Review Article

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