Haylay TSEGAB, Chow Weng SUM, Gatovsky A. YURIY, Aaron W. HUNTER, Jasmi AB TALIB, Solomon KASSA

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Higher-resolution biostratigraphy for the Kinta Limestone and an implication for continuous sedimentation in the Paleo-Tethys, Western Belt of Peninsular Malaysia

Higher-resolution biostratigraphy for the Kinta Limestone and an implication for continuous sedimentation in the Paleo-Tethys, Western Belt of Peninsular Malaysia

The paleogeography of the juxtaposed Southeast Asian terranes, derived from the northeastern margins of Gondwana duringthe Carboniferous to Triassic, resulted in complex basin evolution with massive carbonate deposition on the margins of the Paleo- Tethys. Due to the inherited structural and tectonothermal complexities, discovery of diagnostic microfossils from these carbonates hasbeen problematic. This is particularly the case for the Kinta Limestone, a massive Paleozoic carbonate succession that covers most ofthe Kinta Valley in the central part of the Western Belt of Peninsular Malaysia. Owing to the complex structural and igneous events, aswell as extensive diagenetic alterations, establishing precise age constraints for these carbonates has been challenging. Furthermore, thesedimentation history of these deposits has been masked. Three boreholes, totaling 360 m thickness of core, were drilled at either endof the Kinta Valley on a north-south transect through sections with minimal thermal alteration. The sections are composed chiefly ofcarbonaceous carbonate mudstone with shale and siltstones beds, in which the carbonates were sampled for microfossils. Five hundredconodont elements were extracted. Nine diagnostic conodont genera and 28 age diagnostic conodont species were identified. Theidentification ofPseudopolygnathus triangulus triangulusandDeclinognathodus noduliferus noduliferusindicated that the successionsranged from Upper Devonian to upper Carboniferous. Further analysis and establishment of stage-level datum that range from theFamennian to Bashkirian (Late Carboniferous) enabled detection of continuous sedimentation and improved age constraints inundated sections of the Kinta Limestone. This higher-resolution conodont biostratigraphy suggests a prevalence of continuouscarbonate deposition during the Early Devonian to Late Carboniferous in the Paleo-Tethys. Thus, the identification of diagnosticconodont species for the first time from subsurface data in the area has helped improve the biostratigraphic resolution and establishesdepositional continuity of the Kinta Limestone. These data could provide clues to the Paleo-Tethys paleogeographic reconstruction andpaleodepositional conditions, and could establish higher temporal resolution correlation than previously attempted .
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