by GRT Jenkin
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General
COOL is a quick and easy to use program that models the
evolution of mineral stable isotope values in cooling
closed systems according to the model of Giletti (1986)*.
Further information is given in the paper: Jenkin et al. (1991) and
user manual. You can
obtain COOL for Mac's, PC's and UNIX boxes and the
manuals below.
*Giletti, B.J. (1986). Diffusion effects on oxygen isotope
temperatures of slowly cooled igneous and metamorphic
rocks. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 77, 218-229.
COOL Online - run COOL from your browser
This is now up and running. The best way to find out all about COOL
is to try
it!.
This demonstration works best if you have a fairly large colour
monitor and a browser that uses frames.
MacCOOL
This is Macintosh version 1.1, which runs COOL 1.5 on
your Mac. It is very easy to use. Unfortunately it is
incompatible with some of the newer Macs (known to have
problems with Centris 660, Quadra 660, Performa 5200, but
runs OK on my Performa 6200). We are working on this and
hope to provide an update at this site soon. The program,
together with data files and example input and output files
comes as a .hqx version of a Stuffit self-expanding
archive.You can decode the .hqx file on your Mac using
many utilities available from software archives e.g.
Stuffit (Stuffit Expander is freeware),
which can also be obtained directly from
Aladdin *.
Once you have got the COOL.sea file you double-click
it to install the program (Stuffit Expander will do
this automatically). Double-click the cool.apl icon to
start the program, and select Help for further
instructions.
To download this software click GET MacCOOL
(440k).
PC COOL
This runs COOL 1.5 on a PC under DOS. We have not heard of
any problems to date. The program together with data files
and example input and output files comes as a .zip file which
most PC's can uncompress.
To download this software click GET PC COOL
(187k).
UNIX COOL
This runs COOL 1.6 on a UNIX operating system. Version 1.6 has a
few more frills than 1.5, but is basically the same. The program,
data files and example input/output files come as a compressed (.Z)
tar file. This needs to be uncompressed (uncompress COOL.tar.Z)
then extracted (tar -xvf COOL.tar). The program
then needs to be compiled with an f77 compiler following the README
notes provided. If you are unfamiliar with UNIX or compiling programs
you may need to ask your systems administrator for advice.
To download this software click GET UNIX COOL
(216k).
MANUALS
There is a detailed user manual for COOL covering the theory and
explaining numerous worked examples (the example files that come with the
program). A software version of this (Word 4/PICT files for Mac) can
be obtained as a .hqx version of a Stuffit self-expanding archive (see
MacCOOL above, for details of how to deal with this). Please e-mail me if you need a more up to date version of Word.
To get the software version of the manual click
GET MANUAL
(232k).
We can also supply the manual in hardcopy
form. To save trees we would prefer that you obtain the software version.
Last updated: 07 August 2001 16:19
Dr G.R.T. Jenkin
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