Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Provenance and tectonic setting of Miocene siliciclastic sediments, Sibuti formation, northwestern Borneo

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Ramasamy, Nagarajan
    Armstrong-Altrin, J.
    Kessler, F.
    Hidalgo-Moral, E.
    Dodge-Wan, Dominique
    Taib, N.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Ramasamy, N. and Armstrong-Altrin, J. and Kessler, F. and Hidalgo-Moral, E. and Dodge-Wan, D. and Taib, N. 2015. Provenance and tectonic setting of Miocene siliciclastic sediments, Sibuti formation, northwestern Borneo. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 8 (10): pp. 8549-8565.
    Source Title
    Arabian Journal of Geosciences
    DOI
    10.1007/s12517-015-1833-4
    ISSN
    1866-7511
    School
    Curtin Sarawak
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49888
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Provenance and tectonic setting of sandstone and mudstone units of the Miocene Sibuti Formation from northwest Borneo have been studied based on the mineralogy, major and trace element geochemistry data. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) data revealed that the sandstones and mudstones were abundant in quartz, pyrite, clay, and heavy minerals such as zircon, rutile, and some detrital cassiterite. Geochemically, the sandstones and mudstones are classified into quartz arenite, litharenite, sublitharenite, arkose, and wacke. Quartz arenites are enriched with SiO2, Zr, and Th and depleted in Al2O3, CaO, and other elements compared to other sandstone types, indicating high maturity and intensive weathering. Chemical index of alteration (CIA: 77–90), plagioclase index of alteration (PIA: 86–100), and A-CN-K diagram suggest intense weathering in the source area. Elemental ratios such as La/Sc, Th/Sc, Cr/Th, La/Co, and Th/Co are similar to sediments derived from the felsic rocks. Also, the provenance discrimination diagrams suggest recycled continental nature of these clastic sediments which are mostly derived from metasedimentary source (Rajang Formation). Discriminant-function diagram for the tectonic discrimination of siliciclastic sediments revealed that the sediments of Sibuti Formation were derived from a collision zone, which is consistent with the geology of the study area.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Geochemistry of Sandstones from the Upper Cretaceous Sillakkudi Formation, Cauvery Basin, Southern India: Implication for Provenance
      Bakkiaraj, D.; Nagendra, R.; Ramasamy, Nagarajan; Armstrong-Altrin, R. (2010)
      Major, trace and rare earth elements (REE) composition of sandstones from the Upper Cretaceous Sillakkudi Formation, Ariyalur Group, Cauvery Basin were studied to decipher their weathering and provenance history. Texturally, ...
    • Full waveform sonic seismic signature of high permeability sandstone: Perth Basin, Western Australia
      AlMalki, Majed; Harris, Brett; Dupuis, J. Christian (2010)
      Often the most highly priced outcome from the application of geophysics methods in soft sediments is formation hydraulics and in particular the distribution of hydraulic permeability. Clear field examples of direct or ...
    • Upper Jurassic of the Barrow sub-basin: sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and implications for reservoir development
      Wulff, Keiran (1991)
      A chronostratigraphic subdivision of the Upper Jurassic synrift sediments in the eastern Barrow Sub-basin was developed from the integration of core logging, petrography, well log sequence analyses and seismic stratigraphy. ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.