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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
Marine Phosphorites 4 Be 2.6 2.5   0 8.5 16 ppm Altschuller 1980
Seawater 4 Be 20     4 30     Bruland 1983
Alborz Mountains 4 Be 1         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Aval et al. 1968
Amphibolites 4 Be 0.3         189 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Andesites 4 Be             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Arenaceous Rocks 4 Be 1.78         2754 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 4 Be 1.18         121 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Atmosphere   10Be 260             Turekian & Graustein 2004 Lal & Peters 1967
Atmosphere   7Be 3.2             Turekian & Graustein 2004 Lal & Peters 1967
Bambui Group 4 Be 3         14 ppm Altschuller 1980 Cathcart 1974
Belkinsk Akai Sayan 4 Be 3         33 ppm Altschuller 1980 Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Bone Valley Formation 4 Be 2         8 ppm Altschuller 1980
Boninites 4 Be 0.26         16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Brown Rock 4 Be 2         3 ppm Altschuller 1980
Carbonates 4 Be 0.68         2038 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 4 Be 0.46         50 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 2.29           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.06           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.78           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 0.63           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.88           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.5           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.95           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.72           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 4 Be 1.94           ppm Gao et al. 1998
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.0249   0.00249       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.0249           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.0249   0.00249       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 4 Be 1.41   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.025           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.027           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 4 Be 0.025           ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 4 Be 24.9   2.366     8 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Continental Arc Andesite 4 Be 0.87         3 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.5           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.5           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 4 Be 2.4           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.9           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 4 Be 2.8           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 4 Be 2.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 4 Be 1.5           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust   Be/Ta 2.7             Salters & Stracke 2004
Core 4 Be 0           µg/g McDonough 1998
Cratonic Xenoliths 4 Be 0.18           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 4 Be 0.289           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Cratonic Xenoliths 4 Be 3.38           ppm Pearson et al. 2004
Depleted Mantle 4 Be 25   25       ppb Salters & Stracke 2004
Diorite 4 Be 1.2         260 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Dover Sandstone 4 Be 8.5         4 ppm Altschuller 1980 Cathcart & Schmidt 1974
East China Craton 4 Be 1.71           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Granulites 4 Be 0.68         137 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 4 Be 2.32         972 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 4 Be 4.85         402 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Granites 4 Be 3.27         1226 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 4 Be 1.42           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 4 Be 0.56           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 4 Be 1.3           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 4 Be 1.29           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 4 Be 1.15           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Granulites 4 Be 0.42         136 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Island Arc Andesite 4 Be             ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 4 Be 1.5           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Karatau 4 Be 4         10 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kholodov 1963
Kyzyl Kum 4 Be 2         5 ppm Altschuller 1980 Kapustyanski 1964
La Caja Formation 4 Be 0.8         8 ppm Altschuller 1980 Rogers et al. 1956
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1.4           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1.7           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 4 Be 1.7           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Mafic Granulites 4 Be 0.2         128 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Intrusions 4 Be 0.32         308 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Manganese Nodules 4 Be 2.5           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Marine Organisms 4 Be 0.0028           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 4 Be 2.6           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Pelagic Clay 4 Be 2.6           ppm Li 1982
Marine Shales 4 Be 3           ppm Altschuller 1980 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marine Shales 4 Be 3           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mavic Volcanics 4 Be 0.48         632 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Mead Peak Phosphatic Shale Member 4 Be         5e-05 41 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Metafelsic Volcanics 4 Be 1.99         41 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 4 Be 2.29           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 4 Be 2.29           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Mishash Formation 4 Be 0.7         3 ppm Altschuller 1980 Mazor 1963
Monterey Formation 4 Be 1.8         5 ppm Altschuller 1980
North Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.82           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 0.43           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 2.14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.5           ppm Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.66           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Oceans Deep water 4 Be 144           pg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Measures & Edmond 1982
Oceans Surface water 4 Be 36           pg/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Measures & Edmond 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 4 Be 26.7           ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 4 Be 24.9           ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Oulad Abdoun Basin 4 Be 3         4 ppm Altschuller 1980
Pelites 4 Be 2.69         1341 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 4 Be 2.08         69 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Phosphoria Formation 4 Be         5e-05 61 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Precambrian Canadian Shield 4 Be 1.3           ppm Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle 4 Be 0.07   0.007       ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 4 Be 0.07           ppm Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 4 Be 0.068   0.0136       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Pungo River Formation 4 Be 3         2 ppm Altschuller 1980
Retort Phosphatic Shale Member 4 Be         5e-05 20 ppm Gulbrandsen 1966
Rivers 4 Be 0.01           ppb Li 1982 Measures & Edmond 1982
Seawater 4 Be 0.2           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Measures & Edmond 1982
Seawater 4 Be 6.5e-05             Broeker & Peng 1982
Seawater 4 Be 0.21             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 4 Be 0.0002           ppb Li 1982 Measures & Edmond 1982
Silicate Earth 4 Be 0.07           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 4 Be 0.068   0.0136       ppm McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 4 Be 0.07           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solar Photosphere 4 Be 1.4   0.09         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar Photosphere 4 Be 1.15   0.1         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 4 Be 0.73   0.0694     8   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 4 Be 0.78   0.0585     3   Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 4 Be 1.2             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solid Earth 4 Be 0.05           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solid Earth 4 Be 0.05           ppm McDonough 2004
South Margin of North China Craton 4 Be 1.56           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 4 Be 1.7           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 4 Be 1.65           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 4 Be 1.37           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 4 Be 1.52           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 2.14           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.94           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.84           ppm Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 4 Be 1.98           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Stony Meteorites 4 Be 20             Herzog 2004
Tamalyk Krasnoyarsk 4 Be 6         38 ppm Altschuller 1980 Chaikina & Nikolskaya 1970
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 4 Be 2.02         553 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 4 Be 1.72         641 ppm Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 3.1           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 3           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 2.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 1.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Shaw et al. 1976
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 2.8           ppm Taylor et al. 1983 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 3.1           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 1.95           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 4 Be 2.1   0.9       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text








Yangtze Craton 4 Be 2.07           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 4 Be 3.07           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 4 Be 2.46           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 4 Be 2.28           ppm Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 4 Be 1.96           ppm Gao et al. 1998
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