Heritage Type
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
Value
Geoheritage site of national significant.
Description
This site located in South Lawin Felda, presents an almost circular basin measuring 2.4 km in diameter and boasting a thickness of up to 300 meters. This site features distinct layers of gravel and sand intertwined with unconsolidated reddish material.
Within this basin, one can find clasts varying from gravel to quartz and quartzite chunks. The formation of the Lawin Basin Lawin dates to the Neogene age, roughly 23–2.58 million years ago, within the confines of the Bok Bak Fault basin, originating near a lake.
Significant
It holds high educational and scientific value at the national level as it represents one of the seven basins characterized by recent terrestrial sediment deposition in Peninsular Malaysia.
Other Heritage
Located in Lata Sungai Lawin, this basin interfaces with granite bedrock (Selama Pluton) and has been developed into a river recreation area.
