Microfacies and depositional environment of tertiary limestone, gorontalo province, indonesia

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Aang Panji Permana, Subagyo Pramumijoyo, Sunarty Suly Eraku

2021 News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences Vol. 2 Issue 446 Article Cited by 7 SDG 15SDG 12 Quartile

Abstract

The research area is located in northern Limboto Lake in Gorontalo Province, which has complex geological characteristics. The geological complexities include stratigraphy and tectonics which influence the formation of the Limboto Basin. Limestone research in the Late Tertiary Limboto Basin is very intriguing to be done because of the lack of research in limestone. Gorontalo limestone outcrops, which become the focus of the research, have a total thickness of 30 meters. The research objective is to analyze facies, microfacies, and depositional environment of tertiary limestone. These two research objectives are attained by using two research methods, namely measurd section and petrography analysis. The research result exhibits that there are four Gorontalo limestones facies, including coralline rudstone intercalated with thin mudstone facies, sandy micrite intercession facies, coralline rudstone intercession facies and sandy allochem limestone intercession facies. According to the limestone micro-facies standard, the depositional environment of Gorontalo limestone is platform interior restricted (facies zone 8). © 2021, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. All rights reserved.

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Earth Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia; Geological Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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