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Journal of the Geological Society; 1996; v. 153; issue.2; p. 323-328;
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.2.0323
© 1996 Geological Society of London

Article

A model to explain the occurrence of platinum- and palladium-rich ophiolite complexes

H. M. PRICHARD1, R. A. LORD2 & C. R. NEARY3

1 Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Wales College of Cardiff PO Box 914, Cardiff CF1 3YE, UK
2 Department of Environmental Technology, Benedict Building, University of Sunderland SR2 7BW, UK
3 Natural Environmental Research Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1EU, UK

During the last ten years significant concentrations of Pt and Pd (more than 1000 ppb Pt + Pd) have been reported from several ophiolite complexes including Shetland, Leka, Al 'Ays, Zambales, Ceruja and Thetford. Similar studies on others, including those in Cyprus and Oman, have failed to reveal equivalent concentrations. Here we compare the characteristics of these ophiolite sequences and propose that Pt- and Pd-rich ophiolites contain thick sulphur-bearing ultramafic crustal units that crystallized from PGE-rich boninitic magmas produced by excess partial melting in a water-rich subduction zone.


Keywords: Sheltand Islands, ophiolite, platinum, palladium, boninite.




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