Negative lineaments in the granitic bedrock areas of NW Peninsular Malaysia

702001-101175-972-B
Author : J.K. Raj
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 61-70
Volume Number : 16
Year : 1983
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm16198306

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Volume 16, Dec. 1983, pp. 61 – 70

Negative lineaments in the granitic bedrock areas of NW Peninsular Malaysia

J.K. RAJ

Jabatan Geologi, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

 

Abstract: Negative lineaments in the granitic bedrock areas of NW Peninsular Malaysia are interpreted to represent the strikes of fractures that have developed both before and as a result of, an approximately 120°-300° directed compression during the Upper Jurassic to Early Tertiary. The fractures pre-dating this period of compression are furthermore, interpreted to be primary fractures that have formed during the cooling of granite batholiths, particularly those emplaced during the Upper Triassic.

https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm16198306