CHARACTERIZATION OF VOLCANIC

VOLCANIC--CLASTIC
IN SEMANTAN FORMATION
PREPARED BY: NURUL IZAZI BT AHMAD SUKRI (21310) SUPERVISOR: AP. DR HASSAN AL
AL--BAIOUMY
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

INTRODUCTION

Volcanic clastic sediment composed of pyroclastic flow, ash, lava are essential deposits in sedimentary succession of active tectonic margin setting which have been reworked or re-
sedimented (Fisher et.al, 1984). During Permian– Early Triassic, Sibumasu collide and subducted under Indochina terranes which cause widely distributed thick volcanic-clastic sedi-
ment filled in Semantan fore arc basin. This research conducted to further study of the characterization of volcanic-clastic sediment at Semantan Formation to reveal the mineral
composition and with it geochemical properties

PROBLEM STATEMENT & OBJECTIVE AREA OF STUDY

Problem statement:
This study was conducted at four different locations which are Kuala Lipis (Stop 1),
The mineral composition and the geochemical properties of the volcanic— clastic sediment at Se- Benta (Stop 2) and Triang (Stop 3) in Pahang and Ayer Hitam, Johor (Stop 4).
mantan Formation area rarely being highlighted by other author but based on the previous study
mostly suggested that Semantan Fm. Area have thick volcanic-clastic which deposited during Late
triassic.
Objectives:
1. To study the geology of Semantan Formation area A. Hitam

2. To analyse the sedimentology of volcanic turbidites at SemantanFormation area

3. To determine the mineral composition and the geochemical
properties of volcanic rock.
Triang

LITERATURE REVIEW
METHODOLOGY
 Fisher's classify volcaniclastic rocks, into autoclastic, pyroclastic,hydroclastic, alloclastic and epiclastic clas-
ses based on the particle-forming processes (Fisher, 1961, 1966).
 While, Mc Phie Classify volcaniclastic according to transportation and deposition mechanism. McPhie et
al. (1993) described four classes of deposit “autoclastic, pyroclastic, redeposited, syn-eruptive volcaniclas-
tic, and volcanogenic sedimentary.”
 During late Triassic Sibumasu collided and subducted beneath Indochina terrains which cause the thick
volcaniclastic deposited in Semantan Fore-arc basin along the Central Belt of Peninsular Malaysia.
 Hutchison (1989) reported that Semantan formation is fore-arc “accretionary” due to Triassic flysch-like
rock are covering the Central Belt of Penisula Malaysia mainly in Pahang to Johor
 Three rock types were identified by Umor , Abd Ghani (2012) which are rhyolite tuff, porphyritic quartz
rhyolite tuff and trachyte andesite at the vicinity of Benom which located in Semantan Formation

RESULT

SEDIMENTARY LOG
X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS
From the sedimentary log, there Sample 1 : Volcanic-Clastic from Kuala Lipis Sample 3 : Volcaniclastic from Triang
are four different facies can be
identified :
F1: Thick bedded sandstone (Ta)

F2 : Interbedded Sandstone Silt-

stone and Shale (Tb)

F3: Interbedded siltstone, mud-

stone and shale. (T (d))
Sample 2 : Volcaniclastic from Benta Sample 4 : Volcanic-Clastic from Ayer Hitam
F4: Thick bedded very fine sedi-
ment (Mud, Shales and Volcani-
clastic) (Te)

THIN SECTION ANALYSIS

X-RAY FLUORESENCE ANALYSIS
IUGS Chemical Classification
Figure 2: XRF + LOI
Figure 4: 16
Glass Shard the Com- Sam- Sam- Sam- Sam-
Muscovite 14
vesicle filled by 12
Quartz/Calcite mineral under ponen ple 1 ple 2 ple 3 ple 4
10
Na2O+ K2O

cross–
8
polarized plane 6
Si 73.9 64.7 76.06 66.47
4

Figure 5: Al203 13.0 15.5 13.41 15.96 2

Figure 3:
Colourless and Purple Dark brown Bio- K2O 2.2 3.1 2.3 3.2 0
35 45 55 65 75 85
SiO2
Quartz under cross- tite Mineral nder Na2O 2.6 1.9 2.69 1.93
polarized light polarized plane

CONCLUSION
The discovery of abudant volcaniclastic deposited in every outcrop shows that the sediment being widely transport by turbulent flow. REFERENCE
The suspension of the volcaniclastic mostly deposited at distal part of the submarine fan. The volcaniclastic in Semantan Formation
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may classify as pyroclastic or epiclastic of tuff based on the thin section analysis there are distribution of glass shar with vesicle,
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quartz, muscovite and biotite. From the X-Ray Diffraction analysis the mineral distribution ,the volcaniclastic rock are identified as sic) along the Karak-Kuantan Highway, central Pahang Geological Society of Malaysia, Bulletin 53, pp. 27 – 34
rhyodacite tuffaceous rock. Via XRF analysis the sample at K.Lipis and Benta indiacate Dacite while Triang and Ayer Hitam are Rhyolite 3. Hutchison.C.S (December 2014) Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Asia, Bulletin of the geological Society of Malaysia, volume 60, pp 1-18
All the sample tested fall under sub-alkaline rock.