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Speculations on the spatial distribution of elements involve geochemical, geophysical and cosmochemical factors. From analyses of basalts and minerals in peridotites, it is found that: apatite with ∼3 wt% F, and up to 1 wt% Cl and 0.003 wt% Br, is the principal reservoir of halogens in the upper mantle and mica with ∼0.5 wt% F and 0.05 wt% Cl is a second reservoir; apatite with ∼18 wt% P accounts for most of the phosphorus in the mantle, but is insignificant with respect to ∼0.7 wt%P in the core; surface reservoirs contain at least two-thirds to three-quarters of the Cl and Br, but only one-fifth of the F and <1% of the P and finally the Cl and Br contents of the whole Earth are <66×1018 and < 17×1016 kg, using a new estimate of ∼10×1019 kgF.
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Smith, J. Halogen and phosphorus storage in the Earth. Nature 289, 762–765 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/289762a0
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