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 28 Ni 13.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Yanai & Kojima 1991
Zipfel et al. 1995
Active Continental Rifts 28 Ni 71           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Active Continental Rifts 28 Ni 43           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Alaska Trench 28 Ni 40.7           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Alborz Mountains 28 Ni 35         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Aval et al. 1968
Aleutian Basalts 28 Ni 130.08         26 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Aleutian Trench 28 Ni 46           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
ALH 77005 Meteorite 28 Ni 290   85       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84001 Meteorite 28 Ni 58           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84025 Brachinite 28 Ni 5.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989a
ALHA 77257 Urelite 28 Ni 0.89             Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA 81101 Urelite 28 Ni 0.82             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Spitz & Boynton 1991
ALHA77081 Acapulcoite 28 Ni 15.6             Mittlefehldt 2004 Schultz et al. 1982
Allende Meteorite 28 Ni 15             Grossman & Wasson 1985
Amazon River Particulates 28 Ni 105           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Amour River Particulates 28 Ni 82           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Amphibolites 28 Ni 103         189 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Andaman Trench 28 Ni 63.9           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Andean Andesites 28 Ni 27           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Bailey 1981
Andes Basalt 28 Ni 130.49         28 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 28 Ni 40           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 95.14         28 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Andesites 28 Ni 30           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 50           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 42           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 41.4         50 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998 Plank & Langmuir 1988
Andesites 28 Ni 100           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 96           ppm Condie 1993
Andesites 28 Ni 50           ppm Condie 1993
Angrite Angra Dos Reis 28 Ni 0.097             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Angrite LEW 87051 28 Ni 0.044             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt & Lindstrom 1990
Archean Amphibolites 28 Ni 20           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1981
Archean Canadian Shield 28 Ni 90           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Archean Canadian Shield 28 Ni 23           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Eade & Fahrig 1971
Archean Lower Crust 28 Ni 58           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Archean Terrains 28 Ni 77           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Archean Terrains 28 Ni 105           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 28 Ni 130           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 28 Ni 40           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Shaw et al. 1967
Arenaceous Rocks 28 Ni 19         2754 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 28 Ni 44         121 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Ashy Clay 28 Ni 213.8         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Aubres Aubrite 28 Ni 0.161             Mittlefehldt 2004 Easton 1985
Wolf et al. 1983
Australian Granite 28 Ni 8         1074 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Wormald & Price 1988
Australian Granite 28 Ni 11         704 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Chappell & White 1992
Australian Granite 28 Ni 1           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Collins et al. 1982
Australian Granite 28 Ni 2         8 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Whalen 1985
Australian Granite 28 Ni 3         6 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Turner et al. 1992
Baldissero Spinel Lherzolites 28 Ni 2071   72     14 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Balmuccia Spinel Lherzolites 28 Ni 2040   117     18 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Bambui Group 28 Ni 30         14 ppm Altschuller 1980 Cathcart 1974
Barea Mesosiderite 28 Ni 1.224             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason & Jarosewich 1973
Mittlefehldt in press
Basalts 28 Ni 83           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 190           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 78           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 68           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 70           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 96           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 182           ppm Condie 1993
Basalts 28 Ni 153         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Price et al. 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 153         8 ppm Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 28 Ni 130         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Marzoli et al. 2000
Basalts 28 Ni 102         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Turner et al. 1996a
Basalts 28 Ni 156         12 ppm Farmer 2004 Dungan et al. 1986
Basalts 28 Ni 64         16 ppm Farmer 2004 Rogers et al. 1998
Basalts 28 Ni 191         4 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung 1999
Basalts 28 Ni 252         8 ppm Farmer 2004 Zhang & O'Reilly 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 174         9 ppm Farmer 2004 Hoang & Flower 1998
Basalts 28 Ni 481         10 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 2001
Basalts 28 Ni 153         3 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 86         5 ppm Farmer 2004 Wilson et al. 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 74         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Conticelli et al. 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 138         16 ppm Farmer 2004 Jung & Hoernes 2000
Basalts 28 Ni 99         3 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 1995
Basalts 28 Ni 271         27 ppm Farmer 2004 Farmer et al. 2002
Basalts 28 Ni 90         44 ppm Farmer 2004 Baker et al. 1997
Basalts 28 Ni 195         23 ppm Farmer 2004 Paslick et al. 1995
Basalts 28 Ni 103         13 ppm Farmer 2004 Robert et al. 1992
Basic Precambrian Granulites 28 Ni 173         25 ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Battle Creek Formation 28 Ni 9         7 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Battle Creek Formation 28 Ni 21         17 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Binda Eucrite 28 Ni 0.0057             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Bone Valley Formation 28 Ni 9         8 ppm Altschuller 1980
Boninites 28 Ni 191.76         75 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Brachina Brachinite 28 Ni 1.3             Mittlefehldt 2004 Nehru et al. 1983
Brown Clay 28 Ni 106.1         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Brown Clay 28 Ni 247.7         29 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Brown Rock 28 Ni 30         3 ppm Altschuller 1980
CAI Inclusions Allende Meteorite 28 Ni 2660   133       ppm Bischoff & Palme 1987
Carbonaceous Chondrites   Fe/Ni 18.1   1.4         McDonough & Sun 1995
Carbonate 28 Ni 49.2         13 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonate Turbidites 28 Ni 42         87 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Carbonates 28 Ni 6         50 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 28 Ni 6         2038 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Cascade Basalt 28 Ni 151.29         24 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Cascadia Trench 28 Ni 47.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central America Trench 28 Ni 86           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Central American Basalts 28 Ni 245.05         29 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 57           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 35           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 56           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 34           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 38           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 46           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 73           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 41           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 49           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 64           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 28 Ni 40           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Chassigny Achondrite 28 Ni 446           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Treiman et al. 1986
Chassigny Achondrite 28 Ni 400   50       ppm Boynton et al. 1976
Chassigny Meteorite 28 Ni 500   70       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Chaunskij Mesosiderite 28 Ni 17.7             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Petaev et al. 2000
Chert 28 Ni 19           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Chert 28 Ni 18.8         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Chert 28 Ni 27.8         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Chondritic Porous Interplanetary Dust Particles 28 Ni 0.024             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Chondritic Smooth Interplanetary Dust Particles 28 Ni 0.032             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
CI Chondrites   Fe/Ni 17.2             McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites   FeO/Ni 22             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
CI Chondrites   MgO/Ni 14.5             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 0.047             Bradley 2004 McSween & Richardson 1977
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 1.077   0.03231       wt% Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 1.1           wt% Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 6.23   0.02         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 10770   323.1       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 1.1   0.056     27 wt% Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 10500           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 1.374           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme et al. 1981
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Beer et al. 1984
Jochum et al. 1986
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 10700           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 10800           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 10960           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Anders & Ebihara 1982
CI Chondrites 28 Ni 0.048             Bradley 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites   Ni/Co 22             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
CI Chondrites   Ni/Cr 4             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Clastic Turbidites 28 Ni 47.5         28 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
CM Chondrites 28 Ni 0.048             Bradley 2004 Jarosewich 1990
CM Chondrites 28 Ni 0.057             Bradley 2004 McSween & Richardson 1977
CO Chondrites 28 Ni 4.7   2.6     8 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
CO Chondrites 28 Ni 3.9   0.7     106 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
CO Chondrites 28 Ni 3.4   0.4     36 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
CO Chondrites 28 Ni 5.2   2.2     6 wt% Scott & Krot 2004 Brearley 1993
Greshake 1997
Coarse Interplanetary Dust Particles 28 Ni 0.019             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Colombia Trench 28 Ni 20.4           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Colorado River Particulates 28 Ni 40           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Comet Halley 28 Ni 6.19   0.18         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Jessberger et al. 1988
Congo River Particulates 28 Ni 74           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Continental Arc Andesite 28 Ni 137.89         52 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arc Andesite 28 Ni 158.74         146 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arc Xenoliths 28 Ni 2110 2066 282     28   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Arcs 28 Ni 98           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Arcs 28 Ni 59           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 51           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 59           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 28 Ni 66           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 105           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 28 Ni 30           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Continental Crust 28 Ni 64.4           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Continental Crust 28 Ni 35           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 28 Ni 54           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Continental Crust 28 Ni 56           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 105           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 59           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 46           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 28 Ni 54           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1986
Continental Crust 28 Ni 51           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 35           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 28 Ni 59           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 28 Ni 105           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni 75           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 28 Ni 56           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 28 Ni   1.5         wt% Candela 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 28 Ni 59           ppm Candela 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.22           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.18           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.27           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.11           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.06           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.03           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Peridotite 28 Ni 0.09           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Ionov 1996
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 28 Ni 2147 2135 263     273   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Rift Xenoliths 28 Ni 2152 2160 220     23   Pearson et al. 2004
Continental Shields & Platforms 28 Ni 88           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Shields & Platforms 28 Ni 55           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Core   Fe/Ni       16 16     McDonough & Sun 1995
Core 28 Ni 5.4           wt% McDonough 2004
Core 28 Ni 5.2           wt% McDonough 2004
Core 28 Ni 52000           µg/g McDonough 1998
Core 28 Ni 4.87   0.3       wt% Allegre et al. 1995
Core 28 Ni 5.2           wt% McDonough 2004
Core 28 Ni       4.9 5.4   wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
Core 28 Ni 5.2           wt% McDonough 2004
Core   Ni/Co       20.8 20.8     McDonough & Sun 1995
Core   Ni/P       10 11     McDonough & Sun 1995
Cratonic Xenoliths 28 Ni 2579 2570 324     232   Pearson et al. 2004
D'Orbigny Angrite 28 Ni 0.091             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt et al. 2002
Danube River Particulates 28 Ni 40           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Depleted D-MORB basalts 28 Ni 0.24           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted Mantle 28 Ni 0.19             Jones & Drake 1986 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Depleted Mantle 28 Ni 1960   196       ppm Salters & Stracke 2004
Depleted MORB Mantle Clinopyroxene 28 Ni 0.06           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Olivine 28 Ni 0.36           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Orthopyroxene 28 Ni 0.09           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Depleted MORB Mantle Spinel 28 Ni 0.24           wt% Workman & Hart 2005
Diatom Oozes & Clay 28 Ni 31.7         15 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Clay 28 Ni 46.7         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Mud 28 Ni 204.5         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diatome Ooze 28 Ni 44.5         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Diorite 28 Ni 34         260 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Dover Sandstone 28 Ni 45         4 ppm Altschuller 1980 Cathcart & Schmidt 1974
DSDP/ODP Site 800 28 Ni 111.6           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
DSDP/ODP Site 801 28 Ni 87           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
DSDP/ODP Site 801 28 Ni 87.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Dyalpur Ureilite 28 Ni 1110           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Higuchi et al. 1976
E-MORB 28 Ni 91           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Early Archean Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.7             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.7             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust 28 Ni 164           ppm Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust 28 Ni 134           ppm Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Ni/Co 6.1             Condie 1993
Early Archean Upper Crust   Ni/Co 6.4             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 36           ppm Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 31           ppm Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 2             Condie 1993
Early Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 2.1             Condie 1993
Earth 28 Ni 2           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Ganapathy & Anders 1974
East China Craton 28 Ni 46           ppm Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 28 Ni 50           ppm Gao et al. 1998
East Sunda Trench 28 Ni 63.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
EET 83309 Urelite 28 Ni 1.67             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1989b
EET 84302 Acapulcoite 28 Ni 20.5             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Enstatite Chondrites   Fe/Ni 16.5   0.8         McDonough & Sun 1995
Estherville Mesosiderite 28 Ni 1.042             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Eucrites 28 Ni 1.7           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
Felsic Archean Granulites 28 Ni 20 15       263 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Granulites 28 Ni 37         137 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Post-Archean Granulites 28 Ni 16 8       128 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 18           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 1.5           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 10         972 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 7           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 8           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 6           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 8           ppm Condie 1993
Felsic Volcanics 28 Ni 6           ppm Condie 1993
Frankfort Howardites 28 Ni 0.125             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Palme et al. 1978
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 28 Ni 135.24         46 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Fresh MORB in Indian Ocean 28 Ni 137           ppm Klein 2004 Klein et al. 1991
Ganges River Particulates 28 Ni 80           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garnet Peridotites   Fe/Ni 26   9         McDonough 1991
Garnet Peridotites   MgO/Ni 199   44         McDonough 1991
Garnet Peridotites 28 Ni   0.27         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Garnet Peridotites 28 Ni 0.26           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Garnet Peridotites   Ni/Co 21   4         McDonough 1991
Garnet Peridotites   Ni/Cr 1.08   0.62         McDonough 1991
Garnet Peridotites   Ni/Ir 630000   290000         McDonough 1991
Garonne River Particulates 28 Ni 33           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Gibson Lodranite 28 Ni 8.1             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Goalpara Ureilite 28 Ni 881           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Higuchi et al. 1976
Goalpara Ureilite 28 Ni 850   20       ppm Boynton et al. 1976
Granites 28 Ni 7           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 28 Ni 12           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 28 Ni 15           ppm Condie 1993
Granites 28 Ni 6.2         1226 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 28 Ni 15         402 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 28 Ni 15         8 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Kemp 2001
Granites 28 Ni 12           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Granulites 28 Ni 58           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1982
Granulites 28 Ni 89 27       491 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 28 Ni 57 25       319 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 28 Ni 137 83       239 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Graywackes 28 Ni 45           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 28 Ni 190           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 28 Ni 75           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 28 Ni 68           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 28 Ni 45           ppm Condie 1993
Graywackes 28 Ni 30           ppm Condie 1993
Greater Antilles Basalt 28 Ni 141.53         15 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Green Clay 28 Ni 47.5         3 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Greywackes 28 Ni 24           ppm Wedepohl 1995
H Ordinary Chondrites 28 Ni 1.6           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Mason 1965
Havero Ureilite 28 Ni 1170           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Higuchi et al. 1976
Havero Ureilite Vein Metal 28 Ni 2850           ppm Janssens et al. 1987
Havero Urelite 28 Ni 0.92             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Honshu Basalt 28 Ni 191.52         57 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Hydrothermal Sediment 28 Ni 189.2         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
IAB Campo del Cielo 28 Ni 4.48             Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Iron Meteorites 28 Ni 9.5           wt% Haack & McCoy 2004 Chabot & Drake 2000
Jones & Drake 1983
IAB Landes 28 Ni 12             Mittlefehldt 2004 Bild 1977
IAB Udei Station 28 Ni 2.75             Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Ibitira Eucrite 28 Ni 0.01             Mittlefehldt 2004 Jarosewich 1990
Barrat et al. 2000
Igneous Rocks 28 Ni 3.5           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
IIAB Iron Meteorites 28 Ni 5.65           wt% Haack & McCoy 2004 Chabot & Drake 2000
Jones & Drake 1983
IIIAB Iron Meteorites 28 Ni 8.33           wt% Haack & McCoy 2004 Chabot & Drake 2000
Jones & Drake 1983
Interior North China Craton 28 Ni 78           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 28 Ni 37           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 28 Ni 37           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 28 Ni 34           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 28 Ni 49           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interlayerd Clay & Chert 28 Ni 17.5         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Chert & Limestone 28 Ni 29.7         5 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Interlayered Clay & Chert 28 Ni 234         12 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Intermediate Granulites 28 Ni 57         136 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Mafic Archean Granulites 28 Ni 71 46       88 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 28 Ni 76 52       30 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 28 Ni 35 24       69 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Precambrian Granulites 28 Ni 58         26 ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Interplanetary Dust Particles 28 Ni 0.027             Bradley 2004 Schramm et al. 1989
Intra Stellar Medium 28 Ni 3.51   0.1755         Palme & Jones 2004 Savage & Sembach 1996
Island Arc Andesite 28 Ni 239.67         135 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arc Andesite 28 Ni 118.63         22 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 28 Ni 30           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Island Arcs 28 Ni 13         323 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Silver & Chappell 1998
IVA Iron Meteorites 28 Ni 8.51           wt% Haack & McCoy 2004 Chabot & Drake 2000
Jones & Drake 1983
IVB Iron Meteorites 28 Ni 17.13           wt% Haack & McCoy 2004 Chabot & Drake 2000
Jones & Drake 1983
Izu-Bonin Trench 28 Ni 52.3           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Japan Trench 28 Ni 66.6           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Java Trench 28 Ni 91.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Johnstown Diogenite 28 Ni 0.15             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1977
Juvinas Eucrite 28 Ni 1.1           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
Kamchatka Basalt 28 Ni 135.08         40 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Kamchatka Trench 28 Ni 20.1           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kapoeta Howardites 28 Ni 0.41             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wanke et al. 1972
Kenna Ureilite 28 Ni 1740         1 ppm Janssens et al. 1987
Kenna Ureilite 28 Ni 1180   20       ppm Boynton et al. 1976
Kenna Ureilite Vein Metal 28 Ni 2380           ppm Janssens et al. 1987
Kerm Trench 28 Ni 118.9           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kermadec Basalts 28 Ni 110         10 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Kimberlite 28 Ni 1177         22 ppm Farmer 2004 Taylor et al. 1994
Komatiites   Fe/Ni 75             McDonough 1991
Komatiites   MgO/Ni 210             McDonough 1991
Komatiites 28 Ni 1700           ppm Condie 1993
Komatiites   Ni/Co 12             McDonough 1991
Komatiites   Ni/Cr 0.5             McDonough 1991
Komatiites   Ni/Ir 1000000             McDonough 1991
Kuriles Trench 28 Ni 66.6           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Kyzyl Kum 28 Ni 7         5 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kapustyanski 1964
L Ordinary Chondrites 28 Ni 0.032             Bradley 2004 Jarosewich 1990
La Caja Formation 28 Ni 43         8 ppm Altschuller 1980 Rogers et al. 1956
Late Archean Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.8             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust 28 Ni 76           ppm Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust 28 Ni 85           ppm Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Ni/Co 3.9             Condie 1993
Late Archean Upper Crust   Ni/Co 3.9             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.8             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.7             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 30           ppm Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 27           ppm Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.8             Condie 1993
Late Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.8             Condie 1993
Lena River Particulates 28 Ni 147           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Lesser Antilles Basalt 28 Ni 442.69         52 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
LL Ordinary Chondrites 28 Ni 9.75             Grossman & Wasson 1985
Low Si-Mg Mantle 28 Ni 0.28           wt% Walter 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 88           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 141           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Taylor 1987
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 80           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 75           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 58           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 347           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Liu et al. 2001
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 65           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Villaseca et al. 1999
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 73           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie & Selverstone 1999
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 88           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 35           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 89           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 88           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 135           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 99           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 99           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 64           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 156           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 28 Ni 88           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Luzon Basalt 28 Ni 96.57         7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
MAC 88177 Lodranite 28 Ni 2.16             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Macibini Eucrites 28 Ni 0.043             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1973
Buchanan et al. 2000b
MacKenzie River Particulates 28 Ni 22           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Mafic Archean Granulites 28 Ni 227 112       84 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Granulites 28 Ni 78         128 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 28 Ni 150 105       175 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Intrusions 28 Ni 98         308 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 28 Ni 126 80       61 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Makran Trench 28 Ni 98.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Malvern Howardites 28 Ni 0.19             Mittlefehldt 2004 Palme et al. 1978
Manganese Nodules 28 Ni 6600           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Mantle 28 Ni 0.2           wt% McDonough 2004
Mantle 28 Ni 0.26           wt% Walter 2004
Mantle 28 Ni 0.26     0.24 0.28   wt% Walter 2004
Mantle Xenoliths 28 Ni 0.28           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough 1990
Marianas Basalt 28 Ni 128.3         20 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Marianas Trench 28 Ni 99.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Marine Organisms 28 Ni 1.4           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 230           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 230           ppm Li 1982
Marine Phosphorites 28 Ni 53 33   7 250 16 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Shales 28 Ni 68           ppm Altschuller 1980 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales 28 Ni 68           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mars Core 28 Ni 8           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Wanke & Dreibus 1988
Mars Core 28 Ni 7.7           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1997
Mars Core 28 Ni 7.2           wt% McSween, Jr. 2004 Sanloup 1999
Mavic Volcanics 28 Ni 75         632 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mead Peak Phosphatic Shale Member 28 Ni 0.01         41 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Mekong River Particulates 28 Ni 99           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 28 Ni 25           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 28 Ni 53           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 28 Ni 32           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 28 Ni 53           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 23           ppm Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 26           ppm Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.7             Condie 1993
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.7             Condie 1993
META 78008 Urelite 28 Ni 1.17             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Kallemeyn 1992
Metafelsic Volcanics 28 Ni 14         41 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Metalliferous Clay 28 Ni 420.5         12 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Metapelitic Granulitic Xenolites 28 Ni 52 33       52 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mexico Trench 28 Ni 170.9           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 33           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 33.5           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 18           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 33           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 34           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 20           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Middle Continental Crust 28 Ni 33.5   0.7       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 32           ppm Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 29           ppm Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.9             Condie 1993
Middle Proterozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.9             Condie 1993
Miles IIE Iron 28 Ni 9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Miles IIE Iron 28 Ni 6.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Ebihara et al. 1997
Mincy Mesosiderite 28 Ni 3.28             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Simpson & Ahrens 1977
Mishash Formation 28 Ni 73         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Mazor 1963
Mississippi River Particulates 28 Ni 55           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Monterey Formation 28 Ni 70         5 ppm Altschuller 1980
Moon 28 Ni 0.5           ppm Morgan et al. 1978 Ganapathy & Anders 1974
Moore County Eucrite 28 Ni 0.0042             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
MORB Basaltic Glass 28 Ni 41.4           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 28 Ni 72           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 28 Ni 71           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
MORB Basaltic Glass 28 Ni 80           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 28 Ni 120           ppm Klein 2004 Niu et al. 1999
N-MORB 28 Ni 81           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 28 Ni 123           ppm Klein 2004 Thompson et al. 1980
N-MORB 28 Ni 149.5           ppm Hart et al. 1999 Hofmann 1988
Ito et al. 1987
Smith et al. 1995
Hauri & Hart 1997
N-MORB 28 Ni 119           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 28 Ni 149.5         26 ppm Hofmann 1988 Jochum et al. 1988
Nakhla Meteorite 28 Ni 90           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Nankai Trench 28 Ni 37.8           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Nanno Ooze 28 Ni 30.5         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Nano Ooze 28 Ni 42.6         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Narbada River Particulates 28 Ni 85           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
New Hebrides Islands 28 Ni 131.72         18 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Niger River Particulates 28 Ni 120           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 28 Ni 58           ppm Condie 1993
North American Shale Composite (NASC) 28 Ni 6           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
North Antilles Trench 28 Ni 73.6           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 38           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 47           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 39           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 44           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 28 Ni 0.004         8 wt%ox Manheim et al. 1980
Novo-Urei Ureilite 28 Ni 1540           ppm Janssens et al. 1987 Higuchi et al. 1976
Novo-Urei Ureilite 28 Ni 1300   50       ppm Boynton et al. 1976
Nuevo Laredo Eucrite 28 Ni 0.003             Mittlefehldt 2004 Warren & Jerde 1987
Ob River Particulates 28 Ni 124           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Ocean Arc Xenoliths 28 Ni 2262 2404 298     21   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Crust 28 Ni 144           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1981
Oceanic Crust 28 Ni 149           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Hofmann 1988
Oceanic Island Xenoliths 28 Ni 2410 2399 187     16   Pearson et al. 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 723           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 62           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 61           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 122           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 264           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 58           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 97           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1997
Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 75           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 87           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 968           ppm Kerr 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 182           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 72           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 102           ppm Kerr 2004 Kerr et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 30           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 150           ppm Kerr 2004 Hauff et al. 2000
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 112           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 120           ppm Kerr 2004 Salters et al. 1992
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 28           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1995
Oceanic Plateaus 28 Ni 99           ppm Kerr 2004 Mahoney et al. 1993
Oceans Deep water 28 Ni 566           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Bruland 1980
Oceans Surface water 28 Ni 146           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Bruland 1980
ODP Site 735 28 Ni 138.1 112       22 ppm Hart et al. 1999
Orangeite 28 Ni 1224         114 ppm Farmer 2004 Mitchell 1995
Ordinary Chondrites   Fe/Ni 17.5   1.1         McDonough & Sun 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 28 Ni 1.1         21 wt% Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orgueil Chondrite 28 Ni 1.1         14   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 28 Ni 10.1             Grossman et al. 1985
Orinoco River Particulates 28 Ni 30           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Oulad Abdoun Basin 28 Ni 20         4 ppm Altschuller 1980
Pacific Ocean Deep Water 28 Ni 11             Bruland 1983
Pacific Ocean Surface Water 28 Ni 2             Bruland 1983
Paleozoic Orogens 28 Ni 71           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Orogens 28 Ni 42           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.8             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Cr/Ni 1.8             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 26           ppm Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust 28 Ni 29           ppm Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.8             Condie 1993
Paleozoic Upper Crust   Ni/Co 1.8             Condie 1993
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 313         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 332.3         3 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 393.8         6 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 3.6         56 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 112.8         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 37.8         55 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 3.6         56 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Pelagic Clay 28 Ni 313           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Pelites 28 Ni 27         69 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 28 Ni 36         1341 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pena Blanca Spring Aubrite 28 Ni 0.146             Mittlefehldt 2004 Wolf et al. 1983
Lodders et al. 1993
Peninsular Range Batholith 28 Ni 12           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Sylvester 1995
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   Fe/Ni 31   4         McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   MgO/Ni 196   17         McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites 28 Ni   0.26         wt%ox McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   Ni/Co 19   1.3         McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   Ni/Cr 0.82   0.35         McDonough 1991
Periodotite Section in Ophiolites   Ni/Ir 515000   120000         McDonough 1991
Peru Trench 28 Ni 97.4           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Petersburg Eucrites 28 Ni 1.247             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mason et al. 1979
Buchanan & Reid 1996
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 589         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 58         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 58         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 99         1 ppm Farmer 2004 Peate 1997
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 69         18 ppm Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 28         36 ppm Farmer 2004 Hooper & Hawkesworth 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 134         6 ppm Farmer 2004 Lightfoot et al. 1990
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 28 Ni 59         9 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Philip Trench 28 Ni 180.3           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Phosphoria Formation 28 Ni 0.01         61 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Phosphoria Formation 28 Ni 100         60 ppm Altschuller 1980 Gulbrandsen 1966
Phosphoria Formation 28 Ni   100         ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Post-Archean Terrrains 28 Ni 12           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Eade & Fahrig 1971
Precambrian Canadian Shield 28 Ni 19           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Precambrian Granulites 28 Ni 89         88 ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle   Fe/Ni 35             McDonough 1991
Primitive Mantle   Fe/Ni 31.9             McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle   FeO/Ni 44             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle   MgO/Ni 196             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle   MgO/Ni 197             McDonough 1991
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 1960   196       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 2060           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Hofmann 1988
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 1950           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 1990           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.2           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Ringwood 1979
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.27           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Wanke et al. 1984
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.277           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Anderson 1983
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.23           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.22           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 McDonough & Sun 1989
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.24           wt%ox McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni   0.24         wt%ox McDonough 1991 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.26           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Green et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Frey 1989 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.27           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 2080           ppm Hofmann 1988 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt% Workman & Hart 2005 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.25           wt% Walter 2004 Allegre et al. 1995
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 1860   93       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 O'Neill & Palme 1998
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.23           wt% Walter 2004 Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.27           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.23           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Palme & Nickel 1985
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 0.28           wt% Pearson et al. 2004 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 28 Ni 1860           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 O'Neill & Palme 1998
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Co 18.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Co 17             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Co 18             McDonough 1991
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Cr 0.72             McDonough 1991
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Cr 0.64             McDonough 1990 McDonough & Frey 1989
Sun & McDonough 1989
Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle   Ni/Ir 570000             McDonough 1991
Primitive Mantle   Ni/P 22             McDonough & Sun 1995
Protolith Gabbros at ODP Site 735 28 Ni 174         8 ppm Hart et al. 1999
Pungo River Formation 28 Ni 13         2 ppm Altschuller 1980
Pyrolites 28 Ni 0.2           wt% Walter 2004 Ringwood 1979
Pyrolites 28 Ni 0.25           wt% Walter 2004 McDougall & Sun 1995
Qingzhen Enstatite Chondrite 28 Ni 16.9             Grossman et al. 1985
QUE 94201 Meteorite 28 Ni 20           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Radiolarian Clay 28 Ni 147.2         2 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 28 Ni 169         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarian Clay 28 Ni 169         8 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 28 Ni 26.3         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Radiolarites 28 Ni 26           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Radiolarites 28 Ni 33.6         17 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Retort Phosphatic Shale Member 28 Ni 0.01         20 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Rifted Continental Margins 28 Ni 98           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Rifted Continental Margins 28 Ni 49           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
River Particulates 28 Ni 90           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 28 Ni 0.3           ppb Li 1982
Ryuku Trench 28 Ni 353.3           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sandstones 28 Ni 11           ppm Condie 1993
Sandstones 28 Ni 23           ppm Condie 1993
Scotia Island Basalt 28 Ni 84.67         15 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Seawater 28 Ni 480           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Bruland 1980
Seawater 28 Ni 0.008             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 28 Ni 8     2 12     Bruland 1983
Seawater 28 Ni 530             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 28 Ni 0.5           ppb Li 1982 Boyle 1976
Bruland 1980
Sera de Mage Eucrite 28 Ni 1           ppm Morgan et al. 1978
Serra De Mage Eucrite 28 Ni 0.0118             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Shales 28 Ni 221           ppm Condie 1993
Shales 28 Ni 52           ppm Condie 1993
Shales 28 Ni 54           ppm Condie 1993
Shalka Diogenite 28 Ni 0.005             Mittlefehldt 2004 McCarthy et al. 1972
Mittlefehldt 1994
Shallowater Aubrite 28 Ni 9.5             Mittlefehldt 2004 Easton 1985
Keil et al. 1989
Shergotty Meteorite 28 Ni 79   12       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth   Fe/Ni 31.9             McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 1960   196       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 1960           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 0.26           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Green et al. 1979
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 0.27           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 1960           µg/g McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 28 Ni 0.25           wt%ox McDonough & Sun 1995 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth   Ni/Co 18.7             McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth   Ni/P 22             McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicic Precambrian Granulites 28 Ni 41         23 ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Silicified Limestone 28 Ni 24           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Silty Mud 28 Ni 125.4         16 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sioux County Eucrite 28 Ni 0.0017             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Slope Lisbourne Group 28 Ni 250         4 ppm Altschuller 1980 Patton & Matzko 1959
Solar Corona 28 Ni 6.29   0.23         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Meyer 1985
Solar Corona 28 Ni 6.22   0.06         Anders & Grevesse 1989 Breneman & Stone 1985
Solar Corona 28 Ni 6.22   0.08         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere 28 Ni 6.25   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar Photosphere 28 Ni 6.25   0.04         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 28 Ni 47800             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 28 Ni 49300   2810.1     25   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 28 Ni 6.23   0.623         Palme & Jones 2004
Solar System 28 Ni 49300   2510     27   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solid Earth   Fe/Ni       17.1 17.3     McDonough & Sun 1995
Solid Earth 28 Ni       1.72 1.89   wt% McDonough & Sun 1995
Solid Earth 28 Ni 1.82           wt% McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 28 Ni 18200           ppm McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 28 Ni 1.82           wt% McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 28 Ni 1.87           wt% McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 28 Ni 1.6147           wt% Allegre et al. 1995
Solid Earth 28 Ni 188220           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solid Earth   Ni/Co       20.7 20.6     McDonough & Sun 1995
Solid Earth   Ni/P       10 11     McDonough & Sun 1995
South African Garnet Peridotites 28 Ni 0.29           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Boyd & Mertzman 1987
South Antilles Trench 28 Ni 58.1           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 28 Ni 50           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 28 Ni 49           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 28 Ni 40           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 28 Ni 43           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 28 Ni 37           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 45           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 47           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 38           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 28 Ni 49           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Sandwich Trench 28 Ni 31.7           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Spinel Peridotites   Fe/Ni 31   8         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   FeO/Ni 39 37 11     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   MgO/Ni 190 190 33     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   MgO/Ni 191   33         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni 0.27           wt%ox McDonough 1990 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni 2160 2140 304     308 ppm McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites 28 Ni   0.27         wt%ox McDonough 1991 Maaloe & Aoki 1975
Jordan 1979
Boyd 1989
McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Co 20   4         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Co 19.4 19.6 2.4     165   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Cr 0.86 0.79 0.31     308   McDonough 1990
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Cr 0.86   0.31         McDonough 1991
Spinel Peridotites   Ni/Ir 600000   140000         McDonough 1991
St. Lawrence River Particulates 28 Ni 240           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Stannern Eucrite 28 Ni 0             Mittlefehldt 2004 Barrat et al. 2000
McCarthy et al. 1973
Subducted Sediment 28 Ni 70.5   14.73       ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Sumatra Trench 28 Ni 57.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 17.2   0.3     86 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 41   3     6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 42   1     31 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 516   15     17 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 11   3     7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 28 Ni 4.8   0.2     13 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Tamalyk Krasnoyarsk 28 Ni 200         38 ppm Altschuller 1980 Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Tonalites 28 Ni 19           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 16         641 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 14         355 ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Martin 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 29         553 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 13           ppm Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 15           ppm Condie 1993
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 28 Ni 15           ppm Condie 1993
Tonga Trench 28 Ni 251.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Tongan Basalts 28 Ni 182.22         9 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Transitional Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 28 Ni 115           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
Turbidites 28 Ni 52.3         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Turbidites 28 Ni 36.5         4 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Ultrabasic Precambrian Granulites 28 Ni 275         14 ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Upper Continental Crust   Cr/Ni 1.8             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Cr/Ni 1.9             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 56           ppm Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 47           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 20           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 18.6           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 60           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 19           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Eade and Fahrig 1973
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 19           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Shaw et al. 1976
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 47   11       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text










Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 60           ppm Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 20           ppm Shaw et al. 1986 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 20           ppm Taylor et al. 1983 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 20           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 47           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 38           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 44           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 28 Ni 19           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust   Ni/Co 3.1             Condie 1993
Upper Continental Crust   Ni/Co 3.3             Condie 1993
Ureilite Primitive Achondrites 28 Ni       900 2300   ppm Boynton et al. 1976 Mason 1971
Ureilite Rock Metal 28 Ni 5.2         5 wt% Janssens et al. 1987 Berkley & Jones 1982
Ureilite Vein Metal 28 Ni 5.6         5 wt% Janssens et al. 1987 Berkley & Jones 1982
Vanuatu Trench 28 Ni 49.5           ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Venus Core 28 Ni 6.6           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1998
Venus Core 28 Ni 5.6           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Lodders & Fegley 1998
Venus Core 28 Ni 5.5           wt% Fegley, Jr. 2004 Morgan & Anders 1980
Lodders & Fegley 1998
Veramin Mesosiderite 28 Ni 2.8             Mittlefehldt 2004 Mittlefehldt in press
Powell 1971
Volcanoclastic Sediment 28 Ni 33.8         15 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 28 Ni 202.3         43 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 28 Ni 140.6         13 ppm Plank & Langmuir 1998
Volcanoclastic Turbidites 28 Ni 141           ppm Elliot et al. 1997
Watson IIE Iron 28 Ni 0.629             Mittlefehldt 2004 Olsen et al. 1994
Winonaite Pontlyfni 28 Ni 23.4             Mittlefehldt 2004 Graham et al. 1977
Davis et al. 1977
Winonaite Tierra Blanca 28 Ni 12.2             Mittlefehldt 2004 Kallemeyn & Wasson 1985
Jarosweich 1990
Xenolites 28 Ni 0.27           wt% Walter 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Y-791491 Lodranite 28 Ni 12.9             Mittlefehldt 2004 Weigel et al. 1999
Yangtze Craton 28 Ni 37           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 28 Ni 49           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 28 Ni 26           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 28 Ni 33           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 28 Ni 36           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yemissei River Particulates 28 Ni 325           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Yukon River Particulates 28 Ni 136           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
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