Geology of Bukit Panau, Tanah Merah, Kelantan

Abstract

A unique isolated hill of Bukit Panau around a flatland deposits comprise of Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary sequence overlying the Triassic granite rock body underneath it. Previous researchers claim that the contact between those two rock units is a nonconformity, but the evidences are insufficient to validate those claims. Therefore, this research studies the type of contact between the rock two rock units and verifies the geological age of the Panau Formation. Several fieldworks were conducted to the study area and petrographic and geochemical studies were performed on selected rock samples retrieved from the fieldwork. As a result, it is believed that Bukit Panau could possibly have two types of unconformities and that the Panau Formation is not the only formation there.