Results of a gravity survey in the Kuala Lumpur area

702001-101234-1030-B
Author : C.A. Foss
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 643-652
Volume Number : 19
Year : 1986
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm19198647

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Volume 19, April 1986, pp. 643 – 652

Results of a gravity survey in the Kuala Lumpur area

C.A. Foss

Dept of Geology, University of Malaya

 

Abstract: A Bouguer gravity map is presented of the region around Kuala Lumpur. The dominant feature is a variation of c.40 milligals with a decrease from SW to NE at a rate of roughly 1 milligal/km. The trend of this variation is roughly parallel to that of the Main-Range Granite. When this regional variation is removed a number of mostly positive local anomalies of up to 7 milligals are revealed, mostly over areas of known limestone bedrock. The larger local anomalies are matched with 2-dimensional modelling.

https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm19198647