Abstract
Adiabat_1ph: A new public front-end to the MELTS, pMELTS, and pHMELTS models
Adiabat_1ph: A new public front-end to the MELTS, pMELTS, and pHMELTS models
Paula M. Smith
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Mail Code 170-25,
91125, USA
Paul D. Asimow
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Mail Code 170-25,
91125, USA
The program adiabat_1ph is a simple text-menu driver for subroutine versions of the algorithms MELTS, pMELTS, and pHMELTS
[
Asimow et al., 2004
;
Ghiorso et al., 2002
;
Ghiorso and Sack, 1995
]. It may be used to calculate equilibrium assemblages along a thermodynamic path set by the user and can simultaneously calculate
trace element distributions. The MELTS family of algorithms is suitable for multicomponent systems, which may be anhydrous,
water-undersaturated, or water-saturated, with the options of buffering oxygen fugacity and/or water activity. A wide variety
of calculations can be performed either subsolidus or with liquid(s) present; melting and crystallization may be batch, fractional,
or continuous. The software is suitable for Linux, MacOS X, and Windows, and many aspects of program execution are controlled
by environment variables. Perl scripts are also provided that may be used to invoke adiabat_1ph with some command line options
and to produce output that may be easily imported into spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel. Benefits include a batch
mode, which allows almost complete automation of the calculation process when suitable input files are written. This technical
brief describes version 1.04, which is provided as ancillary material. Binaries, scripts, documentation, and example files for this and future releases may be downloaded at
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/∼asimow/adiabat. On a networked computer, adiabat_1ph automatically checks whether a newer version is available.
Received 14
August
2004;
accepted 5
January
2005;
published 15
February
2005.
Citation: Smith, P. M., and P. D. Asimow
(2005),
Adiabat_1ph: A new public front-end to the MELTS, pMELTS, and pHMELTS models,
Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,
6,
Q02004,
doi:10.1029/2004GC000816.