Tools


  • GeoMapApp - A data exploration and visualization tool developed by the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS).
  • EarthChem KML for Google Earth - a KML file that shows all available EarthChem data in Google Earth.
  • Google Earth Plotting Tool- Converts geochemical data into KML file. Developed by IFREE/JAMSTEC. Reference: Yamagishi et al. (2006), Integration of Geophysical and Geochemical Data, EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN11A-1142
  • Hacker and Abers Excel Worksheet, Macro, Subduction Factory 3. An Excel Worksheet and Macro for Calculating the Densities, Seismic Wave Speeds, and H2O Contents of Minerals and Rocks at Pressure and Temperature. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 5, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000614
  • ChemXSeer Table Extractor - Tool for extracting data out of tables in PDF documents.   Developed at the Penn State University. 
  • MELTS - Software package for modeling phase equilibria.
  • PRIMELT2- Software for Primary Magma Calculation, Herzberg, C., and P. D. Asimow (2008), Petrology of some oceanic island basalts: PRIMELT2.XLS software for primary magma calculation, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q09001, doi:10.1029/2008GC002057.
  • Norm 4 - CIPW norm Excel spreadsheet by Kurt Hollocher
  • PetroPlot! - A plotting and data management toolset for Microsoft Excel
  • PTGIBBS- An Excel Visual Basic program for computing and visualizing thermodynamic functions and equilibria of rock-forming minerals by A. Brandelik and H. J. Massone, Computers and Geosciences, (2004) v. 30, no. 9-10, 909-923 doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2004.06.001
  • Tri-plot - An Excel spreadsheet for generating triangular plots
  • GCDkit- The GeoChemicalData ToolKit is a system for handling and recalculation of whole-rock analyses from igneous rocks. It is written in R, an [open source] language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. Read the article: Janousek et al. (2007) doi:10.1093/petrology/egl013
  • Digital Dynamic Maps- A stand-alone "presentation manager" program that displays and links maps, images, movies, data and text, such as map explanations and field trip guides. Boundy, T.M and Condit, C.D., 2004, Bringing The Field Into The Classroom By Using Dynamic Digital Maps To Engage Undergraduate Students In Petrology Research, Journal of Geoscience Education v. 52, no. 4, p. 313-319
  • NIST CODATA - Constants and conversion factors.
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