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Table 2 Elemental concentrations of the reductive leachates of iron oolites

From: Continental weathering as the source of iron in Jurassic iron oolites from Switzerland

Sample

Ca (wt.%)

Fe (wt.%)

Al (ppm)

Nd (ppm)

Sr (ppm)

Ca/Fe (molar)

H1

12.9

0.30

201

3.11

72.7

60

H2

28.8

1.02

120

7.37

476

39

WG1

5.04

2.67

146

1.88

55.7

2.6

WG3

15.4

1.20

109

4.53

257

18

EE-P4

0.18

0.19

677

2.18

13.8

1.3

EE-P6

10.9

1.10

340

3.66

460

14

EE-P7

3.52

1.08

353

2.12

278

4.6

EE-P9

3.67

2.01

352

3.11

124

2.5

EE-P12

15.2

1.09

484

5.20

370

19

EE-P18

7.17

1.10

226

3.37

220

9.0

EE-P20

9.87

1.32

515

3.91

283

11

EE-P22

11.6

0.96

369

4.50

350

17

EE-P23

0.95

0.17

1150

1.61

21.1

7.9

EE-P26

10.8

0.85

270

5.82

216

18

EE-P28

14.0

1.60

448

5.53

313

12

EE-P30

14.0

0.29

649

6.02

314

67

EE-P31

16.4

0.56

1264

8.44

388

40

EE-P32

8.34

0.27

954

3.74

203

43

EE-P33

12.0

0.28

847

6.61

276

61

  1. Concentrations are given as leached element per mass of original sample prior to leaching. Concentrations are from Element runs, except for isotope dilution-based Nd concentrations (Sect. 3). Measurement uncertainty corresponds to 5% for Ca, Fe, Al and Sr and to 1% for Nd (1 SD)