Platinum group elements in mafic-ultramafic rocks of the Western Gneiss Terrain, Western Australia

摘要

The New Norcia and the Yornup bodies are situated within the high-grade Western Gneiss Terrain of the Yilgarn Block. The New Norcia body consists of mafic and ultramafic rocks of gabbronoritic, olivine-gabbronoritic and harzburgitic composition respectively, metamorphosed to amphibolite, amphibolitic serpentinite and serpentinite.