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TERNPLOT: TERNary PLOTting Excel 4.0 spreadsheet TERNPLOT USE
Marshall, Daniel (1996), Tern
A brief description of the spreadsheet can be found in cells P5-X31
The graph can be exploded to full screen size by double clicking on the
embedded graph located on top of cell I9 1. Place your data in the colu
Axes are as:
Modifiable plotting parameters
Min Max IncrmtTicklen
A-axis 0.00 100.00 10.00 5.00 Titles A,B & C can be replace
B-axis 0.00
Calcualted parameters DON'T CHANGE
B-axis ### ### 5.00 2. All the calculations are with
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Five cells for each row of data
Raw data X-Plot Y-Plot Normalised data
Nb Y Ga value value %A %B %C
Chart data 45.45 54.55 0.00 17.05 ### ### ### 0.00
0.00 0.00 100.00 75.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 TERNPLOT LIMITS
Eby, G. Nelson. "Chemical subdivision of the A-type granitoids: petrogenetic and tectonic implications." Geology 20.7 (1992): 641-644. 1. You are limited to about 30
but it's easy to change that. Ju
Insert Your data Nb Y Ga to add more rows above the tr
which are at about cell F330 o
the graph ranges to include th
2. Due to Excels ecentricities
and where they appear on the
using the drawing tools in Ch
and then put the data in the co
Importing the ternary plot to d
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TERNPLOT USE
Marshall, Daniel (1996), Ternplot: An Excel spreadsheet for Ternary diagrams, Computers and Geosciences, vol. 22 #6, p. 697-699.
1. Place your data in the columns titled A,B,C, (excel columns B,C & D)
Axes are as: A
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B C
Titles A,B & C can be replaced with your titles for clarity
2. All the calculations are within cells F14:I14 you will have to copy these
Five cells for each row of data you wish to plot
TERNPLOT LIMITS
1. You are limited to about 300 data points the way it's set up,
but it's easy to change that. Just use the insert command (shift cells down)
to add more rows above the triangle outline/labels data cells
which are at about cell F330 on. Excel should automatically increase the
the graph ranges to include the new rows and the triangle outline data
2. Due to Excels ecentricities between the position of objects on the screeen
and where they appear on the hardcopy it is difficult to place field boundaries
using the drawing tools in Chart. However, one can digitize the field boundaries
and then put the data in the column that draws the triangle outlines.
Importing the ternary plot to drawing programs such as Corel Draw can be done via the clipboard
Use Paste Special (Picture) in Corel Draw to paste the graph from the Clipboard
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*A1-type anorogenic granites were supposed
to be related to sources that are like ocean
island basalt, related to partial melting or
fractional crystallisation.
*A2-type anorogenic granites were supposed
to be related to sources that are like arc-type
sources or average continental crust. These
are dervived by partial melting processes.
A1-type anorogenic
granites
A2-type anorogenic
granites
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