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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
Active Continental Rifts 3 Li 6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Active Continental Rifts 3 Li 12           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
ALH 77005 Meteorite 3 Li 1.5   0.2       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Amazon River 3 d6Li -21.6             Huh et al. 1998
Amazon River   d6Li -29.4   1.5         Chan et al. 1992
Amazon River 3 Li 96.5             Huh et al. 1998
Amazon River 3 Li 0.11             Chan et al. 1992
Amphibolites 3 Li 9.5         189 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Andesites 3 Li             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Archean Terrains 3 Li 11           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Arenaceous Rocks 3 Li 27.6         2754 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 3 Li 19.7         121 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Baldissero Spinel Lherzolites 3 Li 2         14 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Balmuccia Spinel Lherzolites 3 Li 2.4   0.4     18 ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Battle Creek Formation 3 Li 6         17 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Battle Creek Formation 3 Li 10         7 ppm Altschuller 1980 De Keyser & Cook 1972
Boninites 3 Li 7.61         14 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Brahmaputra River 3 d6Li -19.6             Huh et al. 1998
Brahmaputra River 3 Li 436             Huh et al. 1998
Carbonates 3 Li 7.9         50 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 3 Li 14         2038 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Caspian Sea   d6Li -31.1             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Caspian Sea 3 Li 41.2             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 9.8             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 10.8             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 14             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 16.8             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 7             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton   Cl/Li 11.3             Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 17           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 12           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 15           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 17           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 20           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 17           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 11.7           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 3 Li 13           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Chassigny Meteorite 3 Li 1.4   0.2       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.45           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.57           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.49   0.149       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.5           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 3 Li 3.3   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.49   0.149       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.5   0.138     4 ppm Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 3 Li 1.5           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
Colorado River Particulates 3 Li 19           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Columbia River 3 d6Li -14.6             Huh et al. 1998
Columbia River 3 Li 244             Huh et al. 1998
Columbia River Particulates 3 Li 12           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Congo River 3 Li 125             Huh et al. 1998
Continental Arc Andesite 3 Li 6.73         3 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Arcs 3 Li 5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Arcs 3 Li 10           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 17           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 18           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 11           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 13           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 17           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 3 Li 16           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 11           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 17           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 3 Li 13           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 20           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 3 Li 18           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 3 Li 1.3           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 0.105           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 1.7           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 1.31           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 1.95           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 7.7           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Glaser et al. 1999
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 0.72           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Eggins et al. 1998
Continental Intraplate Xenoliths 3 Li 1.16           ppm Pearson et al. 2004 Glaser et al. 1999
Continental Shields & Platforms 3 Li 11           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Shields & Platforms 3 Li 6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Core 3 Li 0           µg/g McDonough 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 3 Li 6.9           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 3 Li 0.554           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 3 Li 0.451           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 3 Li 0.048           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Dead Sea   d6Li -33.3             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Dead Sea 3 Li 1969             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Depleted Mantle 3 Li 0.7   0.056       ppm Salters & Stracke 2004
Diorite 3 Li 13.6         260 ppm Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Archean Granulites 3 Li 15 15       10 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Granulites 3 Li 10.4         137 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Post-Archean Granulites 3 Li 7.4 7       21 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Felsic Volcanics 3 Li 15.5         972 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Fraser River 3 d6Li -28.8             Huh et al. 1998
Fraser River 3 Li 106             Huh et al. 1998
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 3 Li 10           ppm Edmond et al. 1979
Galapagos Hydrothermal Vents 3 Li       28 59     Edmond et al. 1979
Ganges River 3 d6Li -22.6             Huh et al. 1998
Ganges River 3 Li 579             Huh et al. 1998
Granites 3 Li 15         402 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 3 Li 26.2         1226 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granulites 3 Li 19 13       45 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulites 3 Li 7 7       35 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Granulitic Xenolites 3 Li 6         9 ppm Rudnick & Presper 1990
Hydrothermal Vents   d6Li -9     -11 -9     Chan et al. 1992
Interior North China Craton 3 Li 20           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 3 Li 15           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 3 Li 8.9           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 3 Li 17           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Granulites 3 Li 10.3         136 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Mafic Archean Granulites 3 Li 11 9       9 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 3 Li 10 10       2 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intermediate Mafic Post-Archean Granulites 3 Li 9 10       5 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Intra Stellar Medium 3 Li 1.73   0.2595         Palme & Jones 2004 Savage & Sembach 1996
Island Arc Andesite 3 Li             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 3 Li 10           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Jordan River at Allenby   d6Li -18.5   1.2         Chan et al. 1992
Jordan River at Allenby 3 Li 11.7             Chan et al. 1992
Jordan River at Yarmouk   d6Li -16.2   1.2         Chan et al. 1992
Jordan River at Yarmouk 3 Li 4.74             Chan et al. 1992
Karatau 3 Li 3         10 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kholodov 1963
Lake Baikal   d6Li       -27.9 -32.2     Huh et al. 1998 Falkner et al. 1997
Lake Baikal 3 Li 294             Huh et al. 1998 Falkner et al. 1997
Lake Tanganyika   d6Li -32.2             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Lake Tanganyika 3 Li 2.1             Huh et al. 1998 Chan & Edmond 1988
Lena River 3 d6Li -21             Huh et al. 1998
Lena River 3 Li 221             Huh et al. 1998
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 11           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 13           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 13           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 13           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 3.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Liu et al. 2001
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Presper 1990
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 14           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 6           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 13           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 3 Li 11           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Ludigirka River 3 d6Li -25.5             Huh et al. 1998
Ludigirka River 3 Li 122             Huh et al. 1998
MacKenzie River 3 d6Li -17.6             Huh et al. 1998
MacKenzie River 3 Li 766             Huh et al. 1998
MacKenzie River Particulates 3 Li 22           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Mafic Archean Granulites 3 Li 15 13       7 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Granulites 3 Li 8.49         128 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Granulitic Xenolites 3 Li 6 6       14 ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mafic Intrusions 3 Li 6.9         308 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Manganese Nodules 3 Li 80           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Marine Organisms 3 Li 5.4           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 3 Li 57           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Pelagic Clay 3 Li 57           ppm Li 1982
Marine Phosphorites 3 Li 5 4.3   3 10 6 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Shales 3 Li 66           ppm Altschuller 1980 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales 3 Li 66           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mavic Volcanics 3 Li 18         632 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 3 Li 7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Extensions 3 Li 12           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 3 Li 7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Mesozoic & Cenozoic Orogens 3 Li 11           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Metafelsic Volcanics 3 Li 6.7         41 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 3 Li 7           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 3 Li 16           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 3 Li 12   6       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 3 Li 7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Middle Continental Crust 3 Li 20.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1994
Mississippi River 3 d6Li -16.4             Huh et al. 1998
Mississippi River 3 Li 813             Huh et al. 1998
Mississippi River High Flow   d6Li -17.7   0.9         Chan et al. 1992
Mississippi River High Flow 3 Li 0.45             Chan et al. 1992
Mississippi River Low Flow   d6Li -15.3   1.4         Chan et al. 1992
Mississippi River Low Flow 3 Li 1.66             Chan et al. 1992
Mississippi River Particulates 3 Li 38           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Nakhla Meteorite 3 Li 3.9           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Nile River Particulates 3 Li 25           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
North Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 30           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 28           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 17           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Ob River Particulates 3 Li 86           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Oceanic Crust 3 Li 8.8           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1981
Oceans Surface water 3 Li 178           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Fabricand et al. 1967
Orgueil Chondrite 3 Li 1.59         2 ppm Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 3 Li 1.49         3 ppm Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orinoco River 3 d6Li -32.2             Huh et al. 1998
Orinoco River 3 Li 53.3             Huh et al. 1998
Oulad Abdoun Basin 3 Li 3.6         4 ppm Altschuller 1980
Paleozoic Orogens 3 Li 6           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Paleozoic Orogens 3 Li 10           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Pelites 3 Li 21.8         69 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 3 Li 41.9         1341 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Precambrian Canadian Shield 3 Li 22           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 2.2           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Ryan & Langmuir 1987
Seitz and Woodland 2000
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 2.7           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Wedepohl 1991
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 2.6           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 2.4           ppm Wedepohl & Hartmann 1994 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 1.6   0.32       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Jagoutz et al. 1979
Ryan & Langmuir 1987
Seitz and Woodland 2000
Primitive Mantle 3 Li 1.6   0.48       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Pungo River Formation 3 Li 5         2 ppm Altschuller 1980
Rifted Continental Margins 3 Li 5           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Rifted Continental Margins 3 Li 11           ppm Rudnick & Fountain 1995
River Particulates 3 Li 25           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers   d6Li -19     -25 -14     Chan et al. 1992
Rivers 3 Li 0.43             Edmond et al. 1979
Rivers 3 Li 3           ppb Li 1982
Seawater   d6Li -32.3     -32.8 -31.8     Chan et al. 1992
Seawater 3 Li 25             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 3 Li 178           µg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Fabricand et al. 1967
Seawater 3 Li 180000             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 3 Li 180           ppb Li 1982
Seawater 3 Li 25             Bruland 1983
Shergotty Meteorite 3 Li 4.5   0.9       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth 3 Li 1.6   0.48       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 3 Li 1.6           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 3 Li 1.6           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solar Photosphere 3 Li 1.16   0.1         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere 3 Li 1.1   0.1         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar System 3 Li 60             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 3 Li 59.7   0.2025     3   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 3 Li 3.3   0.33         Palme & Jones 2004
Solar System 3 Li 57.1   5.25     4   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solid Earth 3 Li 1.1           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solid Earth 3 Li 1.1           ppm McDonough 2004
South Margin of North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 3 Li 14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 16           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 3 Li 22           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Spinel Peridotites 3 Li 1.5 1.5 0.3     6 ppm McDonough 1990
Tonalites 3 Li 19           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 3 Li 16.9         641 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 3 Li 14.4         553 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 20           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 22           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 20           ppm Taylor et al. 1983 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 20           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 24   5       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text









Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 22           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 21           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 22           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Shaw et al. 1976
Upper Continental Crust 3 Li 20           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Yana River 3 d6Li -27.1             Huh et al. 1998
Yana River 3 Li 101             Huh et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 3 Li 18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 3 Li 19           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 3 Li 21           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 3 Li 18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 3 Li 18           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze River 3 d6Li -31.9             Huh et al. 1998
Yangtze River 3 Li 572             Huh et al. 1998
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