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GERM Database Search Results        
Reservoir Z Element Value Median SD Low High N Unit Info Reference Source(s)
Amphibolites 80 Hg 4.9         189 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 80 Hg 5.9         121 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Arenaceous Rocks 80 Hg 26         2754 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Bone Valley Formation 80 Hg 0.025         8 ppm Altschuller 1980
Carbonates 80 Hg 25         2038 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Carbonates 80 Hg 5.3         50 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 5.1           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 7.9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 12.3           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 11.5           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 9.4           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 6.3           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 9.2           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Central East China Craton 80 Hg 6.7           ppb Gao et al. 1998
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 1.15   0.08         Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 300           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 258   30.96       ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 310   62       ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004 Palme & Jones 2004
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 0.258           ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Anders & Grevesse 1989
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 0.31   0.062       ppm Palme & Jones 2004 Palme & Beer 1993
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 390           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Wasson & Kallemeyn 1988
CI Chondrites 80 Hg 5300           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995 Palme 1988
Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.03           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Rudnick & Fountain 1995
Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.08           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Taylor 1964
Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.03           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.04           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.009           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Continental Crust 80 Hg 40           ppb Wedepohl 1995
Continental Crust   Hg/Mn 9.2e-06             Salters & Stracke 2004
Core 80 Hg 0.05           µg/g McDonough 1998
Core 80 Hg 0.05           ppm McDonough 2004
Depleted Mantle 80 Hg 10           ppb Salters & Stracke 2004
Diorite 80 Hg 12         260 ppb Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 80 Hg 8.2           ppb Gao et al. 1998
East China Craton 80 Hg 8.9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Granulites 80 Hg 6.4         137 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Felsic Volcanics 80 Hg 7.2         972 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Granites 80 Hg 4.9         402 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Granites 80 Hg 7.2         1226 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 80 Hg 9.4           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 80 Hg 9.52           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 80 Hg 7.9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 80 Hg 4.9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Interior North China Craton 80 Hg 8.1           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Intermediate Granulites 80 Hg 4.8         136 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Lower Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.021           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Lower Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.0063           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.014           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Gao et al. 1998a
Lower Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.021           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Mafic Granulites 80 Hg 5.4         128 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Mafic Intrusions 80 Hg 9.3         308 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Manganese Nodules 80 Hg 0.15           ppm Li 1991 Baturin 1988
Haynes et al. 1986
Marine Organisms 80 Hg 0.03           ppm Li 1991 Bowen 1979
Marine Pelagic Clay 80 Hg 0.1           ppm Li 1982
Marine Pelagic Clay 80 Hg 0.1           ppm Li 1991 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Marowsky & Wedepohl 1971
Marine Phosphorites 80 Hg 55 55   25 85 3 ppb Altschuller 1980
Marine Shales 80 Hg 400           ppb Altschuller 1980 Turekian & Wedepohl 1961
Mavic Volcanics 80 Hg 16         632 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Metafelsic Volcanics 80 Hg 7.3         41 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.0079           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Middle Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.0079           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Nakhla Meteorite 80 Hg 0.7           ppb McSween, Jr. 2004 Lodders 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 24.1           ppb Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 15.8           ppb Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 11           ppb Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 24.2           ppb Gao et al. 1998
North Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 18           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Oceans Deep water 80 Hg 4           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Mukherji & Kester 1979
Oceans Surface water 80 Hg 3           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Mukherji & Kester 1979
Orgueil Chondrite 80 Hg 258           ppb Anders & Grevesse 1989
Orgueil Chondrite 80 Hg 390         1 ppb Anders & Ebihara 1982
Oulad Abdoun Basin 80 Hg 0.055         4 ppm Altschuller 1980
Pelites 80 Hg 6.4         69 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Pelites 80 Hg 29         1341 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Precambrian Canadian Shield 80 Hg 96           ppb Shaw et al. 1986
Primitive Mantle 80 Hg 6           ppb Palme & O'Neill 2004
Primitive Mantle 80 Hg 10           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Pungo River Formation 80 Hg 0.085         2 ppm Altschuller 1980
Rivers 80 Hg 0.07           ppb Li 1982
Seawater 80 Hg 6           ng/kg Quinby-Hunt & Turekian 1983 Mukherji & Kester 1979
Seawater 80 Hg 0.005           ppb Li 1982 Matsunaga et al. 1975
Mukherji & Kester 1979
Seawater 80 Hg 0.42             Li 1991 Whitfield & Turner 1987
Seawater 80 Hg 5     2 10     Bruland 1983
Seawater 80 Hg 5e-06             Broeker & Peng 1982
Silicate Earth 80 Hg 0.01           µg/g McDonough 1998
Silicate Earth 80 Hg 0.01           ppm McDonough 2004
Silicate Earth 80 Hg 10           ppb McDonough & Sun 1995
Solar System 80 Hg 0.21             Anders & Ebihara 1982 Cameron 1982
Solar System 80 Hg 0.34   0.0408         Anders & Grevesse 1989
Solar System 80 Hg 0.52   0.26         Anders & Ebihara 1982
Solid Earth 80 Hg 0.02           ppm McDonough 2004
Solid Earth 80 Hg 0.02           µg/g McDonough 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 80 Hg 5.3           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 80 Hg 6.4           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 80 Hg 5.4           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 80 Hg 7.7           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Margin of North China Craton 80 Hg 8.1           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 26.6           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 15.8           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 13.3           ppb Gao et al. 1998
South Qinling Belt in China 80 Hg 22           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 80 Hg 5.9         553 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Tonalites-Trondhjemites-Granodiorites 80 Hg 8.2         641 ppb Gao et al. 1998
Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.056           ppm Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.096           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Shaw et al. 1967
Shaw et al. 1976
Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.05           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004
Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.05   0.04       µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 see text








Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.056           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Wedepohl 1995
Upper Continental Crust 80 Hg 0.0123           µg/g Rudnick & Gao 2004 Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 80 Hg 10.8           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 80 Hg 12.9           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 80 Hg 8.8           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 80 Hg 10           ppb Gao et al. 1998
Yangtze Craton 80 Hg 6.2           ppb Gao et al. 1998
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