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TERNPLOT: TERNary PLOTting Excel 4.0 spreadsheet

A brief description of the spreadsheet can be found in cells P5-X31

The graph can be exploded to full screen size by double clicking on the
embedded graph located on top of cell I9

Modifiable plotting parameters

Min Max Incrmt Ticklen
A-axis 0.00 100.00 10.00 5.00
B-axis 0.00
Calcualted parameters DON'T CHANGE
B-axis 100.00 10.00 5.00
C-axis 0.00 100.00 10.00 5.00

Raw data X-Plot Y-Plot Normalised data

2Nb Zr/4 Y value value %A %B %C
0.00 50.00 50.00 37.50 0.00 0.00 50.00 50.00
12.00 60.00 28.00 25.50 12.00 12.00 60.00 28.00
34.00 52.50 13.50 22.88 34.00 34.00 52.50 13.50
79.00 14.00 7.00 34.88 79.00 79.00 14.00 7.00
0.00 23.00 77.00 57.75 0.00 0.00 23.00 77.00

50.00 33.00 17.00 31.50 50.00 50.00 33.00 17.00

56.50 16.50 27.00 41.44 56.50 56.50 16.50 27.00
50.00 33.00 17.00 31.50 50.00 50.00 33.00 17.00
12.00 60.00 28.00 25.50 12.00 12.00 60.00 28.00
35.00 37.50 27.50 33.75 35.00 35.00 37.50 27.50
50.00 17.00 33.00 43.50 50.00 50.00 17.00 33.00
35.00 37.50 27.50 33.75 35.00 35.00 37.50 27.50
31.00 36.00 33.00 36.38 31.00 31.00 36.00 33.00
22.00 37.00 41.00 39.00 22.00 22.00 37.00 41.00
3.00 53.00 44.00 34.13 3.00 3.00 53.00 44.00
22.00 37.00 41.00 39.00 22.00 22.00 37.00 41.00
24.00 33.50 42.50 40.88 24.00 24.00 33.50 42.50
22.00 21.00 57.00 51.00 22.00 22.00 21.00 57.00
Meschede, Martin. "A method of discriminating between different types of mid-ocean ridge basalts and continental tholeiites with the Nb  1bZr  1bY diagram." 

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A: Within-plate alkali basalts

B: Within-plate alkali basalts &
within plate tholeiites
C: E-MORB
D: Within-plate tholeiites
E: N-MORB

Zr/4

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Zr/4

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A B C
37.50 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00

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75.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00

37.50 100.00 100.00 0.00 0.00

115.47

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TERNPLOT USE

1. Place your data in the columns titled A,B,C, (excel columns B,C & D)
Axes are as: A
/_\
B C
Titles A,B & C can be replaced with your titles for clarity

2. All the calculations are within cells F14:I14 you will have to copy these

Five cells for each row of data you wish to plot

TERNPLOT LIMITS

1. You are limited to about 300 data points the way it's set up,
but it's easy to change that. Just use the insert command (shift cells down)
to add more rows above the triangle outline/labels data cells
which are at about cell F330 on. Excel should automatically increase the
the graph ranges to include the new rows and the triangle outline data

2. Due to Excels ecentricities between the position of objects on the screeen

and where they appear on the hardcopy it is difficult to place field boundaries
using the drawing tools in Chart. However, one can digitize the field boundaries
and then put the data in the column that draws the triangle outlines.
Importing the ternary plot to drawing programs such as Corel Draw can be done via the clipboard
Use Paste Special (Picture) in Corel Draw to paste the graph from the Clipboard

 1bZr  1bY diagram." Chemical geology 56.3 (1986): 207-218.

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2*Nb

Within-plate alkali basalts

: Within-plate alkali basalts &
thin plate tholeiites A
E-MORB
Within-plate tholeiites
N-MORB

Zr/4 Y

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Zr/4 Y

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A-B ticks
A B C
10.00 85.00 5.00
10.00 90.00 0.00
5.00 90.00 5.00

20.00 75.00 5.00

20.00 80.00 0.00
15.00 80.00 5.00

30.00 65.00 5.00

30.00 70.00 0.00
25.00 70.00 5.00

40.00 55.00 5.00

40.00 60.00 0.00
35.00 60.00 5.00

50.00 45.00 5.00

50.00 50.00 0.00
45.00 50.00 5.00

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60.00 35.00 5.00

60.00 40.00 0.00
55.00 40.00 5.00

70.00 25.00 5.00

70.00 30.00 0.00
65.00 30.00 5.00

80.00 15.00 5.00

80.00 20.00 0.00
75.00 20.00 5.00

90.00 5.00 5.00

90.00 10.00 0.00
85.00 10.00 5.00

10.00 5.00 5.00

10.00 10.00 0.00
5.00 10.00 5.00

20.00 5.00 5.00

20.00 10.00 0.00
15.00 10.00 5.00

30.00 5.00 5.00

30.00 10.00 0.00
25.00 10.00 5.00

40.00 5.00 5.00

40.00 10.00 0.00
35.00 10.00 5.00

50.00 5.00 5.00

50.00 10.00 0.00
45.00 10.00 5.00

60.00 5.00 5.00

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60.00 10.00 0.00

55.00 10.00 5.00

70.00 5.00 5.00

70.00 10.00 0.00
65.00 10.00 5.00

80.00 5.00 5.00

80.00 10.00 0.00
75.00 10.00 5.00

90.00 5.00 5.00

90.00 10.00 0.00
85.00 10.00 5.00

10.00 5.00 5.00

10.00 10.00 0.00
5.00 10.00 5.00

20.00 5.00 5.00

20.00 10.00 0.00
15.00 10.00 5.00

30.00 5.00 5.00

30.00 10.00 0.00
25.00 10.00 5.00

40.00 5.00 5.00

40.00 10.00 0.00
35.00 10.00 5.00

50.00 5.00 5.00

50.00 10.00 0.00
45.00 10.00 5.00

60.00 5.00 5.00

60.00 10.00 0.00

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Ticks on the line AC

A B C

10.00 5.00 85.00

10.00 0.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

20.00 5.00 75.00

20.00 0.00 80.00
15.00 5.00 80.00

30.00 5.00 65.00

30.00 0.00 70.00
25.00 5.00 70.00

40.00 5.00 55.00

40.00 0.00 60.00
35.00 5.00 60.00

50.00 5.00 45.00

50.00 0.00 50.00
45.00 5.00 50.00

60.00 5.00 35.00

60.00 0.00 40.00
55.00 5.00 40.00

70.00 5.00 25.00

70.00 0.00 30.00
65.00 5.00 30.00

80.00 5.00 15.00

80.00 0.00 20.00
75.00 5.00 20.00

90.00 5.00 5.00

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90.00 0.00 10.00

85.00 5.00 10.00

10.00 5.00 85.00

10.00 0.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

20.00 5.00 75.00

20.00 0.00 80.00
15.00 5.00 80.00

30.00 5.00 65.00

30.00 0.00 70.00
25.00 5.00 70.00

40.00 5.00 55.00

40.00 0.00 60.00
35.00 5.00 60.00

50.00 5.00 45.00

50.00 0.00 50.00
45.00 5.00 50.00

60.00 5.00 35.00

60.00 0.00 40.00
55.00 5.00 40.00

70.00 5.00 25.00

70.00 0.00 30.00
65.00 5.00 30.00

80.00 5.00 15.00

80.00 0.00 20.00
75.00 5.00 20.00

90.00 5.00 5.00

90.00 0.00 10.00
85.00 5.00 10.00

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10.00 5.00 85.00

10.00 0.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

20.00 5.00 75.00

20.00 0.00 80.00
15.00 5.00 80.00

30.00 5.00 65.00

30.00 0.00 70.00
25.00 5.00 70.00

40.00 5.00 55.00

40.00 0.00 60.00
35.00 5.00 60.00

50.00 5.00 45.00

50.00 0.00 50.00
45.00 5.00 50.00

60.00 5.00 35.00

60.00 0.00 40.00
55.00 5.00 40.00

Ticks on the line B-C

5.00 10.00 85.00

0.00 10.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

5.00 10.00 75.00

0.00 20.00 80.00
5.00 15.00 80.00

5.00 10.00 65.00

0.00 30.00 70.00
5.00 25.00 70.00

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5.00 10.00 55.00

0.00 40.00 60.00
5.00 35.00 60.00

5.00 10.00 45.00

0.00 50.00 50.00
5.00 45.00 50.00

5.00 10.00 35.00

0.00 60.00 40.00
5.00 55.00 40.00

5.00 10.00 25.00

0.00 70.00 30.00
5.00 65.00 30.00

5.00 10.00 15.00

0.00 80.00 20.00
5.00 75.00 20.00

5.00 10.00 5.00

0.00 90.00 10.00
5.00 85.00 10.00

5.00 10.00 85.00

0.00 10.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

5.00 10.00 75.00

0.00 20.00 80.00
5.00 15.00 80.00

5.00 10.00 65.00

0.00 30.00 70.00
5.00 25.00 70.00

5.00 10.00 55.00

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0.00 40.00 60.00

5.00 35.00 60.00

5.00 10.00 45.00

0.00 50.00 50.00
5.00 45.00 50.00

5.00 10.00 35.00

0.00 60.00 40.00
5.00 55.00 40.00

5.00 10.00 25.00

0.00 70.00 30.00
5.00 65.00 30.00

5.00 10.00 15.00

0.00 80.00 20.00
5.00 75.00 20.00

5.00 10.00 5.00

0.00 90.00 10.00
5.00 85.00 10.00

5.00 10.00 85.00

0.00 10.00 90.00
5.00 5.00 90.00

5.00 10.00 75.00

0.00 20.00 80.00
5.00 15.00 80.00

5.00 10.00 65.00

0.00 30.00 70.00
5.00 25.00 70.00

5.00 10.00 55.00

0.00 40.00 60.00
5.00 35.00 60.00

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5.00 10.00 45.00

0.00 50.00 50.00
5.00 45.00 50.00

5.00 10.00 35.00

0.00 60.00 40.00
5.00 55.00 40.00

Tick positions line A-B descending ord

used for the maximum tick length calcu

90.00 10.00 0.00

80.00 20.00 0.00

70.00 30.00 0.00

60.00 40.00 0.00

50.00 50.00 0.00

40.00 60.00 0.00

30.00 70.00 0.00

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0.00
0.00
### 20.00 80.00 0.00

These data points are

required for the triangle lines
DO NOT REMOVE 10.00 90.00 0.00

90.00 10.00 0.00

80.00 20.00 0.00

70.00 30.00 0.00

60.00 40.00 0.00

50.00 50.00 0.00

40.00 60.00 0.00

30.00 70.00 0.00

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20.00 80.00 0.00

10.00 90.00 0.00

90.00 10.00 0.00

80.00 20.00 0.00

70.00 30.00 0.00

60.00 40.00 0.00

50.00 50.00 0.00

40.00 60.00 0.00

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X Y
71.25 10.00
3.75 10.00
5.63 5.00

67.50 20.00
7.50 20.00
9.38 15.00

63.75 30.00
11.25 30.00
13.13 25.00

60.00 40.00
15.00 40.00
16.88 35.00

56.25 50.00
18.75 50.00
20.63 45.00

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52.50 60.00
22.50 60.00
24.38 55.00

48.75 70.00
26.25 70.00
28.13 65.00

45.00 80.00
30.00 80.00
31.88 75.00

41.25 90.00
33.75 90.00
35.63 85.00

71.25 10.00
3.75 10.00
5.63 5.00

67.50 20.00
7.50 20.00
9.38 15.00

63.75 30.00
11.25 30.00
13.13 25.00

60.00 40.00
15.00 40.00
16.88 35.00

56.25 50.00
18.75 50.00
20.63 45.00

52.50 60.00

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22.50 60.00
24.38 55.00

48.75 70.00
26.25 70.00
28.13 65.00

45.00 80.00
30.00 80.00
31.88 75.00

41.25 90.00
33.75 90.00
35.63 85.00

71.25 10.00
3.75 10.00
5.63 5.00

67.50 20.00
7.50 20.00
9.38 15.00

63.75 30.00
11.25 30.00
13.13 25.00

60.00 40.00
15.00 40.00
16.88 35.00

56.25 50.00
18.75 50.00
20.63 45.00

52.50 60.00
22.50 60.00

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67.50 10.00
71.25 10.00
69.38 5.00

63.75 20.00
67.50 20.00
65.63 15.00

60.00 30.00
63.75 30.00
52.50 0.00

56.25 40.00
60.00 40.00
45.00 0.00

52.50 50.00
56.25 50.00
37.50 0.00

48.75 60.00
52.50 60.00
30.00 0.00

45.00 70.00
48.75 70.00
22.50 0.00

41.25 80.00
45.00 80.00
15.00 0.00

37.50 90.00

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41.25 90.00
7.50 0.00

67.50 10.00
71.25 10.00
67.50 0.00

63.75 20.00
67.50 20.00
60.00 0.00

60.00 30.00
63.75 30.00
52.50 0.00

56.25 40.00
60.00 40.00
45.00 0.00

52.50 50.00
56.25 50.00
37.50 0.00

48.75 60.00
52.50 60.00
30.00 0.00

45.00 70.00
48.75 70.00
22.50 0.00

41.25 80.00
45.00 80.00
15.00 0.00

37.50 90.00
41.25 90.00
7.50 0.00

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67.50 10.00
71.25 10.00
67.50 0.00

63.75 20.00
67.50 20.00
60.00 0.00

60.00 30.00
63.75 30.00
52.50 0.00

56.25 40.00
60.00 40.00
45.00 0.00

52.50 50.00
56.25 50.00
37.50 0.00

48.75 60.00
52.50 60.00
30.00 0.00

33.75 90.00
67.50 0.00
69.38 5.00

30.00 80.00
60.00 0.00
61.88 5.00

26.25 70.00
52.50 0.00
54.38 5.00

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22.50 60.00
45.00 0.00
46.88 5.00

18.75 50.00
37.50 0.00
39.38 5.00

15.00 40.00
30.00 0.00
31.88 5.00

11.25 30.00
22.50 0.00
24.38 5.00

7.50 20.00
15.00 0.00
16.88 5.00

3.75 10.00
7.50 0.00
9.38 5.00

33.75 90.00
67.50 0.00
69.38 5.00

30.00 80.00
60.00 0.00
61.88 5.00

26.25 70.00
52.50 0.00
54.38 5.00

22.50 60.00

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45.00 0.00
46.88 5.00

18.75 50.00
37.50 0.00
39.38 5.00

15.00 40.00
30.00 0.00
31.88 5.00

11.25 30.00
22.50 0.00
24.38 5.00

7.50 20.00
15.00 0.00
16.88 5.00

3.75 10.00
7.50 0.00
9.38 5.00

33.75 90.00
67.50 0.00
69.38 5.00

30.00 80.00
60.00 0.00
61.88 5.00

26.25 70.00
52.50 0.00
54.38 5.00

22.50 60.00
45.00 0.00
46.88 5.00

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18.75 50.00
37.50 0.00
39.38 5.00

15.00 40.00
30.00 0.00
31.88 5.00

line A-B descending order

aximum tick length calculations

33.75 90.00

30.00 80.00

26.25 70.00

22.50 60.00

18.75 50.00

15.00 40.00

11.25 30.00

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7.50 20.00

3.75 10.00

33.75 90.00

30.00 80.00

26.25 70.00

22.50 60.00

18.75 50.00

15.00 40.00

11.25 30.00

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7.50 20.00

3.75 10.00

33.75 90.00

30.00 80.00

26.25 70.00

22.50 60.00

18.75 50.00

15.00 40.00

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