2.9       2 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 59 Pr 2.5 1.6       37 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 59 Pr 6.7 3.2         ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Manganese Nodules 59 Pr 36           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Haynes et al. 1986
Marine Apatites 59 Pr 21         13 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Apatites 59 Pr       3 40 13 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Pelagic Clay 59 Pr 13           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Rankin & Glasby 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 59 Pr 9           ppm Li 1982 Piper 1974
Marine Shales 59 Pr 7.9           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Haskin & Haskin 1966
Marine Shales 59 Pr 10.7         36 ppm Altschuller 1980 Hermann 1970
Mekong River Particulates 59 Pr 8.5           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Melitite-rich Chondrules 59 Pr 1.6     1.2 1.9 10 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 59 Pr 4.7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 59 Pr 6.5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 59 Pr 6.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 59 Pr 4.7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Metapelitic Granulitic Xenolites 59 Pr 8.4 6.1       3 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 59 Pr 5.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 59 Pr 5.8           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 59 Pr 5.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 59 Pr 5.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Moore County Eucrite 59 Pr 521           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
N-MORB 59 Pr 0.74           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 59 Pr 1.91           ppm Klein 2004 Niu et al. 1999
N-MORB 59 Pr 2.074   0.8089     26 ppm Hofmann 1988 Jochum et al. 1988
Nakhla Meteorite 59 Pr 0.67           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
New Hebrides Islands 59 Pr 2.51         21 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 59 Pr 0.0034           wt% Manheim et al. 1980 Ehrlich 1968
Novo-Urei Ureilite 59 Pr 10   1       ppb Boynton et al. 1976
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 0.46           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 1.7           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 1.98           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 1.56           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 0.13           ppm Kerr 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 1.56           ppm Kerr 2004 Reynaud et al. 1999
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 0.6           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 0.79           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 0.92           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 59 Pr 1.36           ppm Kerr 2004 Hauff et al. 2000
Oceans Deep water 59 Pr 0.6           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Sastry et al. 1969
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 59 Pr 1.2           ppm Staudigel et al. 1995
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 59 Pr 1.17           ppm Staudigel et al. 1996
Olivine Chondrules 59 Pr 0.45     0.32 0.72 3 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Orangeite 59 Pr 45.5         114 ppm Farmer 2004 Mitchell 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 59 Pr 90         2 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 59 Pr 90         2 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Paleozoic Orogens 59 Pr 5.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Orogens 59 Pr 3.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Pelagic Clay 59 Pr 29.9           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 59 Pr 5.79         36 ppm Farmer 2004 Hooper & Hawkesworth 1993
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 0.237           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 0.283           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 254   25.4       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 0.274           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 McDonough & Sun 1989
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 0.206           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 0.2419           ppm Hofmann 1988 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 270           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 59 Pr 270   40.5       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Protolith Gabbros at ODP Site 735 59 Pr 0.6         8 ppm Hart et al. 1999
Radiolarites 59 Pr 2.4           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions 59 Pr 3     1.6 4.7 5 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions 59 Pr 2.2     2.1 2.2 2 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Rifted Continental Margins 59 Pr 5.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Rifted Continental Margins 59 Pr 2.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
River Particulates 59 Pr 8           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 59 Pr 0.007           ppb Li 1982 Martin & Meybeck 1979
Scotia Island Basalt 59 Pr 2.28         11 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Seawater 59 Pr 0.6           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Sastry et al. 1969
Seawater 59 Pr 4e-06             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 59 Pr 4             Bruland 1983
Seawater 59 Pr 0.87             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 59 Pr 0.0006           ppb Li 1982
Serra De Mage Eucrite 59 Pr 92           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Shergotty Meteorite 59 Pr 0.81   0.1       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 254   25.4       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 0.25           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 0.206           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 0.2419           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Hofmann 1988
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 0.278           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Sun 1982
Sun & McDonough 1989
McDonough & Frey 1989
Silicate Earth 59 Pr 0.25           µg/g McDonough 1998
Sioux County Eucrite 59 Pr 838           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Solar Photosphere 59 Pr 0.71   0.08         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere 59 Pr 0.71   0.08         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar System 59 Pr 0.174             Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 59 Pr 0.18             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 59 Pr 0.1669   0.004006     20   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solid Earth 59 Pr 0.17           ppm McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 59 Pr 0.17           µg/g McDonough 1998
Spinel Peridotites 59 Pr 0.56 0.21 0.87     40 ppm McDonough 1990
Stannern Eucrite 59 Pr 2070           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 0.605   0.103     6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 2.387   0.096     13 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 0.466   0.014     31 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 0.059   0.005     16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 1.161   0.197     7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 59 Pr 2.36   0.028     42 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Tonalites 59 Pr 8.5           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 6.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text








Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 6.3           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 59 Pr 7.1           ppm Taylor et al. 1983 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 59 Pr 4.9           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Y-74450 Eucrites 59 Pr 1900           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
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