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)
Acapulcoite Primitive Achondrites 62 Sm 250           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Yanai & Kojima 1991
Zipfel et al. 1995
Active Continental Rifts 62 Sm 3.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Active Continental Rifts 62 Sm 4.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
AII Fracture Zone Basalts 62 Sm 5.16           ppm Hart et al. 1999 Johnson & Dick 1992
Alaska Trench 62 Sm 4.05           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Aleutian Basalts 62 Sm 2.33         27 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Aleutian Trench 62 Sm 4.43           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
ALH 77005 Meteorite 62 Sm 0.49   0.07       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84001 Meteorite 62 Sm 0.12   0.03       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84025 Brachinite 62 Sm 34           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989a
ALHA 77257 Urelite 62 Sm 6.4           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA 81101 Urelite 62 Sm 3           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA77081 Acapulcoite 62 Sm 200           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Schultz et al. 1982
Allende Meteorite 62 Sm 0.34           wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Amazon River Particulates 62 Sm 9.7           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Amphibolites 62 Sm 4.37         189 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Andaman Trench 62 Sm 4.36           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Andean Andesites 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Bailey 1981
Andes Basalt 62 Sm 4.37         28 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 5.3           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 3.8           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 4.5           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 3.52         50 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998 Plank & Langmuir 1988
Andesites 62 Sm 3.95         28 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 62 Sm 5           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 4.8           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 62 Sm 4.6           ppm Condie 1993
Angrite Angra Dos Reis 62 Sm 5760           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Angrite LEW 87051 62 Sm 1480           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Archean Amphibolites 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1981
Archean Terrains 62 Sm 4           ppm Condie 1991
Archean Terrains 62 Sm 3.3           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Archean Terrains 62 Sm 4           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 62 Sm 3.4           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Arenaceous Rocks 62 Sm 4.89         2754 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 62 Sm 5.16         121 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Ashy Clay 62 Sm 6.08         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Australian Granite 62 Sm 14.9           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Collins et al. 1982
Australian Granite 62 Sm 4.9         1074 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Wormald & Price 1988
Australian Granite 62 Sm 4.1         8 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Whalen 1985
Australian Granite 62 Sm 5.8         704 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Chappell & White 1992
Australian Granite 62 Sm 13.52         6 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Turner et al. 1992
Australian Granite 62 Sm 3         13 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Inger & Harris 1993
Baldissero Spinel Lherzolites 62 Sm 0.13   0.02     14 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Balmuccia Spinel Lherzolites 62 Sm 0.19   0.16     18 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Barea Mesosiderite 62 Sm 369           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason & Jarosewich 1973
Mittlefehldt in press
Basalts 62 Sm 3.7           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 4.3           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 3           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 4           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 3.8           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 2.8           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 3.5           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 62 Sm 28.8         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Turner et al. 1996a
Basalts 62 Sm 7.87         4 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung 1999
Basalts 62 Sm 7.56         8 ppm Farmer 2004 Zhang & O'Reilly 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 10.7         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 62 Sm 3.3         12 ppm Farmer 2004 Dungan et al. 1986
Basalts 62 Sm 11.9         16 ppm Farmer 2004 Rogers et al. 1998
Basalts 62 Sm 5.95         3 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 4.52         5 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 4.7         10 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 2001
Basalts 62 Sm 11.7         16 ppm Farmer 2004 Jung & Hoernes 2000
Basalts 62 Sm 18.7         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Conticelli et al. 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 9.8         3 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 1995
Basalts 62 Sm 9.7         27 ppm Farmer 2004 Farmer et al. 2002
Basalts 62 Sm 9.5         8 ppm Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 62 Sm 5.2         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Price et al. 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 7         44 ppm Farmer 2004 Baker et al. 1997
Basalts 62 Sm 9         13 ppm Farmer 2004 Robert et al. 1992
Basalts 62 Sm 6.8         9 ppm Farmer 2004 Hoang & Flower 1998
Binda Eucrite 62 Sm 261           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Boninites 62 Sm 0.77         71 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Brachina Brachinite 62 Sm 190           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Nehru et al. 1983
Brown Clay 62 Sm 11.99         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Brown Clay 62 Sm 13.27         29 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Sm/Yb 0.89   0.04         McDonough & Sun 1995
Carbonate 62 Sm 2.48         13 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonate Turbidites 62 Sm 2.8         87 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonates 62 Sm 1.5         2038 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 62 Sm 0.95         50 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Cascade Basalt 62 Sm 3.16         24 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Cascadia Trench 62 Sm 4.77           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central America Trench 62 Sm 2.87           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central American Basalts 62 Sm 3.42         29 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.74           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 5.03           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 5.09           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.84           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.91           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.57           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.65           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.61           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.73           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 62 Sm 4.45           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.5             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
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 6.5             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.9             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 10.1             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Mo 7.4             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.18             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.17             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.18             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.17             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.18             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.19             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.17             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sm/Nd 0.18             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.31             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.29             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.34             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.41             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.34             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.27             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sn/Sm 0.32             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 87.9             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 66.3             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 70             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 59.8             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 65.1             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 59             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 52.3             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Sr/Sm 58.2             Gao et al. 1998
Chassigny Achondrite 62 Sm 140   10       ppb Boynton et al. 1976
Chassigny Meteorite 62 Sm 0.14   0.03       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Chaunskij Mesosiderite 62 Sm 684           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Petaev et al. 2000
Chert 62 Sm 2.7           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Chert 62 Sm 3.84         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Chert 62 Sm 2.69         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
CI Chondrites   La[n]/Sm[n] 1             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 0.153           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme et al. 1981
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Beer et al. 1984
Jochum et al. 1986
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 154           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 149           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 0.98   0.02         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 0.219           ppm McDonough et al. 1992
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 0.1471           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 154   7.7       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 147.1   1.91     4 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 148           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 149   11.026     12 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982 Evensen et al. 1978
CI Chondrites 62 Sm 0.154   0.0077       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites   Sm/Yb 0.919             McDonough & Sun 1995
Clastic Turbidites 62 Sm 4.77         28 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Colombia Trench 62 Sm 3.24           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Continental Arc Andesite 62 Sm 3.92         56 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arc Andesite 62 Sm 3.43         155 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arcs 62 Sm 2.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Arcs 62 Sm 3.7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3500           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 62 Sm 5.3           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 5.2           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.7           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Continental Crust 62 Sm 5.3           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.1           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.5           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.84           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 62 Sm 6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.19             Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 3.36           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Glaser et al. 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 127           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 7.14           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Johnson et al. 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.011           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 2.83           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 6.7           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 2.88           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov et al. 1997
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.572           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.029           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 1.61           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.019           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.021           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 1.27           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 1.5           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 62 Sm 13.9           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0             Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.311             Pearson et al. 2004 Glaser et al. 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.16             Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.123             Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.312             Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov et al. 1997
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.209             Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.35             Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 1.478             Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.436             Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.636             Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.95             Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.647             Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.263             Pearson et al. 2004 Johnson et al. 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.28             Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.606             Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.543             Pearson et al. 2004 Bedini & Bodinier 1999
Continental Shields & Platforms 62 Sm 3.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Shields & Platforms 62 Sm 2.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Core 62 Sm 0           µg/g McDonough 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 5.3           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gergoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.728           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 4.27           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 1.5           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.026           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.46           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 2.17           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.75           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Stachel et al. 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 1.09           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.05           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.5           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 9.28           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 62 Sm 0.74           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.543             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 3.84             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.499             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.147             Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.247             Pearson et al. 2004 Gregoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 1.898             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.189             Pearson et al. 2004 Gergoire et al. 2002
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.818             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.124             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.149             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.187             Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.152             Pearson et al. 2004 Stachel et al. 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths   Sm/Nd 0.95             Pearson et al. 2004
D'Orbigny Angrite 62 Sm 2230           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt et al. 2002
Danube River Particulates 62 Sm 6.3           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Delta Sediments   147Sm/144Nd 0.1158             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Delta Sediments   147Sm/144Nd 0.1152             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Delta Sediments   147Sm/144Nd 0.1173             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Depleted D-MORB basalts   Sm/Hf 1.355             Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted Mantle   147Sm/144Nd 0.21             Rehkamper & Hofmann 1997
Depleted Mantle 62 Sm 0.375           ppm Rehkamper & Hofmann 1997
Depleted Mantle 62 Sm 0.27   0.027       ppm Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted Mantle 62 Sm 0.239     0.217 0.256   ppm Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle   Sm/Nd 0.411             Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted-Depleted MORB Mantle 62 Sm 0.21           ppm Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted-Depleted MORB Mantle   Sm/Nd 0.435             Workman & Hart 2005
Diatom Oozes & Clay 62 Sm 2.34         15 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Clay 62 Sm 4.49         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Mud 62 Sm 4.12         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Ooze 62 Sm 4.18         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diorite 62 Sm 5.13         260 ppm Gao et al. 1998
DSDP/ODP Site 800 62 Sm 4.81           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
DSDP/ODP Site 801 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
DSDP/ODP Site 801 62 Sm 4.43           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
E-MORB 62 Sm 4.38           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Early Archean Upper Crust 62 Sm 3.96           ppm Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust 62 Sm 4.05           ppm Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.162             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.159             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.22           ppm Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.59           ppm Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.193             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.188             Condie 1993
East China Craton 62 Sm 4.83           ppm Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 62 Sm 4.53           ppm Gao et al. 1998
East Sunda Trench 62 Sm 5.71           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
EET 83309 Urelite 62 Sm 62           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989b
EET 84302 Acapulcoite 62 Sm 220           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Enriched-Depleted MORB Mantle 62 Sm 0.273           ppm Workman & Hart 2005
Enriched-Depleted MORB Mantle   Sm/Nd 0.388             Workman & Hart 2005
Enstatite Chondrites   Sm/Yb 0.86   0.05         McDonough & Sun 1995
Estherville Mesosiderite 62 Sm 703           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Felsic Archean Granulites 62 Sm 5.7 2.9       110 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Granulites 62 Sm 3.79         137 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Post-Archean Granulites 62 Sm 4.2 4.6       13 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 4.3           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 5.1           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 5.96         972 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 4           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 5           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 5           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 62 Sm 5.6           ppm Condie 1993
Ferruginous Clay 62 Sm 9.39         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Frankfort Howardites 62 Sm 560           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Palme et al. 1978
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 62 Sm 2.96         66 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts   Sm/Hf 1.32             Salters & Stracke 2004
Fresh MORB in Indian Ocean 62 Sm 2.72           ppm Klein 2004 Klein et al. 1991
Ganges River Particulates 62 Sm 9.7           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garnet Peridotites 62 Sm   0.11         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Garnet Peridotites 62 Sm   0.37         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Garonne River Particulates 62 Sm 270000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garonne River Particulates 62 Sm 6.2           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Gibson Lodranite 62 Sm 210           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Goalpara Ureilite 62 Sm 6   1       ppb Boynton et al. 1976
Granites 62 Sm 8.8           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 62 Sm 6.3           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 62 Sm 8.7           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 62 Sm 5.36         1226 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 62 Sm 7.91         402 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 62 Sm 2.05         8 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Kemp 2001
Granites 62 Sm 7.8           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Granulites   La[n]/Sm[n] 2.9 2.4       114   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites   La[n]/Sm[n] 6.3 4.1       209   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 62 Sm 3.3           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1982
Granulites 62 Sm 5.7 3.31       213 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 62 Sm 9.75 5.7       117 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites   Sm/Nd 0.19 0.19       151   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites   Sm/Nd 0.24 0.2       54   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites   La[n]/Sm[n] 2.3 2.1       140   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 62 Sm 3.52 3       161 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites   Sm/Nd 0.27 0.25       135   Rudnick & Presper 1990
Graywackes 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 62 Sm 5.6           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 62 Sm 190           ppm Condie 1993
Greater Antilles Basalt 62 Sm 2.8         16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Green Clay 62 Sm 4.46         3 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Greywackes 62 Sm 4.6           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Havero Urelite 62 Sm 14           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Hydrothermal Sediment 62 Sm 24.78         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
IAB Campo del Cielo 62 Sm 16           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Landes 62 Sm 180           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Udei Station 62 Sm 92           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Ibitira Eucrite 62 Sm 1450           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Barrat et al. 2000
Igneous Rocks 62 Sm 0.9           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Schnetzler & Philpotts 1969
Jerome 1970
Interior North China Craton 62 Sm 4.81           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 62 Sm 4.3           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 62 Sm 4.54           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 62 Sm 4.35           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 62 Sm 4.12           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interlayerd Clay & Chert 62 Sm 4.71         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Chert & Limestone 62 Sm 2.25         5 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Clay & Chert 62 Sm 30.41         12 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Intermediate Granulites 62 Sm 4.68         136 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Mafic Archean Granulites 62 Sm 5.7 4.1       36 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 62 Sm 3.7 2.8       30 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 62 Sm 6.4 5.5       35 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Island Arc Andesite 62 Sm             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arc Andesite 62 Sm 2.7         172 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 62 Sm 3.7           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Izu-Bonin Trench 62 Sm 6.35           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Japan Trench 62 Sm 5.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Java Trench 62 Sm 7.06           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Johnstown Diogenite 62 Sm 59           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Juvinas Eucrite 62 Sm 1.7           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Jerome 1970
Juvinas Eucrite 62 Sm 1.9           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Schnetzler & Philpotts 1969
Juvinas Eucrite 62 Sm 1.5           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Wanke et al. 1972
Kamchatka Basalt 62 Sm 3.33         41 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Kamchatka Trench 62 Sm 3.6           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kapoeta Howardites 62 Sm 540           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Kerm Trench 62 Sm 15.3           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kermadec Basalts 62 Sm 2.61         10 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Kimberlite 62 Sm 13.7         22 ppm Farmer 2004 Taylor et al. 1994
Komatiites 62 Sm 0.63           ppm Condie 1993
Kuriles Trench 62 Sm 5.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Late Archean Upper Crust 62 Sm 4.15           ppm Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust 62 Sm 4.03           ppm Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.161             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.164             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.33           ppm Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.67           ppm Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.191             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.198             Condie 1993
Lesser Antilles Basalt 62 Sm 2.68         57 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Loess   147Sm/144Nd 0.1151             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.17           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 6           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.8           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 5.17           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie & Selverstone 1999
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 6.6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Villaseca et al. 1999
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.59           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Liu et al. 2001
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.65           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 3.17           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 62 Sm 6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.25             Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Luzon Basalt 62 Sm 2.8         9 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
MAC 88177 Lodranite 62 Sm 21           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Macibini Eucrites 62 Sm 1860           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1973
Buchanan et al. 2000b
Mafic Archean Granulites 62 Sm 5.4 3.1       37 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Granulites 62 Sm 4.48         128 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 62 Sm 2.81 2.3       135 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Intrusions 62 Sm 5.1         308 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 62 Sm 9 5.8       28 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Magdalena River Particulates 62 Sm 6.7           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Makran Trench 62 Sm 7.83           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Malvern Howardites 62 Sm 1280           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Palme et al. 1978
Manganese Nodules 62 Sm 35           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Haynes et al. 1986
Marianas Basalt 62 Sm 2.72         40 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Marianas Trench 62 Sm 4.62           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Marine Apatites 62 Sm       3 51 13 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Apatites 62 Sm 20         13 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 13           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Rankin & Glasby 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 7           ppm Li 1982 Piper 1974
Marine Shales 62 Sm 5.7           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Haskin & Haskin 1966
Marine Shales 62 Sm 7.2         36 ppm Altschuller 1980 Hermann 1970
Mavic Volcanics 62 Sm 5.76         632 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mekong River Particulates 62 Sm 5.4           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Melitite-rich Chondrules 62 Sm 2.2     1.7 3.2 10 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 62 Sm 3.9           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.04           ppm Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.43           ppm Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.205             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.204             Condie 1993
META 78008 Urelite 62 Sm 14.6           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Metafelsic Volcanics 62 Sm 6.51         41 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Metalliferous Clay 62 Sm 67.21         12 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Metapelitic Granulitic Xenolites 62 Sm 5.9 5       50 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mexico Trench 62 Sm 8.75           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.6   0.2       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.6           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.74           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.18             Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.19           ppm Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.57           ppm Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.192             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.199             Condie 1993
Miles IIE Iron 62 Sm 200           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Miles IIE Iron 62 Sm 730           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Mincy Mesosiderite 62 Sm 295           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Moore County Eucrite 62 Sm 906           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
MORB Basaltic Glass 62 Sm 3.36           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 62 Sm 4.64           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 62 Sm 3.77           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 62 Sm 5.41           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 62 Sm 2.22           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 62 Sm 3.752           ppm Hart et al. 1999 Hofmann 1988
Ito et al. 1987
Smith et al. 1995
Hauri & Hart 1997
N-MORB 62 Sm 4.35           ppm Klein 2004 Thompson et al. 1980
N-MORB 62 Sm 3.14           ppm Klein 2004 Niu et al. 1999
N-MORB 62 Sm 3.752   1.388     26 ppm Hofmann 1988 Jochum et al. 1988
N-MORB 62 Sm 1.69           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Nakhla Meteorite 62 Sm 0.77   0.08       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Nankai Trench 62 Sm 5.62           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Nanno Ooze 62 Sm 2.78         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Nano Ooze 62 Sm 2.7         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
New Hebrides Islands 62 Sm 2.79         21 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 62 Sm 1.8           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Wanke & Palme 1974
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 62 Sm 5.6           ppm Condie 1993
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 62 Sm 2.3           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
North American Shale Composite (NASC)   Sm/Nd 0.204             Condie 1993
North Antilles Trench 62 Sm 6.18           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
North Atlantic Ocean Deep Water 62 Sm 4.75             Bruland 1983 Elderfield & Greaves 1983
North Atlantic Ocean Surface Water 62 Sm 2.67             Bruland 1983 Elderfield & Greaves 1983
North Pacific Ocean Deep Water 62 Sm 4.4             Bruland 1983 Masuda & Ikeuchi 1979
North Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 6.13           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 5.42           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 4.91           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 4.95           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 5.5           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 62 Sm 0.0041           wt% Manheim et al. 1980 Ehrlich 1968
Novo-Urei Ureilite 62 Sm 12   1       ppb Boynton et al. 1976
Nuevo Laredo Eucrite 62 Sm 2330           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Jerde 1987
Oceanic Crust 62 Sm 3.7           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Hofmann 1988
Oceanic Crust 62 Sm 3.1           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1981
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 3.5           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 14.2           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 1.39           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 3.64           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 1.25           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.32           ppm Kerr 2004 Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 1.74           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.57           ppm Kerr 2004 Reynaud et al. 1999
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.32           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 5.28           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1995
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 0.65           ppm Kerr 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.3           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.85           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 3.39           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.77           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 1.69           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 2.11           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 3.97           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 62 Sm 1.76           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 2002
Oceans Deep water 62 Sm 0.65           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Elderfield & Greaves 1982
Oceans Surface water 62 Sm 0.4           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Elderfield & Greaves 1982
ODP Site 735   147Sm/144Nd 0.183             Hart et al. 1999
ODP Site 735 62 Sm 3.09 2.8       22 ppm Hart et al. 1999
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 62 Sm 2.56           ppm Staudigel et al. 1995
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 62 Sm 2.5           ppm Staudigel et al. 1996
Olivine Chondrules 62 Sm 0.73     0.49 1.1 3 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Orangeite 62 Sm 14.3         114 ppm Farmer 2004 Mitchell 1995
Ordinary Chondrites   Sm/Yb 0.9   0.04         McDonough & Sun 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 62 Sm 142         8 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 62 Sm 122           ng/g Grossman et al. 1985
Orgueil Chondrite 62 Sm 144         10 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Paleozoic Orogens 62 Sm 3.4           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Orogens 62 Sm 4.1           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 4.97           ppm Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust 62 Sm 5.38           ppm Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.195             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Sm/Nd 0.191             Condie 1993
Parana River Particulates 62 Sm 9.1           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 9.1         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 27         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 6.27         56 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 6.27         56 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 27           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 49.33         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 13.29         3 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 62 Sm 5.62         55 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelites 62 Sm 6.52         1341 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 62 Sm 7.19         69 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Peninsular Range Batholith 62 Sm 4.4           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites 62 Sm   0.192         ppm McDonough 1991
Peru Trench 62 Sm 3.79           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Petersburg Eucrites 62 Sm 1599           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason et al. 1979
Buchanan & Reid 1996
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 3.63         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 3.97         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 6.45         36 ppm Farmer 2004 Hooper & Hawkesworth 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 4.01         9 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 3.18         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 11.6         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 5.7         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 62 Sm 7.7         18 ppm Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Philip Trench 62 Sm 11.12           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Post-Archean Terrrains 62 Sm 6.2           ppm Condie 1991
Precambrian Canadian Shield 62 Sm 4.51           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle   La[n]/Sm[n] 1             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.436           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 McDonough & Sun 1989
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.32           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Anderson 1983
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.347           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.52           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Wanke et al. 1984
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.3865           ppm Hofmann 1988 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.451           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 431   43.1       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm   0.444         ppm McDonough 1991 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 431           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.378           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.387           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Hofmann 1988
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 406   40.6       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.32           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.44           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Primitive Mantle 62 Sm 0.42           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle   Sr/Sm 47.1             Gao et al. 1998 Hofmann 1988
Protolith Gabbros at ODP Site 735 62 Sm 1.47         8 ppm Hart et al. 1999
Qingzhen Enstatite Chondrite 62 Sm 106           ng/g Grossman et al. 1985
QUE 94201 Meteorite 62 Sm 2.3   0.4       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Radiolarian Clay 62 Sm 10.88         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 62 Sm 6.22         11 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 62 Sm 5.57         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 62 Sm 5.57         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 62 Sm 1.9           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Radiolarites 62 Sm 1.87         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 62 Sm 3.57         17 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions 62 Sm 4     2.2 6.2 5 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions 62 Sm 3.1         2 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Rifted Continental Margins 62 Sm 3.8           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Rifted Continental Margins 62 Sm 2.6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
River Particulates 62 Sm 7           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 62 Sm 0.008           ppb Li 1982 Martin & Meybeck 1979
Ryuku Trench 62 Sm 42.08           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sandstones 62 Sm 1.75           ppm Condie 1993
Sandstones 62 Sm 1.35           ppm Condie 1993
Scotia Island Basalt 62 Sm 2.86         16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Seawater 62 Sm 0.84             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 62 Sm 4e-06             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 62 Sm 0.6           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Elderfield & Greaves 1982
Seawater 62 Sm 0.0005           ppb Li 1982 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Brewer 1975

Seawater 62 Sm 4     2.7 4.8     Bruland 1983
Sera de Mage Eucrite 62 Sm 0.33           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Schnetzler & Philpotts 1969
Sera de Mage Eucrite 62 Sm 0.3           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
Serra De Mage Eucrite 62 Sm 256           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Shales 62 Sm 6.68           ppm Condie 1993
Shales 62 Sm 5.75           ppm Condie 1993
Shales 62 Sm 4.85           ppm Condie 1993
Shales   Sm/Nd 0.178             Condie 1993
Shales   Sm/Nd 0.178             Condie 1993
Shales   Sm/Nd 0.175             Condie 1993
Shalka Diogenite 62 Sm 4           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Mittlefehldt 1994
Shallowater Aubrite 62 Sm 8.1           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Easton 1985
Keil et al. 1989
Shergotty Meteorite 62 Sm 1.47   0.14       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.52           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Wanke et al. 1984
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.347           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.3865           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Hofmann 1988
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.41           µg/g McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 406   40.6       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.41           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 62 Sm 0.444           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Sun 1982
Sun & McDonough 1989
McDonough & Frey 1989
Silicate Earth   Sm/Nd 0.325             Workman & Hart 2005
Silicified Limestone 62 Sm 3.81           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Silty Mud 62 Sm 6.07         16 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sioux County Eucrite 62 Sm 1540           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Solar Photosphere 62 Sm 1   0.08         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere 62 Sm 1.01   0.06         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar System 62 Sm 0.24             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 62 Sm 0.261             Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 62 Sm 0.2582   0.003357     4   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solid Earth   147Sm/144Nd 0.197             Hart et al. 1999 Allegre et al. 1983
Solid Earth   147Sm/144Nd 0.233             Hart et al. 1999 Allegre et al. 1983
Solid Earth 62 Sm 0.27           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solid Earth 62 Sm 0.27           ppm McDonough 2004
South Antilles Trench 62 Sm 7.89           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 62 Sm 5.27           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 62 Sm 4.88           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 62 Sm 5.21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 62 Sm 5.02           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 62 Sm 4.93           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 5.11           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 5.21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 4.82           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 62 Sm 4.91           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Sandwich Trench 62 Sm 2.34           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Spinel Peridotites   La[n]/Sm[n] 2.7 2.1 2.8     200   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 62 Sm   0.25         ppm McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 62 Sm 0.47 0.25 0.69     214 ppm McDonough 1990
Stannern Eucrite 62 Sm 3160           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Subducted Sediment 62 Sm 5.78   1.83       ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sumatra Trench 62 Sm 5.24           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 1.519   0.209     6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 3.702   0.037     42 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 1.02   0.027     31 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 2.14   0.258     7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 3.65   0.148     13 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 62 Sm 0.149   0.009     16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Tonalites 62 Sm 4.9           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 3.3         355 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Martin 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 3.4           ppm Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 4.6           ppm Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 4.5           ppm Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 4.01         553 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 62 Sm 5.04         641 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonga Trench 62 Sm 34.86           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Tongan Basalts 62 Sm 2.74         12 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Transitional Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 62 Sm 3.39           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Turbidites 62 Sm 3.75         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Turbidites 62 Sm 4.95         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Upper Continental Crust   147Sm/144Nd 0.116             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Upper Continental Crust   147Sm/144Nd 0.115             Esser & Turekian 1993 Goldstein & Jacobsen 1988
Goldstein et al. 1984
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.59           ppm Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.7   0.3       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text








Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.5           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.7           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.83           ppm Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.5           ppm Taylor et al. 1983 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.5           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 2.552           ppm Hart et al. 1999 Staudigel et al. 1995
Smith et al. 1995
Hart & Staudigel 1989
Staudigel et al. 1989
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.7           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.61           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Shaw et al. 1976
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.59           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 5.09           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 62 Sm 4.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.17             Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Upper Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.179             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Sm/Nd 0.179             Condie 1993
Vanuatu Trench 62 Sm 3.56           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Veramin Mesosiderite 62 Sm 75           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Powell 1971
Volcanoclastic Sediment 62 Sm 3.47         15 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 62 Sm 4.19         43 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 62 Sm 4.1           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 62 Sm 4.07         13 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Watson IIE Iron 62 Sm 216.6           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Olsen et al. 1994
Winonaite Pontlyfni 62 Sm 103           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Graham et al. 1977
Davis et al. 1977
Winonaite Tierra Blanca 62 Sm 92           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Jarosweich 1990
Y-74450 Eucrites 62 Sm 2780           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Y-791491 Lodranite 62 Sm 30           ng/g Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Yangtze Craton 62 Sm 4.89           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 62 Sm 4.95           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 62 Sm 5.18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 62 Sm 4.35           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 62 Sm 5.04           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Zeolite Clay 62 Sm 4.43         3 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
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