BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA

BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA

The Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia (ISSN 0126-6187; e-ISSN 2637-109X) first published in 1967, is a peer-reviewed open access interdisciplinary journal which publishes Earth Science research that addresses not only trending research areas but also multidisciplinary application topics.

The scope of published articles covers local and regional geology, conservation geology, economic geology, engineering geology, environmental geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, geophysics, hydrogeology, mining geology, palaeontology, petroleum geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology and tectonics.

In line with the mandate of the Society, the Bulletin supports original research primarily focusing on Southeast Asia, but also highlights issues of interest in the tropics as well as comparative features, approaches, techniques and technologies from other regions. Research papers published have scientific content that are of current interest, promote knowledge advancement, and have potential to impact geological activities that support socio-economic development. These include novel research including technical and policy reviews related to oil and gas exploration, mining, environmental management, earthquakes and hazards assessment, disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

All articles in the Bulletin are open access articles and are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License 4.0. The original author(s) are the copyright owner of articles. The use, distribution or reproduction in other forms is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this Bulletin is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

The Bulletin is published twice a year (May and November) by the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM). Those interested in submitting a manuscript should first read the Instruction to Authors.

GSM is committed to upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process (see Publication Ethics) and we recommend the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines.

Authors can self-archive all versions of their work in their own web pages, institutional web pages, and another repository. No publication fee is imposed on authors.

The Bulletin is indexed in the following abstracting and indexing services and databases: Scopus, AAPG Datapages and MyJurnal/MyCite.

All correspondence pertaining to publication should be addressed to:

The Editor,Geological Society of Malaysiac/o Department of Geology, University Malaya50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Tel: 603-7957 7036 Fax: 603-7956 3900

Email: geologicalsociety@gmail.com/editor@gsm.org.my

EditorJoy Jacqueline Pereira (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) ScopusID , WoSID , ORCID

Assistant EditorBaba Musta (Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia) ScopusID , WoSID , ORCIDMeor Hakif Amir Hassan (University of Malaya, Malaysia) ScopusID , WoSID , ORCIDMohammed Hail Hakimi (Taiz University, Yemen) ScopusID , WoSID , ORCID

Editor Joy Jacqueline Pereira (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

Assistant Editor Baba Musta (Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia)