Research Article

REE Geochemistry of Euphrates River, Turkey

Table 2

North American Shale (NAS), upper continental crust (UCC), and chondrite (Ch.) from Yang et al. [8], Condie [22], Taylor et al. [23], and Sholkovitz [50, 51] and normalized REE summary statistical values (ppm) in Euphrates River sediments; Obaje et al. [18].

LREEMeanSt. dev.Nigerian Gora RiverHREEMeanSt. dev.Nigerian Gora River

La/NAS0.280.08Tb/NAS0.390.11
La/UCC0.290.09Tb/UCC0.520.15
La/Ch.26.778.0839.76Tb/Ch.6.511.85
Ce/NAS0.270.09Dy/NAS0.520.13
Ce/UCC0.280.09Dy/UCC0.620.15
Ce/Ch.20.126.3417.96Dy/Ch.7.231.78
Pr/NAS0.290.09Ho/NAS0.420.10
Pr/UCC0.310.10Ho/UCC0.530.13
Pr/Ch.17.105.46Ho/Ch.5.741.41
Nd/NAS0.280.06Er/NAS0.420.10
Nd/UCC0.300.06Er/UCC0.520.13
Nd/Ch.14.262.9718.96Er/Ch.5.731.39
Sm/NAS0.380.11Tm/NAS0.350.09
Sm/UCC0.480.14Tm/UCC0.510.14
Sm/Ch.10.203.00Tm/Ch.5.221.41
Eu/NAS0.480.12Yb/NAS0.360.09
Eu/UCC0.650.17Yb/UCC0.510.12
Eu/Ch.7.701.98404.62Yb/Ch.6.181.4725.52
Gd/NAS0.450.12Lu/NAS0.330.09
Gd/UCC0.580.16Lu/UCC0.470.12
Gd/Ch.7.351.9858.50Lu/Ch.4.681.23