windows(width=10,height=6) c1<- 150; i1 <- 0.715 #schist composition c2 <- 600; i2 <- 0.703 #basalt composition # Plot mixing par(mfrow=c(1,2)) #prepare two-graph layout f1 <- seq(0,1,by=0.05) #proportions of schist in mixture cm <- c1*f1+(1-f1)*c2 names(cm) <- f1 #conc. in mix [Eq.(16.2)] im <- i1*c1*f1/cm+i2*c2*(1-f1)/cm #87Sr/86Sr in mix [Eq. (16.1)] srlab <- expression(""^87*Sr/""^86*Sr) plot(cm,im,xlab="Sr (ppm)",ylab=srlab,type="b",pch=19) plot(1/cm,im,xlab="1/Sr (ppm)",ylab=srlab,type="b",pch=19) #Calculate 20% mixing f1 <- 0.2 #mixing proportion im <- (i1*c1*f1+i2*c2*(1-f1))/(c1*f1+c2*(1-f1)) # 87Sr/86Sr [Eq. (16.3)] print(im) #Calculate mixing proportion (reverse task) im <- 0.710 #87Sr/86Sr of the mixture f1 <- c2*(i2-im)/(im*(c1-c2)-i1*c1+i2*c2) #calc. f1 [Eq.(16.5)] print(f1)