TERNARY PLOT

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TERNARY PLOT

Description:

A ternary plot or a triangle plot, is a barycentric plot on three variables which sum to a constant.
It graphically depicts the ratios of the three variables as positions in an equilateral triangle.

  • The x-axis is nothing but each end of the spider and each step of the spider considered as Y-axis.
  • Zero point of the radar chart starts from the centre of the wheel. Towards the edge of the spike, a point reaches, the higher the value.
  • It is a X vs (Y1,[Y2]....) graph.
    • X-axis represents one set of data.
    • Y-axis can represent single or multiple data sets.

Example

A B C
Sand Silt Clay
0.3 0.3 0.4
1 0 0
0 1 1
0 0 1
0.2 0.5 0.3
0.3 0.1 0.6
0.5 0.5 0
0.6 0.2 0.2

TERNARYPLOT(A1:C9)

Ternary.JPG

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