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Geoneutrinos
Table 7
HPE abundances used in calculation of the global crustal flux in Figure
8 and calculated abundances for the bulk crust and bulk mantle.
| | | U (ppm) | Th (ppm) | K (%) | | |
| | | | | | Reference | |
| | Input for crust calculation | | | | | | | Upper cont. crust + sed. | | | | [53] | | | Middle cont. crust | | | | [53] | | | Lower cont. crust | | | | [53] | | | Oceanic sediments | | | | [142] | | | Oceanic crust | | | | [141] | |
| | | | | | Th/U | Power TW |
| | Bulk crust, calculated | | | | | | | Bulk continental crust | | | | 4.3 | | | Bulk oceanic crust | | | | 3.9 | | | Bulk crust | | | | 4.3 | |
| | | U (ppb) | Th (ppb) | K (ppm) | Th/U | Power TW |
| | Bulk mantle, calculated | | | | | | | Cosmochemical mantle | 4.1 | 8.4 | 57 | 2.0 | 3.3 | | Geochemical mantle | 12 | 46 | 192 | 3.8 | 12 | | Geodynamical mantle | 23 | 90 | 310 | 3.9 | 22 |
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