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Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

This research was conducted at surrounding of Padanglamp, Barru regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia to understand the geology of the study area. The objectives for this research are to produce an updated geological map of study area with specific dimension of 25 kmz, to identify types of a fossil that...

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Main Author: Siti Nurkhalidah Husainy
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/5230/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.52302022-05-23T08:39:55Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/5230/ Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Siti Nurkhalidah Husainy This research was conducted at surrounding of Padanglamp, Barru regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia to understand the geology of the study area. The objectives for this research are to produce an updated geological map of study area with specific dimension of 25 kmz, to identify types of a fossil that present and lastly are to interpret age and depositional environment of study area based on fossil identifications. The method use is geological mapping in order to identify the geomorphology, lithologies, and geological structure. Based on this research, four major units of lithologies were found which are volcanic breccias, limestone, sandstone and intrusion of andesite and trachyte unit. For the specifications, method that used was simple soaked method where the fossils were soaked with hydrogen peroxide (H202) disaggregate fossils between rocks for it can reducing large chunks of sample to more manageable fragment compared to mortar and pestle where it resorted the fossils. The result from this study shows six species found which are Cerithium Salebrosum Sowerby, Cerithium T uberculatum, Cerithium Zonatum, Oliva Junghuhni, Septifer sp. and Ostrea sp.. where most of the different species of fossil can be found from Middle Neogene. The depositional environment of the study area was interpreted from shallow subtidal with restricted area of lacustrine or lagoon environment. 2018 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed Siti Nurkhalidah Husainy (2018) Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Final Year Project thesis, Faculty of Earth Sciences. (Submitted)
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description This research was conducted at surrounding of Padanglamp, Barru regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia to understand the geology of the study area. The objectives for this research are to produce an updated geological map of study area with specific dimension of 25 kmz, to identify types of a fossil that present and lastly are to interpret age and depositional environment of study area based on fossil identifications. The method use is geological mapping in order to identify the geomorphology, lithologies, and geological structure. Based on this research, four major units of lithologies were found which are volcanic breccias, limestone, sandstone and intrusion of andesite and trachyte unit. For the specifications, method that used was simple soaked method where the fossils were soaked with hydrogen peroxide (H202) disaggregate fossils between rocks for it can reducing large chunks of sample to more manageable fragment compared to mortar and pestle where it resorted the fossils. The result from this study shows six species found which are Cerithium Salebrosum Sowerby, Cerithium T uberculatum, Cerithium Zonatum, Oliva Junghuhni, Septifer sp. and Ostrea sp.. where most of the different species of fossil can be found from Middle Neogene. The depositional environment of the study area was interpreted from shallow subtidal with restricted area of lacustrine or lagoon environment.
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author Siti Nurkhalidah Husainy
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Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
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title Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_short Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_full Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_fullStr Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Geology and Palaeontology Study of The Padanglampe,Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_sort geology and palaeontology study of the padanglampe,barru regency, south sulawesi, indonesia
publishDate 2018
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