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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 0.14   0.0042       ppm Abundance of elements in the solar system based off of Palme & Beer 1993 study of CI meteorites. Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
Jochum 1996
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 0.134           ppm Abundance of elements in the solar system from Anders & Grevesse 1989 study of CI meteorites. Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
Core 45 Rh 0.74           ppm Elemental composition of the Earth's core as given in ppm unless stated as wt. %. McDonough 2004
Manganese Nodules 45 Rh 0.013           ppm Average concentrations of various elements found in deep sea Manganese nodules.  Sea salt components are subtracted assuming all chloride is of seawater origin. Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Marine Pelagic Clay 45 Rh 0.0004           ppm Average concentrations for various elements enriched in Oceanic Pelagic Clays.  Compared to the element values of Shales, the Pelagic Clays are relatively similar with few exceptions.   All sea salt components are subtracted from the sample analysis assuming all chloride is of seawater origin. Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Baturin 1988
Silicate Earth 45 Rh 0.001           ppm Composition of the Silicate Earth as given by elemental abundances in ppm (and wt%). McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 45 Rh 0.24           ppm Bulk elemental composition of the Solid Earth with concentrations given in ppm (and wt% where noted). McDonough 2004
Solar Photosphere 45 Rh 1.12   0.12         Abundances in Solar Photosphere; in original table: log N(H) = 12.00 Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 45 Rh 0.4             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 45 Rh 0.344   0.0258     7   Solar atomic abundances based on an average of C1 chondrites. Values are not normalised to 100% but they are relative to 10E6 Silica atoms. Average includes meteorites from other than chondrite classes. Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 45 Rh 0.344   0.02752     7   Rhodium data was derived indirectly from RNAA mean values for H-chondrites and then scaled to C1's via the C1/H abundance ratio. The value was found to be lower than that found for L-chondrites, yet agreed closely with derived values for Rh in H-chondrites. Mean H-chondrites were therefore used for this analysis with an estimated error of 8%. Anders & Ebihara 1982
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 1.1   0.08         CI Meteorite derived solar system abundances of various elements. Palme & Jones 2004
Solar Photosphere 45 Rh 1.12   0.12         Elemental solar photospheric abundances as given by various references. Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 130           ppb C1 Carbonaceous chondrite major and minor element compositions as given in Palme 1988. These values are given in an effort to accurately represent the C1 chondrites as based on an array of sources and derive a revised model for the composition of the Earth. McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 134   10.7     7 ppb Mean C1 chondrite from atomic abundances based on C = 3.788E-3*H*A where C = concentration; H = atomic abundance and A = atomic weight. Values are not normalised to 100%. Average includes meteorites from other than chondrite classes. Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 140   4.2       ppb Composition of the Primitive Mantle of the Earth as based on CI Chondritic major and trace element compositions from Chapter 1.03 Palme & Jones 2004 Treatise of Geochemistry. Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 130           ppb Based on measurements on 3 out of 5 carbonaceous chrondrites namely Orgueil, Ivuna and Alais. McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 45 Rh 134           ppb C1 Carbonaceous chondrite major and minor element compositions as given in Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988. These values are given in an effort to accurately represent the C1 chondrites as based on an array of sources and derive a revised model for the composition of the Earth. McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
Continental Crust 45 Rh 0.06           ppb UCC; LCC = from composite sample of 17 European greywackes analysed by ICP-MASS in nickel sulfide extract after Te co-precipitation (Hartmann, 1995). Wedepohl 1995
Depleted Mantle 45 Rh 1   0.15       ppb Estimate for the concentrations in the Depleted Mantle of most of the elements of the Periodic Table.  Ir/Rh is the element ratio/constraint used to make this estimate. Salters & Stracke 2004
Greywackes 45 Rh 0.06           ppb Total average of group averages from USA, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka and Germany using an equal statistical weight. Wedepohl 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 45 Rh 134           ppb Solar system abundances of major and minor elements as based on studies from the Orgueil Meteorite. Abundances in the Orgueil meteorite are adequately close to the C1 chondrite mean except for REE, in which case other studies will yield more preferable results Anders & Ebihara 1982
Orgueil Chondrite 45 Rh 134           ppb Orgueil meteorite measurements. Anders & Grevesse 1989
Primitive Mantle 45 Rh 0.93   0.0465       ppb Elemental composition of the Primitive Mantle of the Earth as given from this study and other various sources. These elemental values are compared to those of CI Chondrites given by Palme & Jones 2004 Treatise of Geochemistry. Comments given by the authors in reference to these values: HSE, Rh/Ir = CI-chondrite Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 45 Rh 0.9   0.36       ppb Pyrolite model for the silicate Earth composition based on peridotites, komatiites and basalts. Error estimate is subjective. McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 45 Rh 0.9   0.36       ppb Pyrolite model for the silicate Earth composition based on peridotites, komatiites and basalts. Error estimate is subjective. McDonough & Sun 1995
Core 45 Rh 0.74           µg/g Compostioinal models for the bulk Earth, core and silicate Earth are modified after McDonough & Sun (1995). McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 45 Rh 0.001           µg/g Compostioinal models for the bulk Earth, core and silicate Earth are modified after McDonough & Sun (1995). McDonough 1998
Solid Earth 45 Rh 0.24           µg/g Compostioinal models for the bulk Earth, core and silicate Earth are modified after McDonough & Sun (1995). McDonough 1998
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