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. 2010 Feb 16;107(9):4010–4015. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0908191107

Table 2.

ICP-MS analysis of magnetic separates.

Element
Unit
Tucson roof silt magnetics
Curry Draw streambed magnetics
Clovis surface F2/F1 Profile B3 magnetics
Approximately 1 cm below Clovis Surface—F1 sand surface


1AZ07

16MS07

26MS07
26
3-5MS07

Fe wt % 45.3 1.2 9.6 0.4 27.1 0.8 5.7 0.2
Ti wt % 0.8 0.1 6.9 0.2 2.2 0.1 5.1 0.5
W ppm (μg/g) 202 11 794 9 496 64 1132 85
Ni ppm (μg/g) 6 5 53 25 67 32 28 20
La ppm (μg/g) 19 15 124 60 38 28 347 219
Nd ppm (μg/g) 20 3 95 5 27 2 225 16
Sm ppm (μg/g) 3.6 1.7 18 2 4.8 1.6 35 3
Eu ppm (μg/g) BDL* 0.2 3.5 BDL 1.2 4.3
Gd ppm (μg/g) 5.7 7.2 22 11 5.0 8.1 34 26
Tb ppm (μg/g) 0.6 1.4 2.7 1.5 0.4 1.4 4.6 1.6
Dy ppm (μg/g) 4.4 4.9 16 4 3.3 3.7 26 4
Ho ppm (μg/g) BDL 2.1 3.5 BDL 3.8 3.8
Er ppm (μg/g) 1.2 4.5 8.5 7.7 0.1 4.2 16 6
Tm ppm (μg/g) 0.2 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.1 0.8 2.6 1.0
Yb ppm (μg/g) BDL 8.5 25.9 BDL 21 54.0
Lu ppm (μg/g) BDL 13.4 16.6 6.6 10.5 5.4 6.3
Hf ppm (μg/g) 29 1 192 8 155 12 124 3
Ta ppm (μg/g) 83 4 709 35 73 2 710 30
U ppm (μg/g) 6.3 0.6 9.1 0.8 3.1 0.6 7.7 1.9
Ir ppb (ng/g) 0.9 34 72 30 64 22 31 29

*BDL: sample signal below blank.

Sample signal overlaps with blank at 2σ level.