GERM Partition Coefficient (Kd) Database
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Data contribution by Roger Nielsen

Partition Coefficients      
Rock Type Mineral Z Elem Value SD Low High Kd Type Info Reference
Basalt Metal 15 P       0.16 Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 24 Cr 1.1       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 25 Mn 0.16       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 27 Co 200       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 28 Ni     5000   Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 29 Cu 500       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 30 Zn       0.5 Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 31 Ga 0.6       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 33 As 1000       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 42 Mo 1000       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 51 Sb 1250       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 74 W 25       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Metal 79 Au 155   155   Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 12 Mg 6.6       Experimental Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 20 Ca 0.025       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 21 Sc 0.23   0.23   Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 22 Ti 0.019       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 24 Cr 1.18       Experimental Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 25 Mn 1.47       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 26 Fe 1.85       Experimental Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 27 Co 4.3       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 28 Ni     15   Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 29 Cu 0.55       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 30 Zn 0.8       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 31 Ga 0.04       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 33 As 0.3       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 51 Sb 0.3       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 70 Yb 0.042       Experimental Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 71 Lu 0.062       Phenocryst-Matrix Kloeck & Palme 1988
Basalt Olivine 79 Au 0.7       Experimental Kloeck & Palme 1988
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