The Melt Program contains routines that help characterize volcanic rocks and also that calculate parameters needed to apply names based on chemical properties. This program calculates Thompson space components, names based on the Irvine and Barragar, and IUGS-Total Alkali versus Silica classifications, CIPW norms, and melt properties. The routines in the Melt Program will be needed to do the assignments associated with the first part of the Theory and Analysis section of the course.

Download Procedures
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator, then versions of the programs that run under Windows can be downloaded clicking here: MeltProg.exe. There are no versions that run on a Macintosh. MeltProg.exe is a self-extracting file. All you have to do is run the file after downloading. After downloading the self-extracting file, move it to the directory where you want to keep the Melt program. Then run MeltProg.exe. When the extraction is finished you should have three files in the directory: MELT2000.exe, the Melt Program; a help-file: MELTHELP.HLP; and a data file: RKS2000.rks.

Instructions on how to use the routines and the Melt Program will be given in the tutorials.