EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA) -- Average compositions of major sedimentary rock types and their mass-weighted average

Keywords
average compositions, major sedimentary rock types, Ronov database, continental sediments, platforms, geosynclines, shelves, slopes, seawater

Parameters
average compositions, mass, weight fraction, density, SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, FeO, MnO, CaO, Na2O, K2O, P2O5, F, C(org), CO2, SO2, S(pyr), Cl, H2O, SUM(Fe2O3)

Materials
continent, shale, sandstone, carbonate, evaporite, oceanic average sediment, global average sediment, upper crust, sediment, upper continental sediments, seawater

Project -- Earth Science Data Compilations -- Compendium of Geochemistry
The book focuses on compositional data and related references for such substances as solar photosphere, meteorites, igneous rocks, soils, sedimentary rocks, surficial waters, marine and terrestrial organisms (including humans), and aerosols. It emphasizes the use of original raw data as much as possible, and applies the statistical technique of factor analysis to elucidate any underlying interrelationships among chemical elements and given sample sets. Whenever applicable, simple chemical thermodynamic models are introduced to explain the observed partitioning of elements among different phases.