Open AccessMineral Analysis and Physical Characteristics of Beach Sands in Latuhalat and Suli Village to Support the Beach Geotourism of the Maluku Province
Author(s) -
Sisca M. Sapulete,
Matheus Souisa,
T. Salelatu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1463/1/012033
Subject(s) - geology , heavy mineral , quartz , beach ridge , geochemistry , oceanography , shore , geomorphology , sediment , paleontology
From the aspect of the earth, the Maluku islands are a unique formation. BecauseMaluku is at the confluence of four world plates (Indo-Australian plate, Pacificplate, Philippine sea plate and Eurasian plate) so it has an interestinggeological structure. One of unique formation is having thousands of islandswith charming white sand beaches. White sand beaches are part of the geotourismdiversity in Maluku, so research is conducted at Latuhalat (Santai and Namalatubeaches) and Suli (Natsepa beach) which aim to identify the shape and size ofbeach sand, analyze mineral content using the X-RD and X-RF methods. The resultsshowed the shape of sand grains in the Santai and Namalatu beaches of LatuhalatVillage were identified as oval-shaped irregularly with an average size ofSantai sand grains of 0.12 mm and Namalatu sand of 0.21 mm. While the shape ofsand grains in Natsepa beach, Suli Village was identified as spherical with anaverage grain size of 0.10 mm. Beaches in the three locations are classified astypes of sandy beaches (sand sediments) with sandstone rock types. Sand on theNamalatu beach, Santai beach, and Natsepa beach has very fine to medium grainsize andcontains Aragonite (CaCO3) and Quartz (SiO2) minerals that are dominant.The shape and size of the grains of sand and its constituent minerals are verygood to support the Namalatu and Santai beach geotourism in Latuhalat Villageand Natsepa beach in Suli Village.