Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Volume 45, May 2002, pp. 257 – 264

Mata air panas Sungai Mering, Lojing, Gua Musang, Kelantan

Kamal Roslan Mohamed¹, Che Aziz Ali¹, Che Abd. Rahman Jaafar² & Azmi Ismail²

¹Program Geologi, Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

²Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Abstrak: Tapak mata air panas Lojing mempunyai potensi untuk menarik ramai pelancong ke kawasan tersebut. Mata air panas ini terletak di dalam kawasan Granit Banjaran Besar, dan berkait rapat dengan retakan atau zon sesar yang berarah 220°. Di sekitar kawasan Lojing ditemui enam tapak mata air panas, dan tiga daripadanya terletak di sepanjang Sungai Mering. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai potensinya untuk dibangunkan sebagai kawasan pelancongan.

Abstract: Lojing hot spring sites have a good potential to attract a large number of tourists to visit the area. The hot springs are located within the Main Range Granite body, and closely associated with fracture or fault zone oriented at 220°. Six locations of hot springs were found around Lojing, and three of them located along the Sungai Mering. The objective of this study was to identify the potential of Lojing Hot Spring‘s whether to be commercially developed for tourism purposed.

https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm45200239