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The Stoichiometry of Mineral Compositions

Previous work by John Aitchison (1999) showed how log-ratio compositional data analysis can illuminate the relationships between components of a composition based on mineral constituents, However, his analysis was framed in terms of weight based compositional, so it did not illustrate directly the stoichometric relationships of the olivine minerals he investigated. We show how applying log-ratio compositional data analysis to the mole based composition illustrates the stoichometric relationships directly by investigating olivines, alkali feldspars and plagioclases. This approach has the potential to provide much greater meaning to geochemists than one based on weight based compositions

Universitat de Girona. Departament d’Informàtica i Matemàtica Aplicada

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Author: Grunsky, Eric C.
Bacon Shone, John
Abstract: Previous work by John Aitchison (1999) showed how log-ratio compositional data analysis can illuminate the relationships between components of a composition based on mineral constituents, However, his analysis was framed in terms of weight based compositional, so it did not illustrate directly the stoichometric relationships of the olivine minerals he investigated. We show how applying log-ratio compositional data analysis to the mole based composition illustrates the stoichometric relationships directly by investigating olivines, alkali feldspars and plagioclases. This approach has the potential to provide much greater meaning to geochemists than one based on weight based compositions
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/2072/299045
Language: eng
Publisher: Universitat de Girona. Departament d’Informàtica i Matemàtica Aplicada
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Subject: Estadística matemàtica -- Congressos
Mathematical statistics -- Congresses
Geoquímica -- Mètodes estadístics -- Congressos
Geochemistry -- Statistical methods -- Congresses
Estequiometria -- Congressos
Stoichiometry -- Congresses
Title: The Stoichiometry of Mineral Compositions
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
Repository: Recercat

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