VERTEXVIEW: An interactive program to analyze and plot petrological phase diagram

VERTEXVIEW is an interactive microcomputer program that permits interactive analysis, editing, and plotting of petrological phase diagrams. It has been designed as a menu-driven Microsoft Windows application to allow inspection of a large variety of calculated phase diagrams such as ternary chemographies, Schreinemaker projections and mixed-variable phase diagrams. Different windows, menus, and options are available depending on the kind of phase diagram provided in the input file. General commands include the Copy, Save, List, and Print commands, and different zoom options are provided. The program also provides single and/or multiple selection of invariant and univariant elements in Schreinemaker projections. Flexibility, ease of operation and on-line help make it ideal for both teaching and research. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.