Facies analysis of the Late Eocene deep-marine middle- to outer-fan sequence of the Crocker Formation in Tenom District, Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Muhd Nur Ismail Abdul Rahman, Hafeez Jeofry, Muhammad Abdullah, Ismail Abd Rahim, Sanudin Hj.Tahir
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Geological Society of Malaysia. 2021
• Subjects: QE420-499 Petrology; TN799.5-948 Nonmetallic minerals
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37293/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37293/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37293/; https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm72202105

The Crocker Formation, Late Eocene to Middle Miocene in age, was deposited in a deep-marine environment by a turbidity current. Most of the facies identified in the field are related to the sedimentary bed-form structures belonging to Bouma sequences. These prominently include unit divisions such as...