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)
Melitite-rich Chondrules 69 Tm 0.38     0.3 0.46 10 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Marine Apatites 69 Tm       0.4 2 13 ppm Altschuller 1980
REE Unfractionated CAI Inclusions 69 Tm 0.73     0.71 0.74 2 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
ALH 77005 Meteorite 69 Tm 0.088   0.01       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
ALH 84001 Meteorite 69 Tm 0.036           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Allende Meteorite 69 Tm 0.05           wt%ox Martin & Mason 1974
Andean Andesites 69 Tm 0.25           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Bailey 1981
Andes Basalt 69 Tm 0.31         9 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Archean Amphibolites 69 Tm 0.14           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1981
Archean Terrains 69 Tm 0.32           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Archean Terrains 69 Tm 0.3           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Australian Granite 69 Tm 1.1           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Collins et al. 1982
Basalts 69 Tm 0.27         4 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung 1999
Basalts 69 Tm 0.25         27 ppm Farmer 2004 Farmer et al. 2002
Basalts 69 Tm 0.22         10 ppm Farmer 2004 Chung et al. 2001
Cascade Basalt 69 Tm 0.29         5 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Central American Basalts 69 Tm 0.25         17 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 24.7           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 26           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 0.0255           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Palme et al. 1981
Anders & Ebihara 1982
Beer et al. 1984
Jochum et al. 1986
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 24.7   1.6055     2 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982 Evensen et al. 1978
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 25.6   2.56       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 24.7           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 24.2   0.56     20 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 0.036           ppm McDonough et al. 1992
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 0.15   0.04         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 0.0256   0.00256       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 69 Tm 0.0242           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
Continental Arc Andesite 69 Tm 0.29         63 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Continental Crust 69 Tm 320           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.2           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.48           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.28           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.24           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.28           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 69 Tm 300           ppb Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.24           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.28           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Core 69 Tm 0           µg/g McDonough 1998
Depleted Mantle 69 Tm 0.06   0.006       ppm Salters & Stracke 2004
Fresh Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts 69 Tm 0.47         4 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Ganges River Particulates 69 Tm 0.35           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Garonne River Particulates 69 Tm 0.44           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Granulites 69 Tm 0.19           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Weaver & Tarney 1982
Greater Antilles Basalt 69 Tm 0.32         6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arc Andesite 69 Tm 0.28         33 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Island Arcs 69 Tm 0.432           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Kamchatka Basalt 69 Tm 0.29         22 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Lesser Antilles Basalt 69 Tm 0.2         11 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Lower Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.24           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.24           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Lower Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
Lower Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.19           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Lower Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Manganese Nodules 69 Tm 2.3           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Haynes et al. 1986
Marine Apatites 69 Tm 1.2         13 ppm Altschuller 1980
Marine Pelagic Clay 69 Tm 1.1           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Rankin & Glasby 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 69 Tm 0.4           ppm Li 1982 Piper 1974
Marine Shales 69 Tm 0.6         36 ppm Altschuller 1980 Hermann 1970
Marine Shales 69 Tm 0.5           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Haskin & Haskin 1966
Mekong River Particulates 69 Tm 0.45           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Middle Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Middle Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.14           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Weaver & Tarney 1984
Middle Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.32           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
N-MORB 69 Tm 0.34           ppm Klein 2004 Lehnert 2000
N-MORB 69 Tm 0.38           ppm Klein 2004 Niu et al. 1999
N-MORB 69 Tm 0.621   0.216     26 ppm Hofmann 1988 Jochum et al. 1988
Nakhla Meteorite 69 Tm 0.047           ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
New Hebrides Islands 69 Tm 0.24         6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
North Pacific Ocean Deep Water 69 Tm 0.78             Bruland 1983 Masuda & Ikeuchi 1979
Northern Blake Plateau Phosphorites 69 Tm 0.00034           wt% Manheim et al. 1980 Ehrlich 1968
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.37           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 1996
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.36           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.41           ppm Kerr 2004 Tejada et al. 2002
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.23           ppm Kerr 2004
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.37           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.39           ppm Kerr 2004 Reynaud et al. 1999
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.22           ppm Kerr 2004 Aitken & Echeverria 1984
Dupre & Echeverria 1984
Jochum et al. 1991
Oceanic Plateaus 69 Tm 0.28           ppm Kerr 2004 Hauff et al. 2000
Oceans Deep water 69 Tm 0.2           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Sastry et al. 1969
ODP/DSDP Site 417/418 69 Tm 0.43           ppm Staudigel et al. 1995
Olivine Chondrules 69 Tm         0.2 3 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
Orangeite 69 Tm 0.18         114 ppm Farmer 2004 Mitchell 1995
Orgueil Chondrite 69 Tm 22         1 ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orgueil Chondrite 69 Tm 22         1 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 69 Tm 0.55         36 ppm Farmer 2004 Hooper & Hawkesworth 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 69 Tm 0.39         9 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Phanerozoic Flood Basalts 69 Tm 0.27         7 ppm Farmer 2004 Wooden et al. 1993
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 0.0752           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Sun 1982
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 0.063           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 0.7027           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 McDonough & Sun 1989
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 0.054           ppm McDonough & Frey 1989 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 0.0643           ppm Hofmann 1988 Hart & Zindler 1986
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 68   6.8       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 72           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 69 Tm 71.7   10.755       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Protolith Gabbros at ODP Site 735 69 Tm 0.26         8 ppm Hart et al. 1999
REE Fractionated CAI Inclusions 69 Tm         0.2 5 ppm Martin & Mason 1974
River Particulates 69 Tm 0.4           µg/g Martin & Meybeck 1979
Rivers 69 Tm 0.001           ppb Li 1982 Martin & Meybeck 1979
Scotia Island Basalt 69 Tm 0.36         11 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Seawater 69 Tm 0.0002           ppb Li 1982
Seawater 69 Tm 0.8             Bruland 1983
Seawater 69 Tm 0.25             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 69 Tm 0.2           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Sastry et al. 1969
Seawater 69 Tm 8e-07             Broeker & Peng 1982
Shergotty Meteorite 69 Tm 0.3   0.04       ppm McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 0.068           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 68   6.8       ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 0.054           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 0.0643           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Hofmann 1988
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 0.074           ppm McDonough et al. 1992 Sun 1982
Sun & McDonough 1989
McDonough & Frey 1989
Silicate Earth 69 Tm 0.068           µg/g McDonough 1998
Solar Photosphere 69 Tm 0   0.15         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar Photosphere 69 Tm 0   0.15         Palme & Jones 2004 Grevesse & Sauval 1998
Solar System 69 Tm 0.0386             Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solar System 69 Tm 0.0378   0.000869     20   Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 69 Tm 0.035             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solid Earth 69 Tm 0.046           ppm McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 69 Tm 0.046           µg/g McDonough 1998
Spinel Peridotites 69 Tm 0.038 0.035 0.026     40 ppm McDonough 1990
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.034   0.001     16 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.481   0.021     13 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.273   0.021     7 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.15   0.004     31 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.243   0.033     6 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Talkeetna Arc Plutonic Rocks 69 Tm 0.462   0.005     42 ppm Kelemen et al. 2004
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.3           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.33           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor & McLennan 1985
Taylor & McLennan 1995
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.3           ppm Kemp & Hawkesworth 2004 Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.33           ppm Weaver & Tarney 1984 Taylor & McLennan 1981
Upper Continental Crust 69 Tm 0.33           ppm Taylor & McLennan 1995
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