mc_fit: Inverse thermobarometry with incomplete information

Preface

“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”

– Dirty Harry Callahan

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Table of contents

• What is mc_fit?
• Don’t like reading? A quick start guide
• Do’s and don’ts
  • Do’s
  • Don’ts
• Introduction
• Inverse problems
• Inversion strategy
  • Figures
  • Inversion parameter optimization
  • Uncertainty
  • Central vs. perturbed forward models
  • Implementation
  • Workflow
  • Limitations
• I/O file details and format
  • Input: my_project.dat
  • Input: my_project.imc
  • Output: my_project.out
  • Output: Console
  • Output: my_project_central.pts
  • Output: my_project_perturbed.pts
• Misfit and Bayes score
  • Misfit
  • Bayes score
  • Multiple assemblages and/or experiments
• mc_fit_plot
  • Standard workflow
  • The standard figure
  • Exporting modified figures
  • Filtering and diagnostics
  • Auxiliary visualization scripts
• Examples
  • Local-equilibrium problems with no unique bulk composition
  • Bulk-equilibrium problems with bulk compositional constraints
  • Bulk-equilibrium problems without bulk composition and modal constraints
  • Bulk-equilibrium problems with modal constraints
• mc_fit options
  • Option keywords grouped (roughly) by functionality
  • Option details
• mc_fit_plot options
  • Option keywords grouped by functionality
  • Option details
• Appendix A: Program comparison
• Appendix B: Bulk composition?
• Appendix C: Chemical potential and fugacity
• Appendix D: Ferric/ferrous iron content
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• Index of labels