Malaysian Geologist (BoG) - Vol. 1, No. 1, JULY 2021

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AFGeo

was officially established

WEDNEDSAY 07 APRIL 2021 by the members.

AHistoric moment indeed when the
founding members of Regional
Congress on Geology, Minerals
and Energy Resources of Southeast
Asia (GEOSEA) signed a memorandum
of agreement (MOU) to formalise the
formation of ASEAN Federation of
Geological Organisations (AFGeo).

The four founding members are the Trust Vietnam Union of Geological Science
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), the and Myanmar Geoscience Society will
Geological Society of Thailand (GST), the soon sign the MOU as well.
Geological Society of the Phillipines (GSP)
and Indonesia Association of Geologists Next is to formulate the Mutual
(IAGI). This occasion was in conjunction Recognition Agreement (MRA) under
with National Geoscience Conference ASEAN Secretariat so that the mobility
NGC 2020/21. and recognition of geologists within
Southeast Asia are regulated.
Each organisation was represented by
the President and the Secretary. GSM We also need to promote AFGeo
was represented by me as President, and ASEAN geologists to be mutually
Dr Lim Choun Sian (GSM’s Treasurer recognised professionally in the world.
and Secretary of GEOSEA Regional Now, Malaysia, Thailand and the
Secretariat), Dato Yunus Abd Razak Philippines have their own Geologists Act
(GSM’s Past President and Chairperson while IAGI is in progress to have such Act
for GEOSEA Regional Secretariat), Farah in Indonesia.
(GSM’s Secretary) and Norazianti (Asst
Secretary of GSM). History of GEOSEA:

I am proud to be part of this great initiative. The inaugural GEOSEA was held in 1972 at
It all started when I presented the idea of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur,
AFGeo during the executive meeting in Malaysia, and was organized by the four
Hanoi in Oct 2018 during GEOSEA XV. The co-founding institutions: Geological
idea immediately received huge support Society of Malaysia (GSM), Ikatan Ahli
Geologi Indonesia (IAGI), Geological

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Society of the Philippines, crystal and a geological background.
and Geological Society of hammer. The twin crystal The background color
Thailand. Since then, each represents continuous is similar to that used
co-founding institution growth as a single entity, in the ASEAN logo, to
took turns to host GEOSEA whilst the geological capture the vision of
on the rotational basis. hammer is depicted an ASEAN community
as solid without joints, of geoscientists. The
The GEOSEA Secretariat reflecting the strength and design of the GEOSEA
was established in 2009 unity among geoscientists flag was agreed upon at
during the Business of the region. The logo the Business Meeting of
Meeting chaired by the was created during the GEOSEA XII, chaired by the
President of the Geological early days and a major President of the Geological
Society of Malaysia, Dato’ contributor to the design Society of Thailand, Mr.
Yunus Abdul Razak. was Dr. Prinya Nutalaya Songpope Polachan.
from the Geological
Activities of the GEOSEA Society of Thailand. Reported by,
Secretariat are funded Askury Abd Kadir
by the Geological Society The rectangular GEOSEA
of Malaysia. The GEOSEA flag carries the logo
logo comprises a twinned in black on an orange

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7uGQvj7RI

Abd Rasid Jaapar, Pengerusi JK BOG berfungsi sebagai 1. Pendaftaran Ahli
Promosi BOG di AWANI Pagi, Geologi Profesional negara, 2. Kawalselia Ahli
pada 17 Mac 2021 09:32 MYT : Geologi melalui etika dan profesionalisme, dan
3. Memartabatkan kerjaya Profesionalisme

atau P.Geo.

Kadar hakisan meningkat serta kestabilan Adakah BOG memberi input EIA?
cerun perbukitan terganggu. Hujan lebat
hanya menjadi faktor pencetus, akhirnya Beliau menegaskan, tidak, malahan BOG
menyebabkan bencana banjir yang dahsyat tiada kuasa tetapi ianya di bawah bidang
sehingga meragut nyawa serta harta benda. kuasa Rancangan Pembangunan sama ada
Pastinya kita ingin melihat dari sudut baik pulih, Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan, Kerajaan Negeri
penjagaan dan kelestarian di kawasan tanah atau Persekutuan. Cuma BOG berkuasa untuk
tinggi dan juga apa peranan yang dimainkan mengawal amalan Ahli Geologi yang bernaung
oleh pihak terlibat antara Lembaga Geologi di bawah BOG, sekiranya berlaku salah-laku,
Malaysia. Bersama kita di AWANI Pagi adalah maka tindakan undang-undang akan diambil.
Pengerusi JK Promosi, Ahli Lembaga Geologi Sewajarnya Ahli Geologi yang berdaftar dan
Malaysia (BOG), Abd Rasid Jaapar. Antara berkebolehan tinggi dalam melaksanakan
intipati dan persoalan yang diajukan, adalah:
kerja-kerja berkaitan.

Apa itu Lembaga Ahli Geologi Bagaimana dengan pembangunan
Malaysia atau BOG? tanah tinggi yang berisiko?

Beliau dengan yakin dan bersahaja menghurai Beliau berkata pembangunan di kawasan
yang BOG sebagai Badan Berkanun di bawah
Kementerian Tenaga dan Sumber Asli berfungsi tanah tinggi, kebanyakannya tidak dirancang
melalui Akta 689 sejak 2008. Tambahnya lagi,
dengan teliti oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan.
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Umpamanya, penerokaan hutan untuk

pertanian, pembalakan dan sebagainya perlu

perancangan rapi dan perlu ada laporan tersebut.
geologi yang komprehensif.
Apakah konsep geopelancongan?
Bagaimana dengan Ahli Geologi
yang tidak berdaftar dengan BOG? Geopelancongan merupakan pelancongan
berasaskan fitur geologi menarik yang bernilai
Mereka akan didenda sebagaimana termaktub tinggi serta digabungkan dengan kepelbagaian
di dalam Akta 689 dan begitu juga dengan biologi, budaya dan arkeologi. Ia bertujuan
pelanggannya juga dikenakan denda untuk merancakkan ekonomi masyarakat
sewajarnya. Ahli Geologi tidak berdaftar setempat, di mana urustadbir oleh penduduk
sememangnya tidak layak untuk menjalankan setempat. Sebagaimana yang kita tahu, pakar
kerja geologi atas dasar kompetensinya diragui Geopark Malaysia amat disegani dan diiktiraf
dan tidak diiktiraf. di peringkat antarabangsa, umpamanya Prof.
Datuk Dr. Ibrahim Komoo. Selaras dengan itu,
Adakah projek pembangunan tanah banyak Geopark bertaraf Kebangsaan serta
tinggi yang tidak diluluskan, tetapi dalam proses pembangunan seperti Geopark
masih berlaku pembangunan? Lembah Kinta, Geopark Jerai, Geopark
Mersing, Geopark Kinabalu, Geopark Delta
Sarawak, Geopark Lenggong, Geopark Perlis
dan Geopark Stong sedang menjalankan

promosi geopelancongan masing-masing.

Kajian geologi adalah berasaskan sains dan Apakah hasrat BOG dalam
fakta. Sekiranya pembangunan kawasan pembangunan mapan?
strategik masih diperlukan, langkah-langkah
mitigasi yang kondusif perlu dipatuhi Di samping itu, BOG juga menyokong sebarang
bagi mengurangkan risiko bencana dan usaha kerajaan dari aspek perlombongan dan
seumpamanya. Sebenarnya pembangunan penjelajahan mineral strategik negara, seperti
tanah tinggi memerlukan gabungan holistik REE. BOG juga mendokong penuh Industri 4.0,
dan bukan satu pihak sahaja. Umpamanya pengurusan bencana serta perubahan iklim.
gabungan di antara Perancang, Jurutera,
Ahli Geologi, Juru Ukur, Alam Sekitar dan Laporan disediakan oleh Askury Abd Kadir
sebagainya. Sehingga kini cuma 20% sahaja
pemaju yang menggabungkan multidisiplin Abd Rasid Jaapar dan Dato’
Amran Mohamad (Presiden
Persatuan Perunding dan
Perkhidmatan Geosains
Malaysia) juga diundang oleh
RTM TV1 untuk berkongsi
berhubung berkaitan bencana
tanah runtuh.

Sumber :
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=-v0WQsF62q4

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TSUNAMITE

DEPOSIT IN MALAYSIA?

oleh : askury abdul kadir

What ON EARTH is coastal, shallow-marine, and researchers. This typical
deep-marine environments. volcaniclastic mixed with any
Ntsunamite ? How does it form? non-volcanic fragment types,
o, it does not have Tsunamite was not reported syngenetically formed during
anything to do with in Malaysia before. However, the closing up of Paleo-tethys.
termites. Tsunamite the tsunamite sequence The occurrence of
is a sedimentary layer formed spotted around Jerantut is the conglomeratic bed, and
by a tsunami event. Some first recorded in geological interpreted as tsunamite,
tsunamites may as well be history in Malaysia. It within a thick sequence
termed seismites emphasizing formed in the deep marine of turbiditic Semantan
their ultimate origin from environment, because the Formation is triggering some
earthquakes (Encyclopedia of sequence is sandwiched thoughts on the process of
Coastal Science). It is formed within Semantan Formation. deposition. The thickness
by a wide range of processes, As most geoscientist known of matrix supported
such as overwash surges, that the Semantan Formation conglomerate is estimated
backwash flows, oscillatory is well-established in Malaysia about 30m along Jerantut-
flows, combined flows, soft- with their stratigraphic Jengka road. It seems to
sediment deformation, slides, thickness ranges from 2 to be a chaotic and restricted
slumps, debris flows, and 4.3km interpreted by previous sequence composed of
turbidity currents, related
to tsunamis in lacustrine,

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rounded to sub-rounded fragments
of volcanic origin, ranges from
10 to 150mm in diameter. Chert
clasts are also observed in minor
composition with an average
size of 10mm. Unfortunately, the
fragments are highly weathered
with distinct volcanic texture
assemblages through macroscopic
identification, such as andesite,
quartz porphyry, crystal-lithic
tuff and rhyolitic tuff. It is a
mixture of intermediate to acid in
composition. In geological process,
an enormous energy is required to
transport the bigger fragments into
the deep sea setting. I postulated
that the catastrophic tsunami
was the main agent to shift those
materials from coastal area (delta
or river mouth).
Perhaps, the seismic event
triggered during the closing of
paleo-tethys by the convergent
between Sibumasu and Indochina.
During the Pemo-Triassic, the
seismicity and volcanic eruption
were extremely active to transport
bigger clasts into deep-marine
setting to form tsunamite bed by
traction process. The previous
researcher interpreted the
intraformational conglomerate was
tectonically juxtaposed against the
younger turbiditic sediments of the
Sementan Formation. Therefore,
the uniformitarianism perspective
can be adopted with recent
tsunami occurrence in our region
for revisiting the conglomerate bed
in Semantan Formation.

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SINGKAPAN FORMASI

BUKIT KENNY

DI KAWASAN SALAK TINGGI, SEPANG, SELANGOR

oleh: Dr. Mohd Hariri Arifin & Muhammad Ashahadi Dzulkafli

Pengenalan dikunjungi. Mungkin suatu masa nanti
singkapan ini tidak lagi dapat dicerap dan
Bilangan tapak pembangunan baru di sekitar maklumat geologi perlu dikumpul mulai
Salak Tinggi, Sepang, Selangor banyak sekarang.
mendedahkan singkapan-singkapan yang
menarik. Taburan utama batuan di kawasan Apa yang menarik?
ini adalah datang dari Formasi Bukit Kenny
yang terdiri daripada batu pasir, batu Terdapat dua lokasi utama yang sesuai
lumpur dan batu lodak. Sebahagiannya telah untuk dilawati. Lokasi yang pertama
termetamorf dan tercangga membentuk merupakan sebuah bukit yang aktif dengan
pelbagai fitur geologi yang menarik untuk kerja-kerja pengambilan tanah bukit untuk

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dijadikan sebagai bahan tambak. Maka, Foto 1
banyak singkapan baru dan segar amat
sesuai untuk dilakukan cerapan geologi. Lokasi ke-2 pula terletak tidak jauh
Terdapat singkapan yang menarik untuk
diperhalusi di lokasi yang terletak tidak dari masjid Kampung Jenderam Hilir
jauh dari stesen petrol jenama Shell
(2°48'9.85"U; 101°43'17.68"T). Foto 1 (2°52'57.22"U; 101°43'11.17"T).
menunjukkan bongkah batu kecil yang
boleh dijumpa dalam lapisan batu lumpur Singkapan jenis potongan bukit ini
dengan purata saiz sekitar 10cm x 5cm.
Batuan ini ditafsirkan sebagai batuan jatuh mempunyai struktur geologi yang menarik
(dropstone). Bacaan lanjut hujah ini boleh
dibaca di dalam buku bertajuk: Malaysia's seperti perlipatan,sesar dan canggaan
Enigmatic Dropstone. Namun ada juga
pendapat menyatakan pembentukkan yang pelbagai ragam. Selain itu, telah
ini hanyalah ketulan konkresi besi yang
terbentuk hasil tindak balas air dengan dilaporkan kewujudan rijang beradiolaria
mineral yang ada dalam Formasi Bukit
Kenny. dan serpentinite (Foto 2) di singkapan

Foto 2 ini. Penemuan kedua-dua batuan ini,

menyerlahkan potensi kawasan ini sebagai

lokasi yang ideal untuk mencerap bukti

tinggalan kerak lautan Palaeo-Tethys, yang

ditafsirkan sebagai sebahagian daripada

Zon Sutura Bentong-Raub.

Apapun, kunjungan ini bersama orang
lama geologi sudah tentu membuka ruang
perbincangan ilmiah yang menarik untuk
dilakukan pada masa hadapan.

Penutup

Lokasi-lokasi ini mempunyai keunikan
geologi yang tersendiri. Sebagai seorang
geosaintis, sudah tentu ini membuka
ruang untuk mereka yang minat dengan
subdisiplin struktur geologi dan tektonik
khasnya untuk mengamati proses geologi
yang berlaku di kawasan Salak Tinggi ini.
Siri kerjalapangan dan tinjauan susulan
boleh dilakukan dan dokumentasi yang
lebih lengkap boleh dilaporkan di dalam
penulisan yang lebih lengkap.

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THE MALAYSIAN GEOLOGIST and ethical professional geological services
The mission of BOG is to ensure public safety and
The Board of Geologists Malaysia (BOG), property by promoting standards for competence
incorporated on 28 November 2014 is a statutory and integrity through regulating the professional
body constituted under Section 3 of the Act of conducts and ethics of geological profession
Geologists 2008 (Act 689). BOG falls within the To date there more than 1,500 geologists
ambit of responsibility of the Minister of Energy in various categories registered with BOG.
and Natural Resources. Its primary role is to Published quarterly by BOG, the Malaysian
register and regulate geologists and geological Geologist through electronic version is expected to
practitioners and any other related matters. reach out to more than 100,000 readers locally and
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well-established regulator in the region protecting and valuable knowledge to readers.
the public and environment with competent

CALL FOR ARTICLES

The Malaysian Geologist is published quarterly by
the Board of Geologists Malaysia starting 2021.
The following are the themes for the coming
issues:

Vol 1 No. 1 (Jan – Jun 2021) “ Where Geologists
• Geosite as New Natural Resources ROCK ! ”
Vol 1 No. 2 (Jul – Dec 2021)
• Geoscience Matters
Vol 2 No. 1 (Jan – Mar 2022)
• Mining and Quarrying
Vol 2 No. 2 (Apr – Jun 2022)
• Groundwater Resources
Vol 2 No. 3 (Jul – Sep 2022)
• Geological-related Disaster and Climate Change
Vol 2 No. 4 (Oct – Dec 2022)
• Oil and Gas
Vol 3 No. 1 (Jan – Mar 2023)
• Education, Research and Practice
Vol 3 No. 2 (Apr – Jun 2023)
• Marine and Coastal
Vol 3 No. 3 (Jul – Sep 2023)
• Geophysics and Geotechnology
Vol 3 No. 4 (Oct – Dec 2023)
• Geopark and Geotourism

Articles and other contributions relevant to the
themes are welcomed, but the decision to publish
rests with the Editorial Board.

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THE MALAYSIAN GEOSCIENCE PYRAMID :

Geoscience connections explained !

Board of Geologists Malaysia (BOG) is a regulator with the responsibility
to regulate the geological (geoscience) profession. BOG was
established in 2014 under the Geologists Act 2008 (Act 689) almost
6 years after the approval of the act by the Parliament of Malaysia.
Geologists (Geoscientists) is a regulated profession in Malaysia since
2014.
Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) was established in 1967 as
a learned organization with the objective to advance geoscience
knowledge in Malaysia and the region.
Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM) was established in 1989 as a
professional organization for practising geoscientists in Malaysia. IGM
focus to advance the geoscience practice in Malaysia.
Malaysian Geoscience Consultants and Services Association
(MyGeo) was established in 2020 is a trade organization that focuses
to advance and develop geoscience industry as well as geoscience-
related consultants and services.
All these 4 organisations formed the ‘Geoscience Pyramid’ in Malaysia
and have a collective responsibility to promote geoscience for society.

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