Every citation used across this documentation, collected in one place. Citations specific to one topic also appear inline on their own page (Equations, Phase Diagrams)

• this page is the complete list.

MIDAS itself

Citing the software

• Stroh, A. and Moulas, E.: MIDAS - Mineral Interface Dynamics and apparent-Age Simulation (application to garnet/biotite Lu-Hf geochronology), in preparation. See CITATION.cff for how to cite the software itself.

Numerical method MIDAS builds on

• Stroh, A., Aellig, P. S., and Moulas, E.: Numerical modelling of diffusion-limited mineral growth for geospeedometry applications, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 10203-10220, doi:10.5194/gmd-18-10203-2025, 2025. The methodological family MIDAS’s moving-boundary numerics and regridding approach build on (see MovingBoundaryMinerals.jl, the sister package for diffusion-limited mineral growth).

Diffusion, kinetics, and geochronology (see Equations)

• Bloch, E., Ganguly, J., Hervig, R., and Cheng, W.: $^{176}$Lu-$^{176}$Hf geochronology of garnet I: experimental determination of the diffusion kinetics of Lu$^{3+}$ and Hf$^{4+}$ in garnet, closure temperatures and geochronological implications, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 169, 12, doi:10.1007/s00410-015-1109-8, 2015.
• Chakraborty, S. and Ganguly, J.: Compositional Zoning and Cation Diffusion in Garnets, in: Diffusion, Atomic Ordering, and Mass Transport, Springer US, 120-175, doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-9019-0_4, 1991.
• Damköhler, G.: Einflüsse der Strömung, Diffusion und des Wärmeüberganges auf die Leistung von Reaktionsöfen, Z. Für Elektrochem. Angew. Phys. Chem., 42, 846-862, doi:10.1002/bbpc.19360421203, 1936.
• Faure, G. and Mensing, T. M.: Isotopes: Principles And Applications 3rd ed., WILEY, 2005.
• Ganguly, J., Hensen, B. J., and Cheng, W.: Reaction texture and Fe-Mg zoning in granulite garnet from Søstrene Island, Antarctica, J. Earth Syst. Sci., 110, 305-312, doi:10.1007/BF02702897, 2001.
• Kohn, M. J.: Models of garnet differential geochronology, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 73, 170-182, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.004, 2009.
• Lasaga, A. C.: Metamorphic reaction rate laws and development of isograds, Mineral. Mag., 50, 359-373, doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.357.02, 1986.
• Söderlund, U., Patchett, P. J., Vervoort, J. D., and Isachsen, C. E.: The $^{176}$Lu decay constant determined by Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotope systematics of Precambrian mafic intrusions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 219, 311-324, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00012-3, 2004.

Phase diagrams and thermodynamics (see Phase Diagrams)

• Connolly, J. A. D.: The geodynamic equation of state: What and how, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 10, doi:10.1029/2009GC002540, 2009.
• Connolly, J. A. D. and Kerrick, D. M.: Metamorphic controls on seismic velocity of subducted oceanic crust at 100-250 km depth, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 204, 61-74, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00957-3, 2002.
• Holland, T. J. B. and Powell, R.: An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest, J. Metamorph. Geol., 16, 309-343, doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00140.x, 1998.
• Riel, N., Kaus, B. J. P., Green, E. C. R., and Berlie, N.: MAGEMin, an Efficient Gibbs Energy Minimizer: Application to Igneous Systems, Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems, 23, doi:10.1029/2022GC010427, 2022.
• Stixrude, L. and Bukowinski, M. S. T.: Thermodynamic Analysis of the System MgO-FeO-SiO2 at High Pressure and the Structure of the Lowermost Mantle, in: Evolution of the Earth and Planets, AGU, 131-141, doi:10.1029/GM074p0131, 1993.
• Tinkham, D. K., Zuluaga, C. A., and Stowell, H. H.: Metapelite phase equilibria modeling in MnNCKFMASH, Am. Mineral., 88, 1174, 2003.

Individual solid-solution model references for the shipped example phase diagram are listed in Phase Diagrams.