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 CHUNG^1,*, 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

Received: 30 May 2023/Accepted: 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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