Geology and granite petrology of the Besar Island, Johore
Author(s) -
Azman A. Ghani,
Mohd Farid Abu Bakar
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2637-109X
pISSN - 0126-6187
DOI - 10.7186/bgsm48200413
Subject(s) - geology , geochemistry , petrology
The Besar Island, located about 13 kin off the east coast of Johore is one of the nearest islands off the coast of Johore. The island consists of metasediments, granite and intruded mafic dykes. The granitic rocks in the Besar Island is homogeneous, medium to coarse grained and mostly equigranular. Geochemical data of the granitic rocks show that the rock has a very high SiOz content more than 76%. The geochemical data suggest that the granite magma originated from anatexis of a homogenous source rock composition (or minimum melt). Abstrak: Pulau Besar terletak 13 kin dari pantai timur Johor dan merupakan salah satu di antara pulau yang terdekat dengan pantai Johor. Pulau ini terdiri daripada batuan metasedimen, gran it dan diterobosi oleh daik mafik. Batuan granit di Pulau Besar adalah homo genus, berbutir sederhana ke kasar dan kebanyakannya adalah sarna butiran. Data geokimia batuan granitik ini menunjukkan ianya mempunyai kandungan SiOz yang sangat tinggi iaitu lebih daripada 76%. Data geokimia mencadangkan bahawa magma ini berasal dari perleburan batuan punca yang homogenus (atau leburan minimum).
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