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Table 5 Trace element composition of the sediments in the Yangtze River

From: Geochemistry of fine-grained sediments in the Yangtze River and the implications for provenance and chemical weathering in East Asia

Samples

Sm

Eu

Gd

Tb

Dy

Ho

Er

Tm

Yb

Lu

Tuotuohe

3.79

0.75

3.11

0.41

2.64

0.56

1.68

0.25

1.69

0.28

Jinshajiang

6.62

1.35

6.01

0.86

6.03

1.31

4.00

0.59

3.61

0.65

Shigu

6.27

1.27

5.64

0.79

5.56

1.21

3.46

0.51

3.22

0.52

Panzhihua 1

6.51

1.45

5.89

0.81

5.66

1.18

3.37

0.51

2.92

0.46

Yalongjiang

8.84

1.85

7.59

1.06

6.95

1.45

4.13

0.62

3.74

0.61

Panzhihua 2

7.40

1.64

6.53

0.89

6.14

1.27

3.67

0.53

3.26

0.53

Yibin 1

7.85

1.74

6.83

0.94

6.64

1.43

4.06

0.59

3.73

0.59

Daduhe

9.13

1.60

8.26

1.17

8.39

1.77

5.17

0.76

4.79

0.80

Minjiang 1

6.57

1.33

5.75

0.79

5.32

1.16

3.34

0.50

3.04

0.49

Yibin 2

6.69

1.57

5.62

0.78

5.01

1.08

3.20

0.46

2.82

0.45

Chongqing 1

12.19

2.87

10.76

1.52

10.72

2.40

6.99

1.03

6.62

1.08

Jialingjiang

8.34

1.43

7.18

0.97

6.75

1.44

4.27

0.64

3.94

0.63

Chongqing 2

7.06

1.48

5.94

0.85

5.53

1.23

3.47

0.51

3.08

0.53

Fuling 1

10.82

2.31

7.92

1.10

7.00

1.52

4.69

0.68

4.62

0.75

Wujiang

6.12

1.19

5.33

0.73

4.96

1.06

2.97

0.44

2.71

0.43

Fuling 2

8.57

1.65

7.12

0.96

6.51

1.39

4.13

0.60

4.11

0.68

Badong

5.34

1.07

4.60

0.66

4.58

0.99

2.87

0.41

2.59

0.41

Yichang

5.79

1.23

4.83

0.66

4.39

0.90

2.49

0.34

1.94

0.29

Yueyang 1

8.59

1.76

6.57

0.90

5.99

1.31

3.85

0.58

3.68

0.62

Yuanjiang

5.06

0.95

4.67

0.69

5.15

1.14

3.46

0.52

3.22

0.51

Xiangjiang

10.66

1.67

8.33

1.15

7.90

1.76

5.50

0.85

5.92

0.98

Yueyang 2

8.92

1.62

7.82

1.08

7.46

1.64

4.70

0.74

4.71

0.77

Wuhan 1

6.76

1.43

5.83

0.82

5.64

1.20

3.40

0.51

3.13

0.50

Hanjiang

7.81

1.56

7.00

0.98

6.85

1.43

4.12

0.58

3.63

0.59

Wuhan 2

7.11

1.45

5.99

0.81

5.62

1.19

3.53

0.54

3.21

0.51

Jiujiang

7.87

1.63

6.85

0.94

6.33

1.39

4.02

0.57

3.60

0.57

Ganjiang

7.29

0.78

6.59

1.00

7.42

1.72

5.25

0.83

5.31

0.91

Hukou

9.17

1.93

8.17

1.10

7.42

1.56

4.32

0.60

3.64

0.58

Nanjing

16.26

2.67

14.42

1.99

14.74

3.31

10.04

1.57

9.84

1.68

Changxing

11.13

1.99

9.39

1.28

8.75

1.93

5.60

0.86

5.35

0.89