1961•Geological Society of America BulletinRequires access

Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust

Karl K. Turekian, Karl Hans Wedepohl

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This paper presents a table of abundances of the elements in the various major units of the Earth's lithic crust with a documentation of the sources and a discussion of the choice of units and data.

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This paper presents a table of abundances of the elements in the various major units of the Earth's lithic crust with a documentation of the sources and a discussion of the choice of units and data.

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This paper presents a table of abundances of the elements in the various major units of the Earth's lithic crust with a documentation of the sources and a discussion of the choice of units and data.

Key concepts: Geology, Crust, Table (database), Documentation, Earth (classical element), Structure of the Earth, Earth science, Geochemistry

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