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,17. The Geological History of ilie Malay Peninsula. By 

 John Brooke Scriyenor, M.A., F.G.S., Geologist to the 

 Government of the Federated Malay States. (Bead January 

 8th, 1913.) 



[Plate XXXV— Map.] 



Contents. 



Page 



I. Introduction 343 



II. Present Configuration 345 



III. Brief Sketch of the Geology of the Peninsula 348 



IV. The Kaub Series 349 



Y. The Chert Series 349 



VI. The Gondwana Eocks 349 



VII. The Pahang Volcanic Series 350 



VIII. The Mesozoic Granite 351 



IX. The Tertiary Coal Measures 351 



X. Fixed Geological Horizons in the Malay Peninsula 352 



XL The Growth of the Malay Peninsula 357 



XII. Special Points in connexion with the Benom Anticline 360 



XIII. Tertiary and Eecent Changes in the Peninsula 362 



XIV. The Formation of Lignite in Limestone-' Cups' 363 



XV. Torrential Deposits 364 



XVI. Conclusion 365 



I. Introduction. 



Since 1903 a few papers have been communicated by me to this 

 Society and to the ' Geological Magazine' on special points of interest 

 that have been encountered during field-work in the Malay 

 Peninsula, and a number of local publications have appeared in the 

 Federated Malay States, either in the Government Gazettes or as 

 pamphlets issued by the Government Printing Department. 1 These 



1 (1) 'Note on the Sedimentary Eocks of Singapore' Geol. Mag. dec. 5, 

 vol. t (1908) pp. 289-91. 



(2) ' Note on the Igneous Eocks of Singapore, &c. ' Ibid. vol. vi (1909) 



pp. 17-22. 



(3) ' Obsidianites in the Malay Peninsula' Ibid. pp. 411-13. 



(4) ' Eadiolaria-bearing Eocks in the East Indies' Ibid. vol. ix (1912) 



pp. 241-48. 



(5) 'The Lahat "Pipe"... in Perak' Q. J. G. S. vol. lxv (1909) pp. 382-89. 



(6) 'The Tourmaline-Corundum Eocks of Kinta' Ibid. vol. lxvi (1910) 



pp. 435-49. 



(7) 'The Eocks of Pulau Ubin & Pulau Nanas ' Ibid. pp. 420-34. 



(8) ' The Gopeng Beds of Kinta ' Ibid. vol. Ixviii (1912) pp. 140-63. 

 Among the local publications are the following : — 



(9) ' The Geology & Mining Industries of Ulu Pahang,' with a geological 



sketch-map. Kuala Lumpur, Government Press. 1911. 

 (10) ' The Geology & Mining Industry of the Kinta District, Perak,' with 

 a geological sketch-map. Kuala Lumpur, Government Press. 1913. 



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