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TERNPLOT: TERNary PLOTting Excel 4.0 spreadsheet TERNPLOT USE

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 columns titled A,B,C
Axes are as: A
Modifiable plotting parameters /_\
Min Max IncrmtTicklen B C
A-axis 0.00 100.00 10.00 5.00 Titles A,B & C can be replaced with your title
B-axis 0.00
Calcualted parameters DON'T CHANGE
B-axis ### ### 5.00 2. All the calculations are within cells F14:I14
C-axis 0.00 ### ### 5.00
Five cells for each row of data you wish to plo
Raw data X-Plot Y-Plot Normalised data
2Nb Zr/4 Y value value %A %B %C
0.00 50.00 50.00 37.50 0.00 0.00 ### ###
12.00 60.00 28.00 25.50 ### ### ### ### TERNPLOT LIMITS
34.00 52.50 13.50 22.88 ### ### ### ###
79.00 14.00 7.00 34.88 ### ### ### 7.00 1. You are limited to about 300 data points the
0.00 23.00 77.00 57.75 0.00 0.00 ### ### but it's easy to change that. Just use the insert
to add more rows above the triangle outline/la
50.00 33.00 17.00 31.50 ### ### ### ### which are at about cell F330 on. Excel should
56.50 16.50 27.00 41.44 ### ### ### ### the graph ranges to include the new rows and
50.00 33.00 17.00 31.50 ### ### ### ###
12.00 60.00 28.00 25.50 ### ### ### ### 2. Due to Excels ecentricities between the pos
35.00 37.50 27.50 33.75 ### ### ### ### and where they appear on the hardcopy it is di
50.00 17.00 33.00 43.50 ### ### ### ### using the drawing tools in Chart. However, o
35.00 37.50 27.50 33.75 ### ### ### ### and then put the data in the column that draws
31.00 36.00 33.00 36.38 ### ### ### ### Importing the ternary plot to drawing program
22.00 37.00 41.00 39.00 ### ### ### ### Use Paste Special (Picture) in Corel Draw to p
3.00 53.00 44.00 34.13 3.00 3.00 ### ###
22.00 37.00 41.00 39.00 ### ### ### ###
24.00 33.50 42.50 40.88 ### ### ### ###
22.00 21.00 57.00 51.00 ### ### ### ###
Meschede, Martin. "A method of discriminating between different types of mid-ocean ridge basalts and continental tholeiites with the Nb  1bZr  1bY diagram." 

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2*Nb

A: Within-plate alkali basalts

B: Within-plate alkali basalts
& within plate tholeiites A
C: E-MORB
D: Within-plate tholeiites
E: N-MORB

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A B C
37.50 ### ### 0.00 0.00
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ata in the columns titled A,B,C, (excel columns B,C & D)

C can be replaced with your titles for clarity

ulations are within cells F14:I14 you will have to copy these

ach row of data you wish to plot

ted to about 300 data points the way it's set up,
change that. Just use the insert command (shift cells down)
ws above the triangle outline/labels data cells
out cell F330 on. Excel should automatically increase the
es to include the new rows and the triangle outline data

ls ecentricities between the position of objects on the screeen

y appear on the hardcopy it is difficult to place field boundaries
ing tools in Chart. However, one can digitize the field boundaries
e data in the column that draws the triangle outlines.
ernary plot to drawing programs such as Corel Draw can be done via the clipboard
cial (Picture) in Corel Draw to paste the graph from the Clipboard

1bZr  1bY diagram." Chemical geology 56.3 (1986): 207-218.

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