bgt: a fortran 77 computer program for biotite–garnet geothermometry
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BGT: a FORTRAN 77 computer program for biotite±garnet geothermometry
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T.N. Jowhar*
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 General Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehra Dun 248 001, U.P., India
Received 1 December 1996; received in revised form 8 November 1998; accepted 8 November 1998
1. Introduction
Reconstruction of the P±T±t path followed by crus-
tal rocks during orogeny has assumed greater signi®-
cance. The P±T conditions can be calculated using
di�erent geothermometers and geobarometers, each of
which usually has several experimental and empirical
calibrations. The calculation of each geothermometer
or geobarometer is generally a laborious process
because of the complexity of the algebraic expressions
used.
Partitioning of Mg and Fe between coexisting biotite
and garnet is known to be signi®cantly dependent on
temperature of equilibration. Because of the common
occurrence of this mineral pair in medium to high
grade metamorphic rocks, the biotite±garnet Mg±Fe
exchange geothermometer ®nds wide application and
at present at least 20 di�erent calibrations are avail-
able. Some of the biotite±garnet geothermometric
equations are non-linear and can only be solved with
iterative methods, e.g. calibrations of Hodges and
Spear (1982), Indares and Martignole (1985) and
Holdaway et al. (1997).
Several models for biotite±garnet geothermometry
have been published since 1976. In order to select the
most appropriate model for any speci®c use as well as
to facilitate further application of biotite±garnet
geothermometry, it is desirable to be able to compare
the results of all previous calibrations. The program
BGT was prepared in FORTRAN 77 language for this
purpose. It includes the following 20 di�erent calibra-
tions of the biotite±garnet geothermometer:
1. Thompson (1976).2. Goldman and Albee (1977) second parameter sol-
ution.
3. Goldman and Albee (1977) ®fth rank solution4. Perchuk (1977).5. Ferry and Spear (1978).
6. Perchuk (1981).7. Hodges and Spear (1982).8. Pigage and Greenwood (1982).
9. Perchuk and Lavrent'eva (1983).10. Ganguly and Saxena (1984, 1985).11. Indares and Martignole (1985) model A.12. Indares and Martignole (1985) model B.
13. Perchuk et al. (1985).14. Hoinkes (1986).15. Aranovich et al. (1988).
16. Williams and Grambling (1990, 1992) model 3.17. Dasgupta et al. (1991).18. Bhattacharya et al. (1992) using the mixing par-
ameters for the pyrope±almandine asymmetricregular solution of Hackler and Wood (1989).
19. Bhattacharya et al. (1992) using the mixing par-
ameters for pyrope±almandine asymmetric regularsolution of Ganguly and Saxena (1984).
20. Holdaway et al. (1997).
2. Thermodynamic relationships for biotite±garnet
geothermometer
The thermodynamics of Mg±Fe partitioning betweenbiotite and garnet has been presented by Saxena
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(1969), Ganguly and Kennedy (1974), Thompson(1976), Ganguly and Saxena (1984, 1987) and
Dasgupta et al. (1991). The equilibrium conditions atP and T for the Mg±Fe exchange between garnet andbiotite according to the following reaction:
Fe3Al2Si3O12
Almandine� KMg3AlSi3O10�OH �2
Phlogopiteÿÿ*)ÿÿ
Mg3Al2Si3O12
Pyrope� KFe3AlSi3O10�OH �2
Annite
�1�
can be written as (Dasgupta et al., 1991)
DG 0�1,T � � PDV� 3RT ln KD � 3RT ln�gMg=gFe�Grt
ÿ 3RT ln�gMg=gFe�Bt � 0�2�
where DG(1,T )0 is the free energy change of the reaction
at 1 bar and T; DV is the molar volume change at 1
bar and 298 K; KD=(XMg/XFe)Grt/(XMg/XFe)
Bt=distribution coe�cient and g is the activity coe�cient.In Appendix A the biotite±garnet geothermometric
equations of di�erent calibrations are given for readyreference.
3. Program description
The program BGT is written in ANSI standard,FORTRAN77. Program BGT consists of a main pro-gram and 20 subroutines. It computes temperatureusing 20 di�erent calibrations of biotite±garnet
geothermometer (calibrations listed in Appendix A).The program does not take into account the compo-sitional limits of applicability of each individual cali-
bration and proceeds on to compute temperature.The evaluation of reliability of individual calibrationsis not the purpose of this paper, for which one is
advised to consult the references cited in this paper.The size of the source code BGT.FOR is 39521 bytes.The program was implemented on an IBM PC com-
patible microcomputer (80386DX and Intel Pentium)using MS-DOS operating system version 6.22. Theexecutable code of the program BGT.EXE was gener-ated using Microsoft FORTRAN 77 Optimizing
Compiler version 5.00. The size of the executablecode BGT.EXE is 54972 bytes. This computer pro-gram will run on any IBM compatible microcom-
puter.The input data required for this program is (for
each biotite±garnet pair):
Sample number.Fe2+, Mg, Mn, Ti, AlIV, AlVI, Ca cations of bio-tite.
Fe2+, Mg, Ca, Mn cations of garnet.
Pressure, P, in bars.
All data are accessed by the program using free for-mat READ statements; an ASCII data ®le is requiredfor data input (e.g. TEST.DAT). Any number of
samples can be put in one data ®le, but they should bein the order mentioned next. Data required for properprogram execution is as follows:
Line 1: sample number. Any characters in column 1to 65.
Line 2: biotite cations in the following order (separ-ated by comma): Fe2+, Mg, Mn, Ti, AlIV, AlVI, Ca.Line 3: garnet cations in the following order (separ-ated by comma): Fe2+, Mg, Ca, Mn.
Line 4: pressure, P, in bars.
Program output is directed to a separate ASCII ®le
(e.g. TEST.OUT) and consists of the following:
1. Input data for each sample.
2. The following recalculated values for biotite andgarnet:
XMGGAR=XMgGrt=[Mg/(Mg+Fe)]Grt
XFEGAR=XFeGrt=[Fe/(Mg+Fe)]Grt
XMGBIO=XMgBt =[Mg/(Mg+Fe)]Bt
XFEBIO=XFeBt=[Fe/(Mg+Fe)]Bt
XMG/XFE GARNET=(XMg/XFe)Grt=(Mg/
Fe)Grt
XMG/XFE BIOTITE=(XMg/XFe)Bt=(Mg/Fe)Bt
KD=KD=(XMg/XFe)Grt/(XMg/XFe)
Bt=(Mg/
Fe)Grt/(Mg/Fe)Bt
LNKD=log(KD)XPY=XPrp
Grt=Mg/(Fe+Mg+Ca+Mn)
XAL=XAlmGrt =Fe/(Fe+Mg+Ca+Mn)
XGR=XGrsGrt=Ca/(Fe+Mg+Ca+Mn)
Table 1
Test sample data. Sample JS3883 from Chipera and Perkins
(1988), sample 78B from Hodges and Spear (1982)
Sample Biotite Garnet
JS3883 78B JS3883 78B
Cations per 22 oxygens cations per 24 oxygens
Fe2+ 2.245 2.320 Fe2+ 3.983 4.448
Mg 2.528 2.262 Mg 0.744 0.540
Mn 0.000 0.015 Ca 0.354 0.148
Ti4+ 0.251 0.163 Mn 0.871 0.648
AlIV 2.493 2.511
AlVI 0.665 1.008
Ca 0.029 0.018
JS3883, P=5000 bar
78B, P=3760 bar
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XSP=XSpsGrt=Mn/(Fe+Mg+Ca+Mn)
XPH=XPhlBt =Mg/(Fe+Mg+Ti+AlVI)
XANN=XAnnBt =Fe/(Fe+Mg+Ti+AlVI)
3. Temperature for biotite±garnet geothermometer
using 20 di�erent calibrations.
Results of the test sample data listed in Table 1
(input data ®le TEST.DAT) are presented in AppendixB.All the calculations used in the present program
have been tested and reproduce the results given bythe authors, where available.
4. Program availability
The source code BGT.FOR, executable codeBGT.EXE and sample test data ®le TEST.DAT are
available from the author by sending a nonformatted3.5 inch ¯oppy disk. The program is also available byanonymous FTP from FTP.IAMG.ORG, or via
Internet from www.iamg.org/CGEditor/index.htm.
Acknowledgements
I thank Dr. Dexter Perkins and an anonymousreviewer for reviewing this manuscript and o�ering
valuable and helpful comments. I am also thankful toDr. V.C. Thakur, Director, Wadia Institute ofHimalayan Geology, Dehra Dun for encouragementand permission to publish this paper.
Appendix A. Biotite±garnet geothermometric equations
of di�erent calibrations
T is in degrees Kelvin, P is in bars and R=1.9872
cal molÿ1 degÿ1. All Fe as Fe2+.
A.1. Thompson (1976)
T � �2739:646� 0:0234P ��ln KD � 1:56�
where
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt
�XMg=XFe�Grt
A.2. Goldman and Albee (1977)Second parameter solution:
ln KD � ÿ0:257�20:015�1000 ln aQM � 0:522�20:134�
Fifth rank solution:
ln KD �26664ÿ0:0177�20:010�1000 ln aQ
M ÿ 1:22�20:14�X GrtMn
ÿ2:14�20:13�X GrtCa � 1:40�20:09�X Bt
Fe
�0:942�20:109�X BtTi ÿ 1:59�20:21�X Bt
Al�VI �ÿ0:492�20:068��
37775where
1000ln aQM � 5:57�106=T 2�
KD � �Mg=Fe�Grt=�Mg=Fe�Bt
XBtFe � Fe=�Fe�Mg�
XBtTi � Ti=�Fe�Mg�Mn� Ti� AlVI�
XBtAl�VI � � AlVI=�Fe�Mg�Mn� Ti� AlVI�
XGrtMn � Mn=�Fe�Mg�Mn� Ca�
XGrtCa � Ca=�Fe�Mg�Mn� Ca�
A.3. Perchuk (1977)
T � 3416:4=�ln KD � 2:30128�where
KD � �XMg=�1ÿ XMg��Bt��1ÿ XMg�=XMg�Grt
XMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe�Mn�
A.4. Ferry and Spear (1978)
T � 12454� 0:057P
4:662ÿ 3R ln K
where
K � �Mg=Fe�Grt=�Mg=Fe�Bt
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A.5. Perchuk (1981)
T � �3650=�ln KD � 2:57�� � 252:25�X GrtMn ÿ 0:035�
where
XGrtMn � Mn=�Mg� Fe�Mn�
XGrtMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe�Mn�
KD � �XMg=�1ÿ XMg��Bt��1ÿ XMg�=XMg�Grt
A.6. Hodges and Spear (1982)
T � 12454� 0:057P
4:662ÿ 3R ln K1
where
K1 � �aPrp=aAlm�Grt=�aPhl=aAnn�Bt
� �XPrp=XAlm�Grt=�XPhl=XAnn�Bt � �gPrp=gAlm�
� gPrp
gAlm
�� exp
26664��3300:0ÿ 1:5T ���X 2
Grs � XAlmXGrs � XGrsXSps � XPrpXGrs�RT
�WMgMn�X 2Sps � XGrsXSps � XAlmXSps � XPrpXSps�
RT
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XPrp � Mg=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XAlm � Fe=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XGrs � Ca=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XSps � Mn=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XPhl � Mg=�Fe�Mg� Ti� AlVI�
XAnn � Fe=�Fe�Mg� Ti� AlVI�
WMgMn � 0
A.7. Pigage and Greenwood (1982)
T � 1586X GrtCa � 1308X Grt
Mn � 2089� 0:00956P
0:78198ÿ ln k
where
K � �XMg=XFe�Grt=�XMg=XFe�Bt
XGrtCa � Ca=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XGrtMn � Mn=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
A.8. Perchuk and Lavrent'eva (1983)
T � 7843:7� DV�Pÿ 6000�1:9872 ln KD � 5:699
where
DV � ÿ0:0577
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt=�XMg=XFe�Grt
A.9. Ganguly and Saxena (1984, 1985)
T �
A� �WFeMg�XFe ÿ XMg� � DWCaXCa � DWMnXMn�Grt=R
ln KD ÿ DS 0=Rÿ ln�gFe ÿ gMg�Bt
where
A � 1175� 9:45P �kbar�
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DS 0=R � ÿ0:782
W GrtFeMg �W Fe±Mg
H �Mg=�Mg� Fe2���Grt
�WMg±FeH �Fe2�=�Mg� Fe2���Grt
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt=�XMg=XFe�Grt
WFe±MgH � 200
WMg±FeH � 25002500
WS � 0
DWCa � 30002500
DWMn � 30002500
A.10. Indares and Martignole (1985)Model A:
T �
24 �12454� 0:057P� 3�ÿ454X BtAl ÿ 6767X Bt
Ti��3�3300ÿ 1:5T �X Grt
Ca �4:662ÿ 5:9616 ln KD
35Model B:
T �
24 �12454� 0:057P� 3�ÿ1590X BtAl ÿ 7451X Bt
Ti��3�3000�X Grt
Ca � X GrtMn���
4:662ÿ 5:9616 ln KD
35where
XBti � i=�Fe�Mg�Mn� AlVI � Ti �,
i � Fe, Mg, Mn, AlVI, Ti
XGrtj �j=�Fe�Mg�Mn� Ca�,
j � Fe, Mg, Mn, Ca
KD � �XMg=XFe�Grt=�XMg=XFe�Bt
A.11. Perchuk et al. (1985)
T � 3720� 2871X GrtCa � 0:038P
ln KD � 0:625X GrtCa � 2:868
where
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt=�XMg=XFe�Grt
XGrtCa � Ca=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
A.12. Hoinkes (1986)
T � 2089� 0:00956P
0:7821ÿ ln K1 ÿ 2:978X GrtCa � 5:906�X Grt
Ca �2
where
K1 � �XMg=XFe�Grt=�XMg=XFe�Bt
XGrtCa � Ca=�Mg� Fe� Ca�Mn�
A.13. Aranovich et al. (1988)
T �"3873:1� 2871X Grt
Ca � 0:0124Pÿ 957NBtAl
ln KD � 2:609� 1:449X GrtCa � 0:287NBt
Al
#where
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt=�XMg=XFe�Grt
XGrtCa � Ca=3
XGrtMg � Mg=3
XGrtFe � Fe=3
NAlBt is the number of Al in octahedral coordination of
biotite formula calculated per 11 oxygens
A.14. Williams and Grambling (1990, 1992)Model 3:
T �
264 �ÿ17368ÿ 79:5P �kbar� � 1579ÿW GrtMgFe�XAlm ÿ XPrp�
ÿ12550�XGrs� ÿ 8230�XSps��R�ln KD ÿ 0:782ÿ ln�Fe2�Bt=FeTot,Bt��
375
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where
KD � �XMg=XFe�Grt=�XMg=XFe�Bt
WGrtMgFe �WFe±Mg�XPrp=�XPrp � XAlm�� �WMg±Fe�XAlm�XPrp � XAlm��
WFe±Mg � 695
WMg±Fe � 2115, R � 8:3143 J K ÿ1 molÿ1
�Fe2�Bt=FeTot,Bt� � 0:90
XPrp � Mg=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XAlm � Fe=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XGrs � Ca=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn�
XSps � Mn=�Fe�Mg� Ca�Mn
A.15. Dasgupta et al. (1991)
T �24 4301� 3000X Grt
Ca � 1300X GrtMn ÿ 495�XMg ÿ XFe�Grt ÿ 3595X Bt
Al�VI �
ÿ4423X BtTi � 1073�XMg ÿ XFe�Bt � 0:0246P=�1:85ÿ R ln KD�
35where
KD � �Fe=Mg�Bt=�Fe=Mg�Grt � �Mg=Fe�Grt=�Mg=Fe�Bt
XGrtMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtFe � Fe2�=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtCa � Ca=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtMn � Mn=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XBtMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe� AlVI � Ti �
XBtAl�VI � �
XAlÿ �Si� AlIV� where Si� AlIV � 3 per formula unit
XBtTi � Ti=�Mg� Fe� AlVI � Ti �
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XBtFe � Fe=�Mg� Fe� AlVI � Ti �
A.16. Bhattacharya et al. (1992)Using the mixing parameters for the pyrope±almandine asymmetric regular solution of Hackler and Wood (1989):
T�HW� �
2666664�20286� 0:0193Pÿ f2080�X Grt
Mg�2 ÿ 6350�X GrtFe �2
ÿ13807�X GrtCa ��1ÿ X Grt
Mn� � 8540�X GrtFe ��X Grt
Mg��1ÿ X GrtMn�
�4215�X GrtCa ��X Grt
Mg ÿ X GrtFe �g � 4441�2X Bt
Mg ÿ 1����13:138� 8:3143 ln KD � 6:276�X Grt
Ca ��1ÿ X GrtMn��
3777775Using the mixing parameters for pyrope±almandine asymmetric regular solution of Ganguly and Saxena (1984):
T�GS� �
2666664�13538� 0:0193Pÿ f837�X Grt
Mg�2 ÿ 10460�X GrtFe �2
ÿ13807�X GrtCa ��1ÿ X Grt
Mn� � 19246�X GrtFe ��X Grt
Mg��1ÿ X GrtMn�
�5649�X GrtCa ��X Grt
Mg ÿ X GrtFe �g � 7972�2X Bt
Mg ÿ 1����6:778� 8:3143 ln KD � 6:276�X Grt
Ca ��1ÿ X GrtMn��
3777775where
KD � �XMg=XFe�Bt=�XMg=XFe�Grt
XGrtMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtFe � Fe2�=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtCa � Ca=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XGrtMn � Mn=�Mg� Fe2� � Ca�Mn�
XBtMg � Mg=�Mg� Fe2��
A.17. Holdaway et al. (1997)
T � 41952� 0:311P� G� B
10:35ÿ 3R ln KD
where R=8.31441
G � 2XMgXFe�WGrtFeMg ÿWGrt
MgFe� � X2FeW
GrtMgFe ÿ X2
MgWGrtFeMg
B � ÿWBtMgFe�XFe ÿ XMg�
WGrtFeMg � ÿ24166� 22:09Tÿ 0:034P
WGrtMgFe � 22265ÿ 12:40T� 0:050P
WBtMgFe � 40719ÿ 30T
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