x-axis
SiO2
TiO2
Al2O3
Fe2O3
FeO
FeO(T)
MnO
MgO
CaO
Na2O
K2O
Na2O       + K2O
P2O5


y-axis
SiO2
TiO2
Al2O3
Fe2O3
FeO
FeO(T)
MnO
MgO
CaO
Na2O
K2O
Na2O      + K2O
P2O5


DataSet
Aleutian
Boulder Bath
Bndry Baths
Bushveld
ColumbiaR
Deccan
Hawaiian
Iceland
Lesotho
Leucite Hills
Komatiites
Ocean Atlantic
Ocean Pacific
Samoa
SierraNev
Skaergaard
SnakeR
Troodos Ophio

Plot data from your own csv file.

PetDB_Central_America_270-3

Variation Diagram for major elements only. Whole rock geochemical data from the US Geological Survey Petros Database. Click on the x-axis and y-axis button to change the plotting variables. Mouseover a datapoint for information about the sample. FeO(T) is total Fe recalculated as FeO. Click on a Dataset button to choose one of the following datasets:

  • ALEUTIAN ARC AND BERING SEA ISLANDS (ALU)
  • BOULDER BATHOLITH, MONTANA, USA (BLB)
  • BUSHVELD COMPLEX, AFRICA (BUS)
  • BOUNDARY BATHOLITHS, B.C., CANADA--USA (BZM)
  • COLUMBIA RIVER GROUP BASALTS, WA-OR-ID, USA (COL)
  • DECCAN TRAPS, INDIA (DEC)
  • HAWAIIAN AND RELATED ISLANDS, PACIFIC OCEAN (HAW)
  • ICELAND (ISL)
  • KOMATIITES ETC. ARCHEAN AFRICA, CANADA (UMF)
  • LESOTHO KIMBERLITES LESOTHO, AFRICA (LES)
  • LEUCITE HILLS WYOMING, USA (LEU)
  • OCEAN FLOOR ATLANTIC (O-A)
  • OCEAN FLOOR PACIFIC (O-P)
  • SAMOA ISLANDS PACIFIC OCEAN (SAM)
  • SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH CA-NV, USA (SRN)
  • SKAERGAARD INTRUSION GREENLAND (SKD)
  • SNAKE RIVER PLAIN IDAHO, USA (SNK)
  • TROODOS OPHIOLITE COMPLEX CYPRUS (TRO)
For more information about these data, visit the NOAA website (https://data.noaa.gov/).    

You can upload your own data from a comma separated value file (.csv) by clicking on the "Choose File" button. The first row of the .csv file has the oxide and element labels, and subsequet rows have sample data.        Your uploaded file will not be passed to the other diagram or map pages, but can be uploaded again on those pages.