Geologi dan landskap Bukit Batu Putih, Taman Rimba Kenong, Pahang (Geology and landscape of Bukit Batu Putih, Kenong Rimba Park, Pahang)

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Author : Kamal Roslan Mohamed & Che Aziz Ali
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 95 - 105
Volume Number : 56
Year : 2010
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm56201014

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia 56, December 2010, pp. 95 – 105

 

Geologi dan landskap Bukit Batu Putih, Taman Rimba Kenong, Pahang 

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Kamal Roslan Mohamed* & Che Aziz Ali 

Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

*Alamat emel: kamal@ukm.my

Abstrak— Taman Rimba Kenong terletak di dalam Hutan Simpan Sungai Yong di daerah Kuala Lipis, Pahang. Di bahagian utara taman rimba ini terletak kawasan Bukit Batu Putih yang terdiri daripada Bukit Hangus, Bukit Siput dan banyak bukit-bukit batu kapur lain bersaiz kecil. Dari segi geologi, taman rimba ini terdiri daripada batuan Volkanik Kayu Ara, Batu Kapur Kenong dan Formasi Semantan. Proses luluhawa yang berpanjangan telah membentuk landskap kars yang menarik. Selain bukit berbentuk mogot, terdapat banyak lubang benam, gua dan endapan gua (speleotem) yang cantik dan terdapat juga sungai (terowong) bawah tanah. Berhampiran dengan kaki Bukit Siput terdapat satu sungai kecil yang mengandungi kelikir yang menyerupai bentuk siput dan dipanggil ’batu siput’ oleh masyarakat tempatan. Kejadian siput yang menjadi batu ini tetapi boleh dijelaskan dengan proses geologi di mana mineral kalsium karbonat telah menyelaputi siput yang telah mati. Sumber semula jadi seperti hutan yang tidak diganggu serta keadaan fizikal (sungai, batuan dan tanah) yang terpelihara telah menjadikan kawasan ini sebagai kawasan tarikan pelancong, terutamanya daripada luar negara yang inginkan kedamaian hutan hujan tropika.

Kata kunci: landskap kars, batu siput, Batu Kapur Kenong, Bukit Batu Putih, Taman Rimba Kenong

 

Geology and landscape of Bukit Batu Putih, Kenong Rimba Park, Pahang 

Abstract— Kenong Forest Park is part of the Sungai Yong Forest Reserve in Kuala Lipis area of Pahang. Bukit Batu Putih is located at the northern side of the park and consists of Bukit Hangus, Bukit Siput and several other small limestone hills. The geology of this forest park consists of Kayu Ara Volcanic, Kenong Limestone and Semantan Formation. Prolonged weathering processes have carved these rocks into beautiful and interesting karst landscapes such as mogotes, sinkholes, caves and beautiful cave formations (speleotherms) and subterranean rivers. Near the foothill of Bukit Siput, there is a small river consisting of gravels which looks like snails and known as ‘batu siput (snail rocks)’ by local community. The formation of this ‘batu siput’ can be explained by geological processes, where layers of calcium carbonate accumulated at the surface of dead snails. Natural environments such as the undisturbed forests and pristine physical conditions (of river, rock and soil) have attracted many tourists, especially those from foreign countries who love to venture into the tranquility of tropical rain forests.

Keywords: karst landscape, snail rock, Kenong Limestone, Bukit Batu Putih, Kenong Rimba Park

 https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm56201014


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