MINSQ - a least squares spreadsheet method for calculating mineral proportions from whole rock major element analyses

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-368

  Herrmann, Walter ^a   Berry, Ron F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Least squares; Lithogeochemistry; Mineral proportion; MINSQ; Modal mineralogy; Normative; Solver

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCKS; SPREADSHEETS;

LEAST SQUARE; LITHOGEOCHEMISTRY; MINSQ; NORMATIVE; SOLVER;

MINERALS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MINERALOGY; SOFTWARE; SPREADSHEET;

EID: 0036881574     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-010     Document Type: Article

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