Exceptional Preservation of Corals and Molluscs by Iron Oxide Replacement in Holocene Beach Rock, Pulau Sibu, Johore, Peninsula Malaysia

702001-100525-323-B
Author : Lee Chai Peng and Nur Iskandar Taib
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 35-41
Volume Number : 52
Year : 2006
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm52200605

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Volume 52, June 2006, pp. 35 – 41

 

Exceptional Preservation of Corals and Molluscs by Iron Oxide Replacement in Holocene Beach Rock, Pulau Sibu, Johore, Peninsula Malaysia

Lee Chai Peng and Nur Iskandar Taib

Department of Geology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur 

Abstract: Large tracts of coral that have been preserved by pseudomorphic replacement with goethite were found on beaches around Pulau Sibu, an island consisting of calc-alkaline tuffs off the coast of Johore in Peninsula Malaysia. The iron is brought to the sites of replacement by joints and fractures in the volcanics, and whether replacement takes place at a given locality may be controlled by the local flow regime of percolating groundwater through the pile of chemically unstable tuff. The actual replacement may be related to an increase in iron activity due to surface evaporation, since the layers of replaced coral resemble hard iron oxide crusts found in soils.

https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm52200605


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