This function calculates the coordinates of the ternary plot proposed by Giggenbach (1988) to identify the samples that can be used in the geothermometer calculations

giggenbach_ternary_transform(gdata)

Arguments

gdata

A geochemical_dataset object

Value

This function returns a data.frame with the following entries

  • cNa: concentrations of Na divided by 1000

  • cK: concentration of K divided by 100

  • cMg: square root of concentration of Mg