figures and charts and graphs, oh my!

Today I learned a few tricks that can be done with Isoplot when doing graphs (I downloaded the manual--when in doubt, read the manual!). This is a good thing. I now have lovely graphs which show the various temperatures and pressures obtained via each of the different techniques I've used for all of my samples in the Collingwood River area. It is terribly interesting to compare the scatter of the data within each one type of calculation, and across the different types. I've also started the writing of the summary of the various results for this area. After deleting a number of paragraphs written for the first draft of this chapter, before I obtained a bunch more results for a number of samples my net gain for the day was +53 words and four new figures. Plenty more to do tomorrow...

In other news, I also finished reading _Melting Stones_, and very much enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys books written with a young audience in mind that contain plenty of magic, and a generous dose of real science (yay, geology!).

figures and charts and graphs, oh my!

Today I learned a few tricks that can be done with Isoplot when doing graphs (I downloaded the manual--when in doubt, read the manual!). This is a good thing. I now have lovely graphs which show the various temperatures and pressures obtained via each of the different techniques I've used for all of my samples in the Collingwood River area. It is terribly interesting to compare the scatter of the data within each one type of calculation, and across the different types. I've also started the writing of the summary of the various results for this area. After deleting a number of paragraphs written for the first draft of this chapter, before I obtained a bunch more results for a number of samples my net gain for the day was +53 words and four new figures. Plenty more to do tomorrow...

In other news, I also finished reading _Melting Stones_, and very much enjoyed it. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys books written with a young audience in mind that contain plenty of magic, and a generous dose of real science (yay, geology!).