Warta Geologi, Vol. 50, No. 2, August 2024, pp. 62–68
Intan Nur Dania Asrul Amir*, Mohd Suhaili Ismail, Mohamad Shaufi Sokiman, Siti Nur Fathiyah Jamaludin
Department of Geoscience, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
* Corresponding author email address: intan_22009423@utp.edu.my
Abstract: Twenty-one samples of sediments were collected from the center of the river channel and 13 sediment samples collected from the riverbank were analysed for their textural parameters (mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis) to determine the mineral size. The results indicate that sediments from both the center of the channel and the riverbank were dominated by very coarse sand and very fine gravel. Heavy minerals in the sediment were separated using bromoform for density separation, as well as magnetic separation. Ilmenite, magnetite and cassiterite were abundant in the middle of the channel whereas rutile and zircon were found to be dominant at the riverbank.
Keywords: Grain size, heavy minerals, river, estuary, riverbank
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Manuscript received 20 September 2023;
Received in revised form 21 December 2023;
Accepted 30 January 2024
Available online 30 August 2024
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/wg502202402
0126-5539; 2682-7549 / Published by the Geological Society of Malaysia.
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