New computer program TecD for tectonomagmatic discrimination from discriminant function diagrams for basic and ultrabasic magmas and its application to ancient rocks;Nuevo programa informático TecD para la discriminación tectonomagmática basada en diagramas de funciones discriminantes para magmas básicos y ultrabásicos y su aplicación a rocas antiguas

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Verma, S P ^a   Rivera Gomez M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arc; Discordancy tests; Linear discriminant analysis; Mid ocean ridge; Ocean island; Rift; Tectonomagmatic discrimination diagrams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGRAM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFT ZONE; ROCK; SOFTWARE; TECTONIC PLATE;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 84872131480     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2013.v39.n1.41757     Document Type: Article

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38. Acknowledgements:The second author (M.A. Rivera-Gómez) is grateful to Conacyt for the fellowship for Masteŕs studies under the guidance of the frst author (S.P. Verma). K. Panda-rinath and Sanjeet K. Verma are thanked for using the preliminary versions of TecD and providing suggestions for its improvement. We are also thankful to Alfredo Quiroz-Ruiz for continuous support and maintenance of our computing facilities essential for the development of our work. We are also much grateful to Prof. Rajesh K. Srivastava and an anonymous reviewer, both of whom greatly appreciated our work and recommended the publication of earlier manuscript in its present form, although we still tried to further improve our presentation through minor corrections of our original manuscript.