"Post Archean Australian Shales (PAAS)",,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,"Age in (billions of years)",,,,,,,
,2.5,1.7,1.7,0.85,0.44,0.32,0.27,0.22,Mean,"Std. Dev.",RPD%
SiO2,57.98,69.25,69.66,67.39,68.01,66.03,67.20,59.52,65.63,4.42,7
TiO2,0.81,0.64,0.79,0.86,0.75,0.74,0.77,1.03,0.80,0.11,14
Al2O3,23.28,18.76,15.55,16.95,17.12,16.94,19.85,23.75,19.03,3.06,16
FeO,6.51,5.99,6.20,6.82,5.90,4.80,5.53,8.54,6.29,1.10,17
MnO,0.08,0.02,0.04,0.09,0.23,0.05,0.04,0.16,0.09,0.07,81
MgO,4.33,0.56,2.60,2.05,2.73,2.01,1.62,1.81,2.21,1.08,49
CaO,0.44,0.03,0.51,0.27,0.22,5.11,0.39,0.57,0.94,1.69,180
Na2O,0.66,0.75,0.42,1.01,0.66,0.46,0.18,0.95,0.64,0.28,44
K2O,5.92,4.00,3.90,4.45,4.24,3.75,4.33,3.44,4.25,0.75,18
P2O5,,,0.32,0.12,0.15,0.11,0.08,0.23,0.17,0.09,54
Sum,100.01,100.00,99.99,100.01,100.01,100.00,99.99,100.00,,,
LOI,5.88,3.75,4.29,5.57,3.12,7.31,4.34,5.50,,,
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La,42.3,51.0,27.0,34.0,44.0,52.0,40.0,50.0,42.54,8.78,21
Ce,88.9,102.9,57.0,63.0,94.0,132.0,86.0,104.0,90.98,23.81,26
Pr,9.9,12.8,8.8,7.0,8.1,12.0,9.1,13.0,10.08,2.26,22
Nd,35.2,48.2,32.0,24.0,29.0,37.0,30.0,43.0,34.80,7.86,23
Sm,7.2,7.4,4.9,5.3,5.0,6.5,6.0,8.2,6.31,1.22,19
Eu,1.1,1.2,0.9,1.0,1.0,1.2,1.1,1.7,1.16,0.24,21
Gd,4.6,4.2,4.0,4.8,4.7,5.2,4.7,6.7,4.87,0.83,17
Tb,0.8,0.7,0.7,0.7,0.7,0.8,0.8,1.2,0.81,0.17,21
Dy,5.1,3.8,3.8,3.7,4.0,4.6,5.0,6.2,4.52,0.87,19
Ho,1.1,0.8,0.9,0.9,0.9,1.1,1.2,1.4,1.03,0.20,20
Er,3.0,2.2,2.3,2.6,2.5,3.2,3.6,3.8,2.90,0.61,21
Yb,3.0,2.1,2.4,2.5,2.4,2.8,3.6,3.7,2.82,0.59,21
SumREE,202.2,237.3,144.7,149.5,196.3,258.4,191.1,242.9,,,
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Th,16,20,12,15,16,15,18,19,16.34,2.54,16
U,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2.86,0.38,13
La,42,51,27,34,44,52,40,50,42.54,8.78,21
Sc,21,17,13,19,20,15,19,21,18.13,2.90,16
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Th/U,4.4,7.6,4.4,5.8,5.9,6.0,6.2,5.8,5.76,1.01,18
La/Th,2.7,2.6,2.3,2.3,2.8,3.5,2.2,2.6,2.60,0.41,16
La/Sc,2.0,3.0,2.1,1.8,2.2,3.5,2.1,2.4,2.38,0.57,24
Th/Sc,0.8,1.2,0.9,0.8,0.8,1.0,0.9,0.9,0.91,0.14,15
"Major Rivers",,,,,,,,
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,Amazon,Congo,Ganges,MacKenzie,Mekong,Mean,"Std. Dev.",RPD%
SiO2,60.10,58.00,66.90,58.20,61.90,61.02,3.65,6
TiO2,1.30,1.60,0.96,0.84,0.63,1.07,0.38,36
Al2O3,22.80,25.00,16.00,22.40,22.30,21.70,3.37,16
FeO,7.50,10.40,5.20,7.50,7.60,7.64,1.84,24
MnO,0.14,0.20,0.14,0.22,0.13,0.17,0.04,25
MgO,2.00,1.10,2.30,2.90,2.30,2.12,0.66,31
CaO,2.30,1.40,4.10,2.70,0.87,2.27,1.25,55
Na2O,1.20,0.32,1.50,0.75,0.74,0.90,0.46,51
K2O,2.30,1.60,2.70,4.10,3.00,2.74,0.92,34
Sum,99.64,99.62,99.80,99.61,99.47,99.63,,
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La,48.0,50.0,42.0,44.0,48.0,46.40,3.29,7
Ce,112.0,90.0,98.0,93.0,93.0,97.20,8.76,9
Pr,,,,8.2,8.5,8.35,0.21,3
Nd,,,48.0,36.0,47.0,43.67,6.66,15
Sm,9.7,,9.7,6.2,5.4,7.75,2.28,29
Eu,1.8,1.6,1.2,1.1,1.5,1.44,0.29,20
Gd,,,,6.1,5.3,5.70,0.57,10
Tb,,1.6,0.7,0.9,0.9,1.03,0.39,39
Ho,,,,0.9,0.9,0.90,0.00,0
Er,,,,2.4,2.7,2.55,0.21,8
Yb,3.7,2.6,3.2,2.8,3.2,3.10,0.42,14
Lu,0.6,0.4,0.5,0.4,0.6,0.50,0.10,20
SumREE,,,,202.0,217.0,,,
,,,,,,,,
Th,13,16,18,13,17,15.34,2.19,14
U,3,3,3,4,6,3.54,1.33,37
La,48,50,42,44,48,46.40,3.29,7
Sc,18,12,12,,20,15.25,4.09,27
,,,,,,,,
Th/U,5.2,5.4,6.3,3.6,2.9,4.68,1.37,29
La/Th,3.7,3.1,2.4,3.4,2.8,3.08,0.50,16
La/Sc,2.7,4.2,3.7,,2.5,3.24,0.81,25
Th/Sc,0.7,1.4,1.5,,0.9,1.12,0.38,34
"Igneous Rocks",,,,,,,,
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Plutonics,Granite,Granodiorite,Tonalite,Diorite,Gabbro,Mean,"Std. Dev.",RPD%
SiO2,71.30,66.09,61.52,57.48,50.14,61.31,8.10,13
TiO2,0.31,0.54,0.73,0.95,1.12,0.73,0.32,44
Al2O3,14.32,15.73,16.48,16.67,15.48,15.74,0.93,6
Fe2O3,1.21,1.23,1.83,2.50,3.01,1.96,0.79,40
FeO,1.64,2.70,3.82,4.92,7.62,4.14,2.30,56
MnO,0.05,0.08,0.08,0.12,0.12,0.09,0.03,33
MgO,0.71,1.14,2.80,3.71,7.59,3.19,2.74,86
CaO,1.84,2.68,5.42,6.58,9.58,5.22,3.11,60
Na2O,3.68,3.47,3.63,3.54,2.39,3.34,0.54,16
K2O,4.07,4.00,2.07,1.76,0.93,2.57,1.40,55
P2O5,0.12,0.19,0.25,0.29,0.24,0.22,0.07,30
Sum,99.25,97.85,98.63,98.52,98.22,98.49,,
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Volcanics,Rhyolite,Rhyodacite,Dacite,Andesite,Basalt,Mean,"Std. Dev.",RPD%
SiO2,72.82,65.55,65.01,57.94,49.20,62.10,8.93,14
TiO2,0.28,0.60,0.58,0.87,1.84,0.83,0.60,72
Al2O3,13.27,15.04,15.91,17.02,15.74,15.40,1.38,9
Fe2O3,1.48,2.13,2.43,3.27,3.79,2.62,0.92,35
FeO,1.11,2.03,2.30,4.04,7.13,3.32,2.38,72
MnO,0.06,0.09,0.09,0.14,0.20,0.12,0.06,47
MgO,0.39,2.09,1.78,3.33,6.73,2.86,2.40,84
CaO,1.14,3.62,4.32,6.79,9.47,5.07,3.18,63
Na2O,3.55,3.67,3.79,3.48,2.91,3.48,0.34,10
K2O,4.30,3.00,2.17,1.62,1.10,2.44,1.26,52
P2O5,0.07,0.25,0.15,0.21,0.35,0.21,0.11,51
Sum,98.47,98.07,98.53,98.71,98.46,98.45,,
"Shield Areas",,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,
,Baltic,"Canadian ",Canadian,Scotland,Finland,Mean,"Std. Dev.",RPD%
SiO2,66.00,64.93,65.30,70.40,68.40,67.01,2.33,3
TiO2,0.60,0.52,0.53,0.40,0.40,0.49,0.09,18
Al2O3,15.30,14.63,15.90,14.90,14.80,15.11,0.51,3
FeO,4.80,3.97,4.40,2.90,4.50,4.11,0.74,18
MnO,0.10,0.07,0.08,0.05,,0.07,0.02,28
MgO,2.40,2.24,2.20,1.60,1.70,2.03,0.35,17
CaO,3.70,4.12,3.40,3.10,3.40,3.54,0.39,11
Na2O,3.20,3.46,3.90,4.50,3.10,3.63,0.58,16
K2O,3.50,3.10,2.87,2.00,3.60,3.01,0.64,21
P2O5,0.20,0.15,0.16,0.10,0.10,0.14,0.04,30
Sum,99.80,97.19,98.74,99.95,100.00,99.15,,