Vertexview: An interactive program to analyze and plot petrological phase diagrams

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 883-888

  Castelli, Daniele ^a   Connolly, James A D ^b   Franceschi, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GF Servizi Ingegneria Informatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interactive graphics; Metamorphic petrology; Phase diagrams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; METAMORPHISM; PETROLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAM;

EID: 0031416580     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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