… The mass balance equation gives the material transfer for species i , Δ C i , during alteration,
… For graphical representation, the concentration of each element is arbitrary scaled, eg, × 5 …

… Mass balance is of great significance in earth sciences. … Arbitrary scaling in ISOCON
method of geochemical mass balance: An evaluation of the graphical approach. …

… The isocon will be the straight line for which Δ C i is zero; therefore, those elements that fall
along the isocon are considered to be immobile during the alteration process. The slope will …

… isocon diagram. In this study, to quantify the chemical changes resulting from listwaenite in
alteration zones, mass balance … In this study, applying different methods in the mass balance …

… geometric approach indicates a large amount of volume loss, whereas the isocon method
and density-change approach … Numbers before element names are scaling factors, eg 2CaO. …

… scale and, therefore, are asymmetric or smaller than the marker size. The line defining the
ISOCON … The mass balance calculations performed above show that over 20 trace- and rare-…

… geochemical data of original and altered rocks are artificially scaled for portrayal in the isocon
… Element concentrations are arbitrarily scaled to avoid stacking. The original composition of …

… and on outcrop scale (figure 5… graphically plotting (or numerically calculating) the altered
composition against the original composition. We have attempted to compute the mass balance …

… The Gresens’ and Grant’s mass balance approach results … The isocon method provides an
evaluation of the degree of … of the isocon (𝑴𝐎/𝑴𝐀) can be estimated graphically by plotting 𝑪𝒊 …

… in element mobility and chemical mass balance in mylonitic and … We used the Isocon method,
a graphical approach, for the … and altered rocks are scaled with arbitrary factors in order to …