Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia

This paper focuses on the geomorphology, sedimentology and stratigraphy of Perak coastal deltaicplain in relation to Holocene sea level change. Based on analysis of topographic maps and aerial photographs, Perak River has undergone five stages of evolutions before its current river course. The...

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Main Authors: Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida, Abd Rahman, Abdul Hadi, Ab Talib, Jasmi
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spelling utp-eprints.86982017-03-20T02:03:53Z Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida Abd Rahman, Abdul Hadi Ab Talib, Jasmi QE Geology This paper focuses on the geomorphology, sedimentology and stratigraphy of Perak coastal deltaicplain in relation to Holocene sea level change. Based on analysis of topographic maps and aerial photographs, Perak River has undergone five stages of evolutions before its current river course. The first course (I) runs in a westerly direction near Kg Tg. Blanja. The second (II) and third (III) course stream towards southerly direction. The forth (IV) course branch from the recent river. The fifth flows along Kg. Ulu Dudap towards southerly direction. The first course develop may has been influenced by the Quaternary and Holocene development of the coastal plain. The river shifting towards southerly direction resulted in partial silting of the estuary. The Perak River has been shifted several times and finally followed the direction of the current river. Shallow boreholes from seventeen (17) locations within the area of Parit- Lumut- Bagan Datoh- Langkap in south of Perak has been analyzed. These data show that the Perak coastal plain sedimentary succession can be divided into three major intervals. The oldest interval A (Simpang Formation) was deposited within fluvial environment during the Pleistocene age. The second interval B (Gula Formation) was deposited within a marine environment possibly related to a sea level transgression. The third interval C forms terrestrially; it shows similar characteristics as to Beruas Formation, marked by the occurrences of peat and gravel sediments. It records a phase sea level drop. Keywords: Geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, transgression, regression. 2012-06-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8698/1/Maizatul_Asnida_binti_Abd._Manaf_camera_ready_for_ICIPEG2012__%2820_April_2012%29.pdf http://www.utp.edu.my/icipeg2012/ Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida and Abd Rahman, Abdul Hadi and Ab Talib, Jasmi (2012) Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia. In: Second International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences 2012 (ICIPEG 2012), 12-14 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur. (Submitted) http://eprints.utp.edu.my/8698/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic QE Geology
spellingShingle QE Geology
Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida
Abd Rahman, Abdul Hadi
Ab Talib, Jasmi
Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
description This paper focuses on the geomorphology, sedimentology and stratigraphy of Perak coastal deltaicplain in relation to Holocene sea level change. Based on analysis of topographic maps and aerial photographs, Perak River has undergone five stages of evolutions before its current river course. The first course (I) runs in a westerly direction near Kg Tg. Blanja. The second (II) and third (III) course stream towards southerly direction. The forth (IV) course branch from the recent river. The fifth flows along Kg. Ulu Dudap towards southerly direction. The first course develop may has been influenced by the Quaternary and Holocene development of the coastal plain. The river shifting towards southerly direction resulted in partial silting of the estuary. The Perak River has been shifted several times and finally followed the direction of the current river. Shallow boreholes from seventeen (17) locations within the area of Parit- Lumut- Bagan Datoh- Langkap in south of Perak has been analyzed. These data show that the Perak coastal plain sedimentary succession can be divided into three major intervals. The oldest interval A (Simpang Formation) was deposited within fluvial environment during the Pleistocene age. The second interval B (Gula Formation) was deposited within a marine environment possibly related to a sea level transgression. The third interval C forms terrestrially; it shows similar characteristics as to Beruas Formation, marked by the occurrences of peat and gravel sediments. It records a phase sea level drop. Keywords: Geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, transgression, regression.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida
Abd Rahman, Abdul Hadi
Ab Talib, Jasmi
author_sort Abd Manaf, Maizatul Asnida
title Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
title_short Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
title_full Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
title_fullStr Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Holocene Sea-level Change and The Development of Perak Coastal Plain, Perak, West Malaysia
title_sort holocene sea-level change and the development of perak coastal plain, perak, west malaysia
publishDate 2012
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