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)
Continental Arc Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0041 0.0039 0.001     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Primitive Mantle   Ca/Al 1.07   0.001         Allegre et al. 1995
Oceanic Island Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0063 0.0064 0.0019     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Ordinary Chondrites   Al/Mg 0.081   0.002         McDonough & Sun 1995
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0037 0.0041 0.0024     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Subducted Sediment   TiO2/Al2O3 0.0503   0.0028     346   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Continental Rift Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0028 0.0018 0.003     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Enstatite Chondrites   Al/Mg 0.075   0.003         McDonough & Sun 1995
Clastic Turbidites   TiO2/Al2O3 0.05   0.004     36   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Terrigenous Sediments   TiO2/Al2O3 0.037   0.004     58   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0043 0.0042 0.0044     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Ordinary Chondrites   Al/Sc 0.145   0.005         McDonough & Sun 1995
Enstatite Chondrites   Al/Sc 0.145   0.007         McDonough & Sun 1995
Marine Sediments   TiO2/Al2O3 0.052   0.007     13   Plank & Langmuir 1998 McLennan et al. 1990
Ocean Arc Xenoliths   V/Al 0.0056 0 0.0071     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Al/Sc 0.15   0.009         McDonough & Sun 1995
Marine Sediments   TiO2/Al2O3 0.046   0.009     32   Plank & Langmuir 1998 Ben Othman et al. 1989
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Al/Mg 0.105   0.01         McDonough & Sun 1995
Carbonate Turbidites   TiO2/Al2O3 0.053   0.01     87   Plank & Langmuir 1998
CI Chondrites 13 Al 6.46   0.01         Palme & Jones 2004
Kenna Ureilite 13 Al 0.23   0.01       wt%ox Boynton et al. 1976
Ocean Arc Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.02 0.02 0.01     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Primitive Mantle   Fe/Al 2.683   0.01         Allegre et al. 1995
Pelagic Clay   TiO2/Al2O3 0.0613   0.011     55   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay   TiO2/Al2O3 0.039   0.014     9   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Red Clay   TiO2/Al2O3 0.053   0.014     33   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 16.53   0.017     114 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Chassigny Achondrite 13 Al 0.64   0.02       wt%ox Boynton et al. 1976
Continental Arc Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.07 0.07 0.02     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.03 0.02 0.02     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Island Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.03 0.03 0.02     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Radiolarites   TiO2/Al2O3 0.061   0.026     23   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.06 0.06 0.03     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Rift Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.07 0.08 0.03     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Solar Corona 13 Al 6.47   0.03         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Breneman & Stone 1985
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 19   0.03     95 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Ordinary Chondrites   Ca/Al 1.08   0.04         McDonough & Sun 1995
ALH 84001 Meteorite 13 Al 0.68   0.05         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Primitive Mantle   Si/Al 9.947   0.05         Allegre et al. 1995
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 15.19   0.057     28 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Ca/Al 1.07   0.06         McDonough & Sun 1995
Goalpara Ureilite 13 Al 0.21   0.06       wt%ox Boynton et al. 1976
Novo-Urei Ureilite 13 Al 0.35   0.06       wt%ox Boynton et al. 1976
Solar Corona 13 Al 6.47   0.06         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Subducted Sediment   Nb/Al2O3 0.898   0.06     130   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Solar Photosphere 13 Al 6.47   0.07         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar Photosphere 13 Al 6.47   0.07         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Enstatite Chondrites   Ca/Al 1.1   0.08         McDonough & Sun 1995
Depleted Mantle 13 Al 4.28   0.0856       wt%ox Salters & Stracke 2004
Comet Halley 13 Al 6.41   0.1         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Jessberger et al. 1988
Pelagic Clay   Nb/Al2O3 0.795   0.1     9   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Primitive Mantle   Mg/Al 10.52   0.1         Allegre et al. 1995
Continental Arc Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.214 0.179 0.11     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Nakhla Meteorite 13 Al 0.89   0.11         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Terrigenous Sediments   Nb/Al2O3 0.602   0.12     31   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 3.42   0.126     17 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
ALH 77005 Meteorite 13 Al 1.52   0.15         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Chassigny Meteorite 13 Al 0.42   0.15         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 18.66   0.153     6 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Rift Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.246 0.159 0.183     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.216 0.182 0.19     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Pelagic Clay   Nb/Al2O3 0.93   0.19     25   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonate Turbidites   Nb/Al2O3 0.79   0.2     46   Plank & Langmuir 1998
Solar Corona 13 Al 6.4   0.23         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Meyer 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 2.35   0.235       wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.35   0.235       wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
Ordinary Chondrites   Al/Yb 5.45   0.24         McDonough & Sun 1995
Continental Arc Xenoliths   Ca/Al 1.25 1.24 0.25     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Shergotty Meteorite 13 Al 3.64   0.27         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Radiolarites   Nb/Al2O3 1.07   0.29     7   Plank & Langmuir 1998
CO Chondrites 13 Al 4.7   0.3     106 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
CO Chondrites 13 Al 4.4   0.3     36 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
Marine Sediments   Nb/Al2O3 0.94   0.32     8   Plank & Langmuir 1998 McLennan et al. 1990
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Al/Yb 5.44   0.35         McDonough & Sun 1995
Enstatite Chondrites   Al/Yb 5.5   0.35         McDonough & Sun 1995
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 13 Al 18.92   0.352     7 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.49   0.37       wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004
Oceanic Island Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.494 0.433 0.379     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Ocean Arc Xenoliths 13 Al 0.84 0.71 0.43     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Rift Xenoliths   Ca/Al 1.28 1.17 0.49     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Mars Soil 13 Al 7.41   0.5187       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Soil 13 Al 7.59   0.5313       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Soil 13 Al 8.22   0.5754       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
QUE 94201 Meteorite 13 Al 5.81   0.58         McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Least-Altered Basalt at ODP/DSDP Site 504 13 Al 15.43   0.59     58 wt%ox Alt et al. 1986
Mars Soil 13 Al 8.71   0.6097       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Basaltic Glass at ODP/DSDP Site 504 13 Al 14.96   0.64     51 wt%ox Alt et al. 1986
Cratonic Xenoliths   Ca/Al 0.88 0.82 0.66     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Ocean Arc Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.627 0.66 0.677     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Mars Rocks 13 Al 9.68   0.6776       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Rocks 13 Al 10.03   0.7021       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Rocks 13 Al 10.24   0.7168       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Cratonic Xenoliths 13 Al 0.99 0.82 0.72     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Island Xenoliths 13 Al 1.22 1.07 0.74     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.4   0.75       wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text









Mars Rocks 13 Al 10.94   0.7658       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Rocks 13 Al 11   0.77       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Mars Rocks 13 Al 11.02   0.7714       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke et al. 2001
Cratonic Xenoliths   Cr/Al 0.636 0.456 0.858     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Carbonates 13 Al 0.79   0.86     162 wt%ox Mirota & Veizer 1994
CO Chondrites 13 Al 3.8   0.9     6 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
Ordinary Chondrites   Al/Ti 19.6   0.9         McDonough & Sun 1995
Continental Arc Xenoliths 13 Al 2.62 2.94 0.92     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Island Xenoliths   Ca/Al 1.36 1.1 0.92     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Ca/Al 1.46 1.19 0.93     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Subducted Sediment 13 Al 11.91   0.94       wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 15   1       wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004
Ordinary Chondrites   Fe/Al 17   1         McDonough & Sun 1995
Ordinary Chondrites   Fe/Al 24   1         McDonough & Sun 1995
Spinel Peridotites 13 Al 2.27 2.2 1.1     375 wt%ox McDonough 1990
N-MORB 13 Al 15.255   1.2204     26 wt%ox Hofmann 1988 Jochum et al. 1988
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Al/Ti 19.9   1.3         McDonough & Sun 1995
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 13 Al 2.41 2.26 1.31     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Ocean Arc Xenoliths   Ca/Al 1.75 1.55 1.32     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Rift Xenoliths 13 Al 2.91 3.08 1.33     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Solid Mars 13 Al 15.2   1.5       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Hamilton et al. 2001
Wyatt et al. 2001
Solid Mars 13 Al 15   1.5       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Hamilton et al. 2001
Wyatt et al. 2001
CO Chondrites 13 Al 5.2   1.6     8 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
Spinel Peridotites   Ca/Al 1.28 1.35 1.6     374   McDonough 1990
Vega 2 13 Al 16   1.8       wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Surkov et al. 1986
Cratonic Xenoliths   Fe/Al 16.62 11.6 18.18     232   Pearson et al. 2004
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 23800   1904       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Fe/Al 16.2   2.4         McDonough & Sun 1995
Venera 14 Rocks 13 Al 17.9   2.6       wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Surkov et al. 1984
Ocean Arc Xenoliths   Fe/Al 20.66 14.97 24.83     21   Pearson et al. 2004
CI Chondrites 13 Al 8490   254.7       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
Wolf & Palme 2001
CI Chondrites 13 Al 8490   254.7       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
Spinel Peridotites   Al/Ti 22 22 29     361   McDonough 1990
Enstatite Chondrites   Al/Ti 18.5   3         McDonough & Sun 1995
Enstatite Chondrites   Fe/Al 35   3         McDonough & Sun 1995
Venera 13 Rocks 13 Al 15.8   3       wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Surkov et al. 1984
Continental Rift Xenoliths   Fe/Al 5.03 3.4 3.71     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Solar System 13 Al 84900   3060     19   Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 13 Al 8680   312.5     19 ppm Anders & Grevesse 1989
Enstatite Chondrites   Fe/Al 21   4         McDonough & Sun 1995
Mars Soil 13 Al 7.2   4       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Clark et al. 1982
Mars Soil 13 Al 8.4   4       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Clark et al. 1982
Mars Soil 13 Al 7.8   4       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Clark et al. 1982
Mars Soil 13 Al 7.8   4       wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Clark et al. 1982
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths   Fe/Al 6.1 4.76 4.51     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Solar System 13 Al 84900   4161.1     18   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Continental Arc Xenoliths   Fe/Al 5.88 3.7 6.08     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Island Xenoliths   Fe/Al 14.13 10.94 9.5     16   Pearson et al. 2004
21¿N EPR Hydrothermal Vents 13 Al       0.004 0.005     Bowers & Taylor 1985
Acapulcoite Primitive Achondrites 13 Al 11.2             Mittlefehldt 2004 Yanai & Kojima 1991
Zipfel et al. 1995
Active Continental Rifts 13 Al 15.9           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Active Continental Rifts 13 Al 16.4           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Ademellites 13 Al 14.55         113 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
AII Fracture Zone Basalts 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Hart et al. 1999 Johnson & Dick 1992
Alaska Trench 13 Al 14.22           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Aleutian Basalts 13 Al 16.51         66 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Aleutian Trench 13 Al 13.86           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
ALH 84025 Brachinite 13 Al 0.9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989a
ALHA 77257 Urelite 13 Al 1.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA 81101 Urelite 13 Al 0.87             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA77081 Acapulcoite 13 Al 12             Mittlefehldt 2004 Schultz et al. 1982
Allende Meteorite 13 Al 3.29           wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Amazon River Particulates 13 Al 115000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Amphibolites 13 Al 13.77         189 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Andaman Trench 13 Al 13.49           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Andean Andesites 13 Al 17.2           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Bailey 1981
Andes Basalt 13 Al 16.66         56 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 13 Al 17.02         2203 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Andesites 13 Al 17.79         50 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998 Plank & Langmuir 1988
Andesites 13 Al 16.61         47 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 13 Al 16.4           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 16.21           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 16.8           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 16.6           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 15.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Andesites 13 Al 16.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Angrite Angra Dos Reis 13 Al 49.5             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Angrite LEW 87051 13 Al 48.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Anorthosites 13 Al 25.86         97 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Antilles Trench   Nb/Al2O3 1.05         3   Plank & Langmuir 1998 Stolz et al. 1996
Archean Amphibolites 13 Al 16           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1981
Archean Canadian Shield 13 Al 16.34           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Cameron et al. 1979
Archean Canadian Shield 13 Al 15.9           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Goodwin 1978
Archean Canadian Shield 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Archean Canadian Shield 13 Al 16           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Eade & Fahrig 1971
Archean Lower Crust 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Archean Terrains 13 Al 15.4           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Archean Terrains 13 Al 14.5           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Shaw et al. 1967
Archean Terrains 13 Al 17           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Rogers 1978
Archean Terrains 13 Al 8.04           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 13 Al 8.1           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 13 Al 14.9           wt%ox Condie 1991
Arenaceous Rocks 13 Al 12.93         121 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 13 Al 10.55         2754 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Ashy Clay 13 Al 15.19         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Atmosphere   26Al 1.1             Turekian & Graustein 2004 Lal & Peters 1967
Aubres Aubrite 13 Al 2.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Easton 1985
Wolf et al. 1983
Australian Granite 13 Al 14.21         1074 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Wormald & Price 1988
Australian Granite 13 Al 14.99         8 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Whalen 1985
Australian Granite 13 Al 14.74         13 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Inger & Harris 1993
Australian Granite 13 Al 12.43           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Collins et al. 1982
Australian Granite 13 Al 14         704 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Chappell & White 1992
Australian Granite 13 Al 11.91         6 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Turner et al. 1992
Barea Mesosiderite 13 Al 48.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason & Jarosewich 1973
Mittlefehldt in press
Basalts 13 Al 15.7           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 16.6         3 wt% Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 13 Al 12.2         10 wt% Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 2001
Basalts 13 Al 17.4         5 wt% Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 13 Al 15.6         7 wt% Farmer 2004 Conticelli et al. 1997
Basalts 13 Al 13.4         16 wt% Farmer 2004 Jung & Hoernes 2000
Basalts 13 Al 12.6         27 wt% Farmer 2004 Farmer et al. 2002
Basalts 13 Al 15.6         3 wt% Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 1995
Basalts 13 Al 15.9         13 wt% Farmer 2004 Robert et al. 1992
Basalts 13 Al 16.6         44 wt% Farmer 2004 Baker et al. 1997
Basalts 13 Al 12.4         23 wt% Farmer 2004 Paslick et al. 1995
Basalts 13 Al 13.4         8 wt% Farmer 2004 Zhang & O'Reilly 1997
Basalts 13 Al 14.5         6 wt% Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 13 Al 12.9         4 wt% Farmer 2004 Chung 1999
Basalts 13 Al 16.3         12 wt% Farmer 2004 Dungan et al. 1986
Basalts 13 Al 13.3         16 wt% Farmer 2004 Rogers et al. 1998
Basalts 13 Al 13.2         6 wt% Farmer 2004 Turner et al. 1996a
Basalts 13 Al 14.5         8 wt% Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 13 Al 14.3         7 wt% Farmer 2004 Price et al. 1997
Basalts 13 Al 15.74         3156 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Basalts 13 Al 14         9 wt% Farmer 2004 Hoang & Flower 1998
Basalts 13 Al 15           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 15.8           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 15.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 15.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basalts 13 Al 15.7           wt%ox Condie 1993
Basanites 13 Al 14.7         138 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Basic Precambrian Granulites 13 Al 14.39         25 wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Binda Eucrite 13 Al 36.8             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Boninites 13 Al 13.22         348 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Brown Clay 13 Al 9.4         29 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Brown Clay 13 Al 16.47         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Ca-Al-rich Inclusions 13 Al 26.3           wt%ox Bischoff & Keil 1983 McSween 1977
Ca-Al-rich Inclusions 13 Al 31.3           wt%ox Bischoff & Keil 1983
Carbonate 13 Al 0.66         13 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonate Turbidites 13 Al 7.4         87 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonates 13 Al 1.76         2038 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 13 Al 2.22         50 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Cascade Basalt 13 Al 16.83         60 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Cascadia Trench 13 Al 15.37           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central America Trench 13 Al 3.31           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central American Basalts 13 Al 14.6         78 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.64           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 12.12           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 14.01           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.63           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 14.85           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.89           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 12.94           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.58           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.65           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 13.41           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 13 Al 15.22           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Chaunskij Mesosiderite 13 Al 61.36             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Petaev et al. 2000
Chert 13 Al 3.75         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Chert 13 Al 2.28         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Chert 13 Al 3.56           wt%ox Elliot et al. 1997
Chondritic Porous Interplanetary Dust Particles 13 Al 0.07             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Chondritic Smooth Interplanetary Dust Particles 13 Al 0.082             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Chondrule Silicates   Si/Al 0.4             Grossman & Wasson 1985
Chondrules 13 Al 17.1           wt%ox Bischoff & Keil 1983
CI Chondrites 13 Al 1.18           wt% McDonough et al. 1992
CI Chondrites 13 Al 0.82           wt% McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 13 Al 0.86           wt% McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 13 Al 1.514           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme et al. 1981
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Beer et al. 1984
Jochum et al. 1986
CI Chondrites 13 Al 8680           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 13 Al 0.094             Bradley 2004 McSween & Richardson 1977
CI Chondrites 13 Al 0.083             Bradley 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 13 Al 0.86           wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Al/Mg 0.0891             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Al/Sc 0.145             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Al/Ti 19.5             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Al/Yb 5.34             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Ca/Al 1.076             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Fe/Al 21             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   Si/Al 0.047             Grossman & Wasson 1985 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1984
Clastic Turbidites 13 Al 15.37         28 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
CM Chondrites 13 Al 0.088             Bradley 2004 Jarosewich 1990
CM Chondrites 13 Al 0.121             Bradley 2004 McSween & Richardson 1977
Coarse Interplanetary Dust Particles 13 Al 0.075             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Colombia Trench 13 Al 1.49           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Colorado River Particulates 13 Al 43000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Congo River Particulates 13 Al 117000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Continental Arc Andesite 13 Al 15.96         142 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arc Andesite 13 Al 15.7         497 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arcs 13 Al 16.2           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Arcs 13 Al 16.8           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 14.1           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 14.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Christensen & Mooney 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 16.1           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.1           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1986
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.9           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 13 Al 8.41           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 13 Al 16.3           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 13 Al 16           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Smithson 1978
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.7           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Holland & Lambert 1972
Continental Crust 13 Al 80100           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.7           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Ronov & Yaroshevsky 1967
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 16.7           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Goldschmidt 1933
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.2           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Vinogradov 1962
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Ronov & Yaroshevskiy 1969
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Holland & Lambert 1972
Continental Crust 13 Al 18           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.1           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 14.8           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Continental Crust 13 Al 16.1           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.6           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 13 Al 7.96           wt% Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.8           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 8.41           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 13 Al 15.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 23.62           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 3.06           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Zipfel & Worner 1992
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 4.18           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 3.96           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 4.44           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 3.85           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 3.73           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 56.86           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Zipfel & Worner 1992
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 23.25           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 43.47           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 47.61           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 6.18           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 6.04           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 33.71           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Zipfel & Worner 1992
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 6.24           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 44.79           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 23.42           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 23.86           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 5.71           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Zipfel & Worner 1992
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 5.67           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 13 Al 5.81           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Shields & Platforms 13 Al 16.5           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Shields & Platforms 13 Al 15.8           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Core 13 Al 0           wt% McDonough 1998
Core 13 Al 0           wt% McDonough 2004
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 0.72           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 0.91           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 1.36           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Smith et al. 1991
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 22.1           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 57.4           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 21.3           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 20.5           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 21.1           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Smith et al. 1991
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 19.3           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 1.13           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 2.46           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Smith et al. 1991
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 1.35           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 2.62           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
Cratonic Peridotite 13 Al 2.04           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Canil & O'Neill 1996
D'Orbigny Angrite 13 Al 65.6             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt et al. 2002
Dacites 13 Al 15.91         578 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Danube River Particulates 13 Al 63000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Depleted D-MORB basalts 13 Al 3.98           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted D-MORB basalts   CaO/Al2O3 0.8             Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Clinopyroxene 13 Al 7.87           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Clinopyroxene   CaO/Al2O3 2.48             Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Orthopyroxene 13 Al 6.46           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Orthopyroxene   CaO/Al2O3 0.34             Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Spinel 13 Al 57.54           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Diabases 13 Al 15.02         370 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Diatom Oozes & Clay 13 Al 9.56         15 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Clay 13 Al 12.16         6 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Mud 13 Al 11.82         6 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Ooze 13 Al 11.64         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diorite 13 Al 16.62         260 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Diorites 13 Al 16.67         755 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Dolerites 13 Al 15.26         687 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
DSDP/ODP Site 800 13 Al 5.48           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
DSDP/ODP Site 801 13 Al 5.56           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
DSDP/ODP Site 801 13 Al 4.59           wt%ox Elliot et al. 1997
Dunites 13 Al 1.82         78 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
E-MORB 13 Al 15.23           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Early Archean Upper Crust 13 Al 14.65           wt%ox Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust 13 Al 14.57           wt%ox Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 35             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 32             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   CIW 54.9             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   CIW 54.4             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.9           wt%ox Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 15.01           wt%ox Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 26             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 24             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 56.7             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 57.6             Condie 1993
Earth 13 Al 1.8           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Ganapathy & Anders 1974
East China Craton 13 Al 14.06           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 13 Al 13.56           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
East Sunda Trench 13 Al 9.8           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
EET 83309 Urelite 13 Al 3.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989b
EET 84302 Acapulcoite 13 Al 1.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Estherville Mesosiderite 13 Al 51.2             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Eucrites 13 Al 1.2           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
Felsic Archean Granulites 13 Al 14.4 14.4       379 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Granulites 13 Al 14.91         137 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Post-Archean Granulites 13 Al 14 14.2       224 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 13.9           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 13.25         972 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 14           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 13.8           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 13.4           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 14.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 14.2           wt%ox Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 13 Al 13.2           wt%ox Condie 1993
Ferruginous Clay 13 Al 17.99         2 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Frankfort Howardites 13 Al 22.6             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Palme et al. 1978
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 13 Al 4.49           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 13 Al 15.97         203 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Fresh MORB in Indian Ocean 13 Al 16.72           wt% Klein 2004 Klein et al. 1991
Gabbros 13 Al 15.48         1317 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Gabbros 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Le Maitre 1976
Ganges River Particulates 13 Al 77000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garnet Peridotites 13 Al   1.23         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Garnet Peridotites 13 Al 1.43           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Jordan 1979
Garnet Peridotites 13 Al 1.4           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Garnet Peridotites   Ca/Al   0.99           McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Garonne River Particulates 13 Al 118000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Gibson Lodranite 13 Al 3.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Granites 13 Al 14.63           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Granites 13 Al 14.63         8 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Kemp 2001
Granites 13 Al 12.87         402 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Granites 13 Al 14.8           wt%ox Condie 1993
Granites 13 Al 13.5           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Whalen et al. 1987
Granites 13 Al 14.32         2236 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Granites 13 Al 14.15         1226 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Granites 13 Al 13.4           wt%ox Condie 1993
Granites 13 Al 13.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Granodiorites 13 Al 15.73         723 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Granodiorites 13 Al 15.7           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Le Maitre 1976
Granulites 13 Al 14.58 14.8       659 wt%ox Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1982
Granulites 13 Al 15.14 14.9       593 wt%ox Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 13 Al 16.5 16.72       350 wt%ox Rudnick & Presper 1990
Graywackes 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Graywackes 13 Al 15           wt%ox Condie 1993
Graywackes 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Graywackes 13 Al 15.3           wt%ox Condie 1993
Graywackes 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Graywackes 13 Al 15.2           wt%ox Condie 1993
Greater Antilles Basalt 13 Al 15.54         21 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Green Clay 13 Al 15.58         3 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Greywackes 13 Al 13.5           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995
Group 1 Lunar Crystalline Rocks 13 Al 7.87         6 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Group 1 Lunar Crystalline Rocks 13 Al 8.95         6 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Group 2 Lunar Crystalline Rocks 13 Al 10.41         8 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Group 2 Lunar Crystalline Rocks 13 Al 10.05         8 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
H Ordinary Chondrites 13 Al 1.2           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Mason 1965
Harzburgites 13 Al 2.35         199 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Havero Urelite 13 Al 1.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Hawaiites 13 Al 15.74         58 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Honshu Basalt 13 Al 16.14         137 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Hydrothermal Sediment 13 Al 2.59         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
IAB Campo del Cielo 13 Al 14.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Landes 13 Al 14             Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Udei Station 13 Al 10             Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Ibitira Eucrite 13 Al 68.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Barrat et al. 2000
Igneous Rocks 13 Al 8.3           wt% Morgan et al. 1978 Schmitt et al. 1972
Igneous Rocks 13 Al 15.02         22775 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Inner Blake Plateau Phosphorites 13 Al 0.51           wt%ox Manheim et al. 1980
Interior North China Craton 13 Al 11.85           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 13 Al 13.78           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 13 Al 13.96           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 13 Al 13.06           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 13 Al 13.63           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Interlayerd Clay & Chert 13 Al 1.23         2 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Chert & Limestone 13 Al 2.3         5 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Clay & Chert 13 Al 8.05         12 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Intermediate Granulites 13 Al 15.57         136 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Mafic Archean Granulites 13 Al 16.3 16.3       106 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 13 Al 17.5 17.8       48 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 13 Al 16.8 16.6       132 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Precambrian Granulites 13 Al 16.66         26 wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Interplanetary Dust Particles 13 Al 0.075             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Island Arc Andesite 13 Al 15.16         32 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arc Andesite 13 Al 15.72         503 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 13 Al 15.94         323 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Silver & Chappell 1998
Island Arcs 13 Al 9.5           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Izu-Bonin Trench 13 Al 3.26           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Japan Trench 13 Al 8.55           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Java Trench 13 Al 12.97           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Johnstown Diogenite 13 Al 7.9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Juvinas Eucrite 13 Al 6.8           wt% Morgan et al. 1978 Schmitt et al. 1972
Juvinas Eucrite 13 Al 7.1           wt% Morgan et al. 1978 Wanke et al. 1972
Kamchatka Basalt 13 Al 14.76         78 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Kamchatka Trench 13 Al 3.42           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kapoeta Howardites 13 Al 44             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Kerm Trench 13 Al 13.57           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kermadec Basalts 13 Al 15.65         36 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Kimberlite 13 Al 2.68         22 wt% Farmer 2004 Taylor et al. 1994
Kimberlite 13 Al 2.7         35 wt% Farmer 2004 Taylor et al. 1994
Kimberlite 13 Al 3.8         32 wt% Farmer 2004 Taylor et al. 1994
Komatiites 13 Al 7           wt%ox Condie 1993
Kuriles Trench 13 Al 8.55           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
L Ordinary Chondrites 13 Al 0.067             Bradley 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Late Archean Upper Crust 13 Al 14.84           wt%ox Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust 13 Al 14.87           wt%ox Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 33             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 31             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   CIW 54.3             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   CIW 54.6             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.95           wt%ox Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.83           wt%ox Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 23             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 26             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 57.6             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 56.6             Condie 1993
Latites 13 Al 16.01         146 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Lesser Antilles Basalt 13 Al 14.48         84 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Leucitic Basalt 13 Al 12.74           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Volkov et al. 1986
Lherzolites 13 Al 4.11         177 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Low Si-Mg Mantle 13 Al 4.06           wt% Walter 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Low Si-Mg Mantle   CaO/Al2O3 0.79             Walter 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 19           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 15.4           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 14.9           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 8.52           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 82120           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.6           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 15.8           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.1           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 14           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 17           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.9           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie & Selverstone 1999
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 17.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Villaseca et al. 1999
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 13.9           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Liu et al. 2001
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 17.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Lower Continental Crust 13 Al 16.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Lujavrites 13 Al 15.28         76 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Lunar Anothosites 13 Al 26.6           wt%ox Compston et al. 1970 Wood et al. 1970
Lunar Breccias 13 Al 12.48         2 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Lunar Breccias 13 Al 12.35         6 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Lunar Crystalline Rocks 13 Al 9.68           wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Lunar Soil 13 Al 13.84         1 wt%ox Compston et al. 1970
Luzon Basalt 13 Al 14.2         24 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
MAC 88177 Lodranite 13 Al 2.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Macibini Eucrites 13 Al 64.16             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1973
Buchanan et al. 2000b
MacKenzie River Particulates 13 Al 78000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Mafic Archean Granulites 13 Al 14.5 14.8       100 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Granulites 13 Al 13.13         128 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 13 Al 16.5 16.7       269 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Intrusions 13 Al 15.26         308 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 13 Al 15.8 15.9       95 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Makran Trench 13 Al 12.7           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Malvern Howardites 13 Al 52.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Palme et al. 1978
Manganese Nodules 13 Al 27000           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Mantle 13 Al 2.35           wt% McDonough 2004
Mantle 13 Al 3.7           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004
Mantle 13 Al 3.49     3.2 4   wt% Walter 2004
Mantle 13 Al 3.49           wt% Walter 2004
Mantle   CaO/Al2O3 0.91             Walter 2004
Mantle Xenoliths 13 Al 2.27           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough 1990
Mantle Xenoliths   Al/Si 0.06             Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough 1990
Marianas Basalt 13 Al 16.64         168 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Marianas Trench 13 Al 5.52           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Marine Organisms 13 Al 62           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 13 Al 84000           ppm Li 1982
Marine Pelagic Clay 13 Al 84000           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales 13 Al 80000           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mars Mantle 13 Al 2.9           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1997
Mars Mantle 13 Al 2.5           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Sanloup 1999
Mars Mantle 13 Al 2.9           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke & Dreibus 1988
Mavic Volcanics 13 Al 14.76         632 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Mead Peak Phosphatic Shale Member 13 Al 1.75         41 wt%ox Gulbrandsen 1966
Mekong River Particulates 13 Al 112000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Melitite-rich Chondrules 13 Al 28.6     21.5 32.6 10 wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 16.6           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Goettel 1988
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al       3.5 7   wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Goettel 1988
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 6.4           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Morgan & Anders 1980
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 11.7           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Goettel 1988
Jagoutz et al. 1979
Taylor & McLennan 1985
McDonough & Sun 1995
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 5.2           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Krot et al. 2001
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 14.3           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Morgan & Anders 1980
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 13.1           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Krot et al. 2001
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 13.5           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004
Mercury Crustal Silicates 13 Al 14.4           wt% Taylor & Scott 2004 Fegley & Cameron 1987
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 13 Al 15.2           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 13 Al 16.1           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 13 Al 16.1           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 15.21           wt%ox Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 15.04           wt%ox Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 25             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 23             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   CIW 56.1             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   CIW 55             Condie 1993
META 78008 Urelite 13 Al 2.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Metafelsic Volcanics 13 Al 15.71         41 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Metalliferous Clay 13 Al 14.44         12 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Metamorphic Rocks 13 Al 15.1           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Poldervaart 1955
Metapelitic Granulitic Xenolites 13 Al 17.6 17.6       78 wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mexico Trench 13 Al 13.13           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 16.21           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 15.96           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 14.08           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 16.33           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 13 Al 15           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.96           wt%ox Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.84           wt%ox Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 24             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 26             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 57.7             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   CIW 56.8             Condie 1993
Miles IIE Iron 13 Al 43.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Miles IIE Iron 13 Al 55.5             Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Mincy Mesosiderite 13 Al 39.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Mississippi River Particulates 13 Al 88000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Monzonites 13 Al 15.65         252 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Moon 13 Al 5.8           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Ganapathy & Anders 1974
Moore County Eucrite 13 Al 66.97             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
MORB Basaltic Glass 13 Al 15.15           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 13 Al 15.55           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 13 Al 13.51           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 13 Al 14.65           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 13 Al 14.28           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Mugearites 13 Al 16.71         55 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
N-MORB 13 Al 15.79           wt% Klein 2004 Niu et al. 1999
N-MORB 13 Al 15.255           wt%ox Hart et al. 1999 Hofmann 1988
Ito et al. 1987
Smith et al. 1995
Hauri & Hart 1997
N-MORB 13 Al 14.83           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 13 Al 16.75           wt% Workman & Hart 2005 Presnall & Hoover 1987
N-MORB 13 Al 16.31           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 13 Al 16.11           wt% Klein 2004 Thompson et al. 1980
N-MORB   CaO/Al2O3 0.75             Workman & Hart 2005 Presnall & Hoover 1987
Nankai Trench 13 Al 15           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Nano Ooze 13 Al 11.16         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Narbada River Particulates 13 Al 79000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Nepheline Leucite Basalts 13 Al 12.64         70 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Nepheline Syenites 13 Al 20.96         108 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Nephelinites 13 Al 14.33         159 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
New Hebrides Islands 13 Al 13.67         65 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Niger River Particulates 13 Al 156000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Nile River Particulates 13 Al 98000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Norites 13 Al 16.28         188 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 13 Al 16.9           wt%ox Condie 1993
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 13 Al 6.7           wt% Morgan et al. 1978 Wanke & Palme 1974
North Antilles Trench 13 Al 17.45           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 14.69           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 13.99           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 13.25           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 14.47           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 12.84           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 13 Al 1.1         8 wt%ox Manheim et al. 1980
Nuevo Laredo Eucrite 13 Al 63             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Jerde 1987
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 53.1           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 39.76           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 3.87           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 2.93           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 6.37           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Ocean Island Peridotite 13 Al 6.77           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Sen 1988
Oceanic Crust 13 Al 82600           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1981
Oceans Deep water 13 Al 0.6           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Hydes 1979
Oceans Surface water 13 Al 1           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Hydes 1979
ODP Site 735 13 Al 16.08 16.24       22 wt%ox Hart et al. 1999
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 13 Al 15.53           wt%ox Staudigel et al. 1996
Olivine Chondrules 13 Al 5.7     3.4 9.4 3 wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Orangeite 13 Al 2.27         114 wt% Farmer 2004 Mitchell 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 13 Al 8620         12 ppm Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 13 Al 8.4             Grossman et al. 1985
Orgueil Chondrite 13 Al 8690         13 ppm Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orinoco River Particulates 13 Al 113000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Paleozoic Orogens 13 Al 15.7           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Orogens 13 Al 16.4           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 14.99           wt%ox Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust 13 Al 15.15           wt%ox Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 22             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 24             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   CIW 57             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   CIW 56.1             Condie 1993
Pallasite Olivine   Si/Al 0.48             Grossman & Wasson 1985 Scott 1977
Parana River Particulates 13 Al 106000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 15.4         6 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 10.03         56 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 10.03         56 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 14.04         8 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 15.4           wt%ox Elliot et al. 1997
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 14.74         6 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 14.98         3 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 13 Al 15         55 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelites 13 Al 15.72         69 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 13 Al 16.16         1341 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Pena Blanca Spring Aubrite 13 Al 2.9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wolf et al. 1983
Lodders et al. 1993
Peninsular Range Batholith 13 Al 14.69           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Peridotites 13 Al 4.23         103 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Periodotite Massifs 13 Al 3.9           wt% Walter 2004 Bonatti et al. 1986
Periodotite Massifs   CaO/Al2O3 0.82             Walter 2004 Bonatti et al. 1986
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites 13 Al   2.89         wt%ox McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   Ca/Al   1.18           McDonough 1991
Peru Trench 13 Al 6.6           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Petersburg Eucrites 13 Al 57.28             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason et al. 1979
Buchanan & Reid 1996
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 15.1         9 wt% Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 14         36 wt% Farmer 2004 Hooper & Hawkesworth 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 14.1         6 wt% Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 13.4         18 wt% Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 12.9         1 wt% Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 11.6         7 wt% Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 13.8         1 wt% Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 13 Al 14.9         1 wt% Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Philip Trench 13 Al 10.08           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Phonolites 13 Al 19.04         320 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Phosphoria Formation 13 Al 1.7         61 wt%ox Gulbrandsen 1966
Post-Archean Terrrains 13 Al 15           wt%ox Condie 1991
Post-Archean Terrrains 13 Al 16           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Eade & Fahrig 1971
Precambrian Canadian Shield 13 Al 14.63           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Precambrian Granulites 13 Al 14.92         88 wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.1           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Wanke et al. 1984
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.09           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.8           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.06           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.09           wt% Walter 2004 Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.49           wt% Walter 2004 Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.4           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.97           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.75           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.06           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.44           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 2.37           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.45           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 18670           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.2           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Ringwood 1979
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.31           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.2           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Wanke et al. 1984
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.06           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.64           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.45           wt%ox McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.75           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 2.36           wt% McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.45           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 McDonough & Sun 1989
Primitive Mantle 13 Al   4.45         wt%ox McDonough 1991 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.4           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Green et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.65           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.817           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Anderson 1983
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.97           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.09           wt%ox Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.06           wt%ox Hofmann 1988 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4.44           wt% Workman & Hart 2005 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 3.3           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Ringwood 1979
Primitive Mantle 13 Al 4           wt% Palme & O'Neill 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle   Al/Si 0.1             Pearson et al. 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle   Al/Si 0.1             Pearson et al. 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle   Al/Si 0.11             Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle   Al/Si 0.12             Pearson et al. 2004 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle   Ca/Al   1.09           McDonough 1991 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle   CaO/Al2O3 0.79             Walter 2004 Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle   CaO/Al2O3 0.8             Workman & Hart 2005 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle   CaO/Al2O3 0.82             Walter 2004 Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle   Fe/Al 2.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle   Mg/Al 9.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Protolith Gabbros at ODP Site 735 13 Al 15.64         8 wt%ox Hart et al. 1999
Pyrolites 13 Al 4.45           wt% Walter 2004 McDougall & Sun 1995
Pyrolites 13 Al 3.3           wt%ox Allegre et al. 1995 Ringwood 1979
Pyrolites 13 Al 3.3           wt% Walter 2004 Ringwood 1979
Pyrolites   CaO/Al2O3 0.94             Walter 2004 Ringwood 1979
Pyrolites   CaO/Al2O3 0.8             Walter 2004 McDougall & Sun 1995
Pyroxenites 13 Al 7.16         106 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Qingzhen Enstatite Chondrite 13 Al 8.2             Grossman et al. 1985
Radiolarian Clay 13 Al 13.35         2 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 13 Al 17.63         11 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 13 Al 15.85         8 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 13 Al 15.85         8 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 13 Al 1.89           wt%ox Elliot et al. 1997
Radiolarites 13 Al 2.99         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 13 Al 4.18         17 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Red Clay   Nb/Al2O3 1.01         1   Plank & Langmuir 1998
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions 13 Al 30.3     19.3 44 5 wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions 13 Al 41.8     40.3 43.3 2 wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Retort Phosphatic Shale Member 13 Al 1.66         20 wt%ox Gulbrandsen 1966
Rhyodacites 13 Al 15.04         63 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Rhyolites 13 Al 13.27         554 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Rifted Continental Margins 13 Al 15.8           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Rifted Continental Margins 13 Al 16.8           wt%ox Rudnick & Fountain 1995
River Particulates 13 Al 94000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 13 Al 50           ppb Li 1982 Martin & Meybeck 1979
Ryuku Trench 13 Al 15.04           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sandstones 13 Al 4.28           wt%ox Condie 1993
Sandstones 13 Al 3.62           wt%ox Condie 1993
Sandstones 13 Al 3.87           wt%ox Condie 1993
Scotia Island Basalt 13 Al 16.97         41 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Seawater 13 Al 0.03             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 13 Al 2             Orians & Bruland 1985
Seawater 13 Al 1           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Hydes 1979
Seawater 13 Al 20     5 40     Bruland 1983
Seawater 13 Al 2e-05             Bowers & Taylor 1985
Seawater 13 Al 300             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 13 Al 1           ppb Li 1982 Hydes 1979
Sediments 13 Al 13.7           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Ronov & Yaroshevskiy 1969
Sera de Mage Eucrite 13 Al 9.2           wt% Morgan et al. 1978
Serra De Mage Eucrite 13 Al 67.18             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Shales 13 Al 17.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Shales 13 Al 17.8           wt%ox Condie 1993
Shales 13 Al 17.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Shalka Diogenite 13 Al 3.2             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Mittlefehldt 1994
Shallowater Aubrite 13 Al 5.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Easton 1985
Keil et al. 1989
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.15           wt% McDonough et al. 1992 Hofmann 1988
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.36           wt% McDonough et al. 1992 Sun 1982
Sun & McDonough 1989
McDonough & Frey 1989
Silicate Earth 13 Al 1.93           wt% McDonough et al. 1992 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.35           wt% McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 13 Al 3.97           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Silicate Earth 13 Al 4.4           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Green et al. 1979
Silicate Earth 13 Al 3.65           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.35           wt% McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 13 Al 2.22           wt% McDonough et al. 1992 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Wanke et al. 1984
Silicate Earth 13 Al 4.45           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth   Fe/Al 2.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth   Mg/Al 9.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicic Precambrian Granulites 13 Al 14.65         23 wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Silicified Limestone 13 Al 1.75           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Silty Mud 13 Al 15.34         16 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sioux County Eucrite 13 Al 67.97             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Solar System 13 Al 16.7           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Le Maitre 1976
Solar System 13 Al 85000             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solid Earth 13 Al 1.59           wt% McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 13 Al 1.59           wt% McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 13 Al 1.59           wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
Solid Earth 13 Al 1.507           wt% Allegre et al. 1995
Solid Earth 13 Al 1.59           wt% McDonough 1998
Solid Earth   Fe/Al       18.6 20.6     McDonough & Sun 1995
Solid Earth   Mg/Al       9.7 9.7     McDonough & Sun 1995
South African Garnet Peridotites 13 Al 1.31           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Boyd & Mertzman 1987
South Antilles Trench 13 Al 20.31           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 13 Al 13.16           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 13 Al 13.28           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 13 Al 12.49           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 13 Al 13.48           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 13 Al 13.39           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 13.73           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 12.53           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 13.25           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 13 Al 13.47           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
South Sandwich Trench 13 Al 9.56           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Spinel Peridotites 13 Al 1.96           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 13 Al   2.2         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ca/Al   1.35           McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
St. Lawrence River Particulates 13 Al 78000           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Stannern Eucrite 13 Al 65.2             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Stony Meteorites 13 Al 60             Herzog 2004
Sumatra Trench 13 Al 13.7           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Syenites 13 Al 16.64         436 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Tephrites 13 Al 17         84 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Tholeiites 13 Al 14.79         190 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Tinguaites 13 Al 18.65         83 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Tonalites 13 Al 16.3           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995 Wedepohl 1991
Arth et al. 1978
Ermanovics et al. 1979
Tarney et al. 1979
Schermerhorn 1987
Paradis et al. 1988
Pohl & Emmermann 1991
Tepper et al. 1993
Tonalites 13 Al 16.48         83 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Tonalites 13 Al 16.3           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 15.1           wt%ox Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 15.5           wt%ox Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 14.93         553 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 15.56         641 wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 15.56         355 wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Martin 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 13 Al 15.6           wt%ox Condie 1993
Tonga Trench 13 Al 10.21           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Tongan Basalts 13 Al 15.59         70 wt% Kelemen et al. 2004
Trachyandesites 13 Al 16.7         223 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Trachybasalts 13 Al 16.63         155 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Trachytes 13 Al 14.96         483 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Transitional Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 13 Al 16.07           wt% Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Turbidites 13 Al 14.52         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Turbidites 13 Al 13.81         4 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Type F Aggregates 13 Al 31.5           wt%ox Bischoff & Keil 1983 Wark 1979
Ultrabasic Precambrian Granulites 13 Al 19.23         14 wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 16.1           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Fahrig & Eade 1968
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 14.7           wt%ox Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 8.04           wt% Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 77440           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.17           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.05           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.53           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Borodin 1998
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 16.63           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Goldschmidt 1933
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.4           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 14.17           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 14.87           wt%ox Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 14.96           wt%ox Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 16           wt%ox Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 16           wt%ox Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.53           wt%ox Hart et al. 1999 Staudigel et al. 1995
Smith et al. 1995
Hart & Staudigel 1989
Staudigel et al. 1989
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.4           wt% Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.05           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.14           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.65           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Clarke & Washington 1924
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.27           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Clarke 1889
Upper Continental Crust 13 Al 15.84           wt% Rudnick & Gao 2004 Ronov & Yaroshevskiy 1976
Upper Continental Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.22             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Al2O3/SiO2 0.23             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 28             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Al2O3/TiO2 27             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   CIW 55.7             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   CIW 55.4             Condie 1993
Ureilite Primitive Achondrites 13 Al       0.32 0.87   wt%ox Boynton et al. 1976 Mason 1971
Vanuatu Trench 13 Al 13.4           wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Venus Mantle 13 Al 3.4           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1998
Venus Mantle 13 Al 3.8           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1998
Venus Mantle 13 Al 4.1           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Morgan & Anders 1980
Lodders & Fegley 1998
Venus N-MORB 13 Al 15.9           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Wilson 1989
Veramin Mesosiderite 13 Al 30.9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Powell 1971
Volcanoclastic Sediment 13 Al 13.66         15 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 13 Al 7.32         13 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 13 Al 8.59         43 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 13 Al 6.22           wt%ox Elliot et al. 1997
Watson IIE Iron 13 Al 13.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Olsen et al. 1994
Websterites 13 Al 6.1         199 wt%ox Le Maitre 1976
Winonaite Pontlyfni 13 Al 13.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Graham et al. 1977
Davis et al. 1977
Winonaite Tierra Blanca 13 Al 7.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Jarosweich 1990
Xenolites 13 Al 3.97           wt% Walter 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Xenolites   CaO/Al2O3 0.88             Walter 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Y-74450 Eucrites 13 Al 60.5             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Y-791491 Lodranite 13 Al 3.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Yangtze Craton 13 Al 13.7           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 13 Al 14.02           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 13 Al 13.99           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 13 Al 12.12           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 13 Al 13.08           wt%ox Gao et al. 1998
Zeolite Clay 13 Al 16.85         3 wt%ox Plank & Langmuir 1998
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