EASYGRESGRANT-A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to quantify volume changes and to perform mass-balance modeling in metasomatic systems

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-196

  López Moro, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clusters of slopes and volume factors; Component ratio diagram; Composition volume diagrams; Isocon diagram; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGRAM; GRAPHICAL METHOD; MASS BALANCE; METASOMATISM; SPREADSHEET; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855541742     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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