Wednesday, July 2, 2014

MNSKB to publish/broadcast the attached Media Release available in English, Malay & Mandarin on the coming geology walk,

(古晋讯)想要当一天的地质学家吗?预备好你的放大镜、笔记本、帽子和防蚊剂来和汉斯博士来一趟山都望地质之旅。
马来西亚自然学会古晋分会将在712日特别邀请地质学家汉斯博士前来主持一场山都望地质之旅《一窥山都望的地质结构》,由专家带领讲解,让参与者走过山都望山,考察并了解该座山的地质结构。
参与者将能知道所看见的是属于什么类别的石头,这些石头是怎样形成,还有就是这些石头到底有多大年岁了。
这次的地质之旅将是十一月即将来临的山都望自然节第一个热身活动。山都望自然节是有马来西亚自然协会主办,并由柏迈雨林度假村成为主场,今年更获得北市市政局和砂拉越博物院的协办。
欲参加此次地质之旅的人士,需要在早上845分准时在山都望国家公园入口处(距离文化村约南下1公里)集合,以听取安全须知和报到,该旅程预计将在中午1230分结束。
这次的旅程将行走至瀑布,约45分钟,即使是平常不怎么运动的人士相信也能够胜任,家长若要携带孩子,以8岁以上较为适合。
马来西亚自然协会将不对任何意外的发生,或擅自离队的人,付上任何法律责任。家长们务必自己看紧自己的孩子,以防滑到或走失。
山都望是座充满传奇的山,座落于山都望河口,约古晋北上20公里之处,目前已经升格为国家公园。
这座山除了被热带雨林的植物覆盖,也隐藏着许多美丽的溪流和矗立的大树,绝对值得让民众来发掘的宝藏与奥妙,就从这趟地质之旅开始吧!
欲知更多详情或报名者,请在76日前电邮联系 mns.santubong@gmail.com或者致电与Vincent 013-802005 或林小姐014-9903335。名额有限,先到先得。


 Siaran Media

3 Julai 2014
Kuching, Sarawak: Adakah Anda Berminat Menjadi Ahli Geologi untuk Sehari?
Persatuan Pencita Alam Cawangan Kuching (MNS Kuching) bakal menganjurkan satu sesi lapangan geologi bersama seorang pakar geologi pada 12 Julai depan. 
Sesi tersebut akan bermula di pintu masuk Taman Negara Santubong pada pukul 8.45 pagi, dengan pendaftaran peserta dan taklimat keselamatan, dan dijangka tamat pada pukul 12.30 petang.
Peserta sesi lapangan geologi ini akan berpeluang mengetahui bagaimana batu-batu membentuk, jenis-jenis batu yang terdapat di kawasan Santubong serta juga berapa lama, batu-batu tersebut telah berada disitu.

Sesi lapangan ini melibatkan perjalanan kaki ke air terjun utama di Santubong yang akan mengambil kira-kira 45 minit.  Sesi ini juga sesuai mereka yang tidak begitu cergas dan ibu bapa dengan kanak-kanak umur 8 tahun dan ke atas.

Walau bagaimanapun, MNS Kuching tidak bertanggungjawab untuk kemalangan atau sesiapa sahaja yang meninggalkan kumpulan untuk bersiar-siar di dalam hutan dengan sendiri. Ibu bapa dikehendaki mengawasi anak-anak mereka dan prihatin terhadap tanah dan batu licin.
Sesi lapangan ini merupakan antara aktiviti yang dianjurkan besempena Pesta Alam Santubong ataupun Santubong Nature Festival (SNF) yang akan berlangsung pada bulan November tahun ini. 
SNF merupakan aktiviti tahunan penganjuran bersama MNS Kuching dan Permai Rainforest Resort dengan sokongan Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara.
Mereka yang berminat menyertai sesi lapangan geologi pada 12 Julai boleh mendaftar dengan menghantar e-mel kepada mns.santubong@gmail.com, atau dengan hubungi pengerusi penganjur SNF Vincent Wong di 013-8020005 atau setiausaha acara Lim Sin Shin di 014-9903335. Penyertaan adalah terhad.

Gunung Santubong

Gunung Santubong yang penuh bersejarah kini telah diwartakan oleh kerajaan negeri sebagai sebuah Taman Negara. Gunung ini membentuk teras Semenanjung Santubong, yang terletak di muara sungai Santubong, 20 km ke utara Kuching.

Lereng gunung yang kebanyakannya diselubungi hutan dipterocarp tanah rendah, juga mempamerkan habitat kerengas dan tanah berpasir.  Pokok-pokok yang mudah dilihat di sepanjang aliran sungai di hutan kerangas termasuklah pokok selunsor (Tristaniopsis sp.).
                                        
Geologi Gunung Santubong
Batu pasir ataupun sandstone merupakan antara jenis batu sedimen yang paling kerap dijumpai. Sandstone mula membentuk apabila pasir menimbun dan seterusnya membentuk lapisan dalam sungai atau di mulut sungai dan dalam air laut cetek.  Sandstone di Santubong terdiri terutamanya daripada lapisan tebal (setengah meter hingga beberapa meter tebal).

Ahli geologi daripada Jabatan Kajibumi Malaysia telah mengkaji pembentkan batu di kawasan semenanjung Santubong dan laporan mereka telah diterbitkan dalam: Tan, DNK (1993) “Geology of the Kuching Area, West Sarawak, Malaysia. Geological Survey of Malaysia, Report 16”.

 MEDIA RELEASE 
3 July 2014


Kuching, SARAWAK: Fancy being a geologist for a day?

Then it’s time to bring out that dusty magnifying glass from the self, pocket-size note pad, hat and insect repellent and head down to the foot of Santubong for a geological adventure with Dr Hans Hazebroek on July 12.

A local geologist and member of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) will lead this field trip and help answer what kind of rocks can be seen, how these rocks were formed and how can geologists tell how old these rocks are. 

This geological field trip is the first lead up activity of the Santubong Nature Festival. MNS Kuching Branch and Permai Rainforest Resort are jointly organising the festival and supported by Kuching City North Hall (DBKU) and Sarawak Museum Department. 

Intending participants are to advised to meet at Santubong National Park entrance located about 1km south of the Sarawak Cultural Village’s entrance at 8.45am for safety briefing and registration. The walk is expected to end at 12.30pm.

From there the scenic walk to the main waterfall takes about 45 minutes. This geology walk is also suitable for people who are not so fit and parents with children age 8 years old and above.

However, MNS is not responsible for accidents or anyone who leaves the group and continues to wander in the jungle by himself. Parents are to keep an eye on their children and be mindful of slippery ground or rocks. 

Mount Santubong
Legendary Mount Santubong, now a National Park, forms the core of the Santubong Peninsula, situated at the mouth of the Santubong river about 20km north of Kuching. 

The slopes of the mountain are clothed in stately rainforest with numerous scenic streams. This is mainly lowland mixed dipterocarp forest with, in places, huge trees. 

Locally there are pockets of kerangas forest with sandy soil, which is usually covered in a thick layer of humus that feels soft underfoot. Transitional mixed dipterocarp–kerangas forest is often found in between these main forest types. 

There are several interconnecting trails on the flanks of the mountain. Conspicuous trees along streams in kerangas forest include selunsor (Tristaniopsis sp.), with characteristic whitish-orange bark, peeling off spontaneously in long ribbons. The waterfall is set amidst beautiful forest scenery.                                               
Geology of Mount Santubong
Sandstone is the most common rock type among the sedimentary rocks. These rocks began to form when sand heaped up to form layers in rivers on land, or in the mouth of rivers at the coast, or in shallow sea water. 

Santubong’s sandstone consists mainly of thick layers (half-a-metre to several metres thick). The size of the grains is often like that of salt or sugar. Sometimes the grains are coarser and you can see that the rock has layers of small pebbles. Sometimes there are dark-coloured layers of claystone or mudstone.

These formed from clay or muddy sediments and the grains are so small that you cannot even see them even with a magnifying glass! In a few places you can find a very interesting, completely different kind of rock. There are rocks that formed when very hot, molten rock (magma) was pushed into cracks in the sandstone! We will try to find some examples of these rocks.

Geologists of the Geological Survey of Malaysia have investigated the rocks of the Santubong Peninsula and their report has been published in: Tan, D.N.K. (1993) Geology of the Kuching Area, West Sarawak, Malaysia. Geological Survey of Malaysia, Report 16.

For more information and registration for the walk, email to mns.santubong@gmail.com, or call SNF organising chairman Vincent Wong at 013-8020005 or event secretary Lim Sin Shin at 014-9903335. End. 

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