VizualAge

This is the new home of VizualAge, a U-Pb geochronology data reduction scheme and visualization add-on for iolite 2/3 (www.iolite-software.com) written as a set of Igor Pro procedures.

Requirements

1. Igor Pro 6.
2. Iolite 2.5 (i.e. freeware version) or 3+ (i.e. commercial version).

Installation

1. Copy VizualAgeDRS.ipf to iolite's "Data Reduction Schemes" folder.
2. Copy VizualAge.ipf, VizualAgeCalc.ipf and VizualAgePlotting.ipf to iolite's "Add ons" folder.
3. Restart iolite.

Known problems

Reference

Petrus, J. A., & Kamber, B. S. (2012). VizualAge: A novel approach to laser ablation ICP‐MS U‐Pb geochronology data reduction. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 36(3), 247-270.

See also,

Paton, C., Woodhead, J. D., Hellstrom, J. C., Hergt, J. M., Greig, A., & Maas, R. (2010). Improved laser ablation U‐Pb zircon geochronology through robust downhole fractionation correction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11(3). Chicago

Paton, C., Hellstrom, J., Paul, B., Woodhead, J., & Hergt, J. (2011). Iolite: Freeware for the visualisation and processing of mass spectrometric data. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 26(12), 2508-2518.