Sains Malaysiana 52(11)(2023): 3027-3044
http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2023-5211-02
The Mangking Sandstone
Formation of Kuala Tahan to Kampung Bantal: Sedimentology and Depositional Environment
(Pembentukan Batu Pasir Mangking Kuala Tahan ke Kampung Bantal: Sedimentologi dan Persekitaran Pemendapan)
KHOR WEI CHUNG1,*, KAMAL ROSLAN MOHAMED2, CHE AZIZ
ALI2, MUHAMMAD ASHAHADI DZULKAFLI2 & JASMI AB TALIB3
1Geology Programme,
Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
2Geology Programme,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi,
Selangor, Malaysia
3Department of
Geosciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Technologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak,
Malaysia
Diserahkan: 30 Mei 2023/Diterima: 3 November 2023
Abstract
The Mangking Sandstone of Tembeling Group in the Kuala Tahan region records part of the infill of the continental
extensional basin formed at the end of the Triassic. Described facies of this formation include sandy matrix conglomerate
(that shows evidence of pseudoplastic debris flow and
traction-dominated deposition), sandstones with trough, tabular and horizontal
stratification, laminated and massive mudstone. Groups
of associated facies are arranged into six distinct
architectural elements (channel, sandy bedform,
crevasse splay, laminated sand sheet, downstream and lateral accretion and
floodplain fines), which are constant with a fluvial origin for the succession.
The types of architectural elements present and their relationship to each
other demonstrate that the Mangking Sandstone
preserves a record of a meandering river system.
Keywords: Depositional environment; facies analysis; fluvial; Mangking Sandstone; Tembeling Group
Abstrak
Formasi Batu Pasir
Mangking yang merupakan Kumpulan Tembeling di rantau Kuala Tahan merekodkan
sebahagian daripada lembangan perluasan kebenuaan yang dibentuk pada akhir
Trias. Fasies yang ditakrifkan dalam pembentukan ini termasuk konglomerat
matriks berpasir (yang menunjukkan bukti aliran puing pseudo-plastik dan
pemendapan secara golekan), batu pasir bersilang palung, bersilang mendatar
serta batu lumpur berlaminasi dan masif. Enam sekutuan fasies disusun menjadi
enam unsur arkitektur yang menyokong tafsiran fluvial (alur, perlapisan berpasir, perlapisan helaian pasir, megar krevas, tokokan hilir dan mendatar serta dataran banjir). Jenis arkitektur dan hubungan sesamanya menunjukkan Batu Pasir Mangking ini dienapkan dalam sistem sungai berliku.
Kata kunci: Analisis fasies; Batu Pasir Mangking; fluvial; Kumpulan Tembeling; persekitaran enapan
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