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Table 1 Partition coefficients for Sm and Nd and modal abundances of major mineral phases

From: Major element composition of an Early Enriched Reservoir: constraints from 142Nd/144Nd isotope systematics in the early Earth and high-pressure melting experiments of a primitive peridotite

 

Whole rock mode

Partition coefficient Sm

Partition coefficient Nd

Partition coefficient ref.

7 GPa

Walter (1998)

   

ol

54 %

0.001

0.000

Nielsen et al. (1992)

opx

    

cpx

29 %

0.053

0.031

Suzuki et al. (2012)

gr

17 %

0.130

0.031

Suzuki et al. (2012)

3 GPa

Walter (1998)

   

ol

53 %

0.001

0.000

Nielsen et al. (1992)

opx

18 %

0.017

0.008

Frei et al. (2009)

cpx

27 %

0.135

0.085

Suzuki et al. (2012)

gr

2 %

0.236

0.063

Suzuki et al. (2012)

1 GPa

Baker & Stolper (1994)

   

ol

50 %

0.001

0.000

Nielsen et al. (1992)

opx

30 %

0.023

0.010

Frei et al. (2009)

cpx

17 %

0.494

0.258

Salters & Longhi (1999)