TWQ or TWEEQU

(Thermobarometry With
Estimation of Equilibration State)

By- Dr. Divya Prakash

Dept. of Geology, B.H.U.
❖ TWQ or TWEEQU (Thermobarometry With Estimation of
Equilibration State) is an interactive program for calculation of
mineral equilibria

❖ It has been developed by Rob Berman of the Geological

Survey of Canada

❖ It can calculate many types of phase diagrams, its primary

application is geothermobarometry using internally consistent
thermodynamic data for endmembers and solid solutions that
have been derived simultaneously from relevant experimental
constraints.
 At present there are Four versions of TWQ

1. TWQ (version 1.02, June, 1992) – Oldest version

Thermodynamic data of Berman (1988), Berman (1990) with amphibole
thermobarometry capabilities from Mader et al. (1994)

2. TWQ2.01 (version 2.01, October, 1996)

Thermodynamic data of Berman (1988) updated with internally
consistent solid solution and end-member data for garnet, olivine,
orthopyroxene, cordierite, ilmenite from (Berman & Aranovich, 1996)

3. TWQ2.02 (version 2.02, January, 1997)

Thermodynamic data of Berman (1988) updated with internally
consistent solid solution and end-member data for: garnet, olivine,
orthopyroxene, cordierite, ilmenite from (Berman & Aranovich, 1996)
clinopyroxene (Berman et al., 1995) biotite, spinel (Berman &
Aranovich, unpublished data)

4. winTWQ (version 2.32, February, 2007) – Most recent

version
TWQ includes documentation files and these main programs:

Program Description
CMP Calculation of mineral formulae & compositional plots from
microprobe analyses
TWQ Calculation of phase diagrams and thermobarometric results
LASER To make high resolution hard copy
CLEAN Reposition overlapping labels on phase diagrams
PLOT On-screen plotting of output files from CMP and TWQ
INTERSX To compute average thermobarometric results
DXF Conversion of plot files for import into graphics programs and
printing
There are two types of files in TWQ folder:

1. OXI File: in which you can enter your data and edit
your data for the TWQ calculations

2. CMP File: non editable form of OXI file and used as

input in TWQ calculation
How to make CMP File:

1. To make CMP file, OXI file used as input file

2. Open CMP.exe file

3. Enter file name with mineral compostions i.e. name

of the OXI File, for example, pra.oxi (A)

4. Enter Yes or No for second option Ferric ion Included (B)

CMP Window

A
B
 Steps for Running TWQ

Step1. Start TWQ program and press escape button for new window
Step 2. select type of diagram and again press escape for next window
Step 3.Enter the name of Elements involved in the calculation
Step 4. After pressing Return key the following window is appeared and
all element will be capitalized, then press ESCAPE button for next window
Step 5. Select minerals for the list and press Escape for next window
Step 6. Inter the solution model for different minerals and press escape
for next window
Solution Model
Step 7. Write the name of the your input file which was made by
CMP.Exe file for Example PCS.CMP, then press ENTER
for next window
It shows summary of the out put (B) and other options
for proceeding of next step (A)

B
Open PLOT. Exe for seeing result in the graphical mode
 SUMMARY.DAT: gives all information about the your
calculation

LASER.EXE: run it to get hard copy of diagrammatic view

CLEAN.EXE: run it to clean up labels

Thank You