The geomorphology and origin of Gua Tempurung, Perak, West Malaysia

702001-100377-168-B
Author : Ros Fatihah Muhammad
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 127 -132
Volume Number : 56
Year : 2010
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm56201018

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia 56, December 2010, pp. 127 – 132

 

The geomorphology and origin of Gua Tempurung, Perak, West Malaysia 

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Ros Fatihah Muhammad

Department of Geology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email address: rosfmuhammad@um.edu.my

Abstract — Gua Tempurung is 1.2 km long cave in Gunung Tempurung, a limestone hill in the Kinta Valley, Perak. Constant allogenic water is being fed into the cave from a river that flows from the granitic area in the east, cutting through the limestone hill along the cave. Studies have shown that the cave has undergone a complex and long history of development. Its formation can be related to the evolution of the Kinta Valley landscape with evidences preserved in the cave.

Keywords: Gua Tempurong, geomorphology, limestone cave, karst

Abstrak — Gua Tempurung adalah satu gua yang mempunyai kepanjangan 1.2 m, terletak di dalam Gunung Tempurung, iaitu satu bukit batukapur di Lembah Kinta, Perak. Bekalan air allogenik yang berpanjangan dihasilkan oleh satu sungai yang mengalir dari kawasan granit di sebelah timur, memotong batukapur sepanjang gua. Kajian menunjukkan gua ini telah melalui sejarah pembentukan yang kompleks dan panjang. Pembentukkannya boleh dikaitkan dengan evolusi pembentukan lanskap Lembah Kinta dengan bukti-bukti yang terpelihara di dalam gua tersebut.

Kata kunci: Gua Tempurong, geomorfologi, gua batukapur, kars

 https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm56201018


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