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IGCP-700 : Palaeozoic Carbonate Build-ups in South East Asia
In Collaboration with
IGCP-735 Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician Life
Year 3: Meeting + fieldtrip training for students/academics and young scientists on Sibumasu Palaeozoic carbonate build-ups, fossils and palaeoenvironments in Southern Thailand and Northern Malaysia
25th September 2023
Meeting at Blusotel Ao Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand
26th - 30th September 2023
Fieldtrip in Southern Thailand and Northern Malaysia
Hybrid meeting (in-person and online)
Organized by
Mahasarakham University, THAILAND
Department of Mineral Resources, THAILAND
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, MALAYSIA
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt, GERMANY
In cooperation with
Centre of Excellence in Basin Studies and Applied Palaeontology, Palaeontological Research and Education Center, Mahasarakham University, THAILAND
Department of Geotechnology, Khon Kaen University, THAILAND
Department of Geological Science, Chiang Mai University, THAILAND
Department of Geology, Chulalongkorn University, THAILAND
Department of Geosciences, Mahidhol University, THAILAND
School of Geotechnology, Suranaree University of Technology, THAILAND
Geological Society of Thailand
Union of Geological Sciences (VUGS), VIETNAM
Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark (Langkawi Development Authority), MALAYSIA
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP)
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Geotech KKU Alumni
Scientific committee
Prof. Clive Burrett, THAILAND
Prof. Chen Jitao, CHINA
Assist. Prof. Halay Tsegab Gebretsadik, MALAYSIA
Assist. Prof. Hathaithip Thassanapak, THAILAND
Assoc. Prof. Mongkol Udchachon, THAILAND
Prof. Steve Kershaw, UK
Dr. Peter Königshof, GERMANY
Dr. Pradit Nulay, THAILAND
Contact: Mongkol Udchachon; Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Kantharawichai, Mahasarakham, 44150, Thailand.
Email: mongkol.c@msu.ac.th; bthaithip@yahoo.com; cfburrett@gmail.com
Phone: (+66) 081-8731724; (+66) 088-301 4652; (+66) 095 7316877
Website: https://prc846.wixsite.com/igcp700
Preliminary Programme
24 th September 2023
- Arrival of participants/ desk registration at Blusotel, Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand
25th September 2023
IGCP-700 Annual Meeting
Organised by IGCP-700 in cooperation with IGCP-735, JMG and LADA
26th September 2023
08.00 -12.00 Stop 1TA/1TB: Ao Nang, basal Kungurian and younger Permian carbonates with bryozoan build-ups and fossil of the Sibumasu terrane in Krabi areas. Then underlying siliciclastic of early Permian with abundance brachiopods, bryozoans and others.
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-16.00 Travel to Satun
16.00-17.00 Stop 2T: Satun Geopark visiting local geopark museum
18.30-19.30 Dinner and stay in La Ngu District, Satun Province
27th September 2023
08.00 -12.00 Palaeozoic carbonate development, build-ups and fossils
Stop 3T: Khao Tanan, visiting Middle Devonian coral-stromatoporoid reef with fossils such as Stringocephalus and other brachiopods, crinoids, gastropods and other fossils, Ordovician stromatolite
Stop 4T: Khao Noi, build-ups and fossils with the observing of a transition of Upper Ordovician red stromatolite limestone to the Ordovician-Silurian boundary with siliciclastics, volcaniclastics and graptolitic black shales in Satun UNESCO Geopark, southern Thailand
Stop 5T: Ban Han section, dark gray stromatolitic limestone with abundant fossils such as brachiopod, crinoid, nautiloid of the Thung Song Group.
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.30 Stop 6T: Pa Kea Formation, observing the grey and red stromatolitic limestone with other fossils such as nautiloids at the area of Petra National Park
14.30-16.00 Stop 7T: Fault contact of the Cambrian siliciclastics and the Ordovician limestones along the Andaman coast.
18.30-19.30 Stay in La Ngu, Satun
28th September 2023
08.00 -09.30 Travel from hotel to the Wang Prachan Boundary Post and travel across the ThaiMalay border to Perlis areas
09.30-10.00 Border/immigration process
10.00-11.00 Travel to GeoTapak Timah Tasoh at the eastern part of Timah Tasoh Dam,
Stop 1M: GeoTapak Timah Tasoh, introduction of the geology of the Perlis area, observing the rock containing fusuline Monodiexodina the transition interval between cool and warm shallow marine environment (Singa/Kubang Pasu Formation and Chuping Formation).
11.00-12.00 Travel to Kampung Guar Jentik, Perlis
Stop 2M: Kampung Guar Jentik, visiting the transition of the Upper Setul Limestone and the siliciclastic Jentik Formation, observing fossils such as nautiloids, tentaculitids, brachiopods and others.
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 Travel to Chua Teong Chai and Sons Quarry, Kampung Lembah Tuwi, Perlis,
Stop 3M: Chua Teong Chai and Sons Quarry, observing spectacular Lower Ordovician stromatolite build-ups belonging to Lower Setul limestone
14.00-15.30 Travel to Kuala Kedah Ferry Terminal
16.30-18.15 Depart from Kuala Kedah to Langkawi by ferry Stay in Langkawi at De Greenish Village Langkawi
29th September 2023
08.00-08.30 Travel from the hotel to the jetty, NE of the Langkawi
08.30-11.00 Traveling by boat to Pulau Langgun for the Lower Setun Limestone, the most continuous Ordovician sequences ranging from middle Tremadocian to early Katian, observing carbonate facies, build-ups and fossils. (boat supported by LADA)
Stop 4M: Pulau Anak Tigus at the southern part of the Palau Langgun; Middle Ordovician limestones with obvious karst feature and sea notch, observing nautiloid and other fossils.
Stop 5M: Pantai Talam Dua Muka; Small tombolo between Middle Ordovician limestones, observing limestone facies, build-ups and fossil nautiloid such as Sibumasuoceras and other fossils.
Stop 6M: Teluk Mempelam/Gua Langsir; transition of Silurian and Devonian sequences and fossils along the NW of Pulau Langgun
11.00-12.00 Back to Langkawi
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 Travel to Sungai Itau (Road no.112 to NW)
Stop 7MA/7MB: Small and large abandoned quarries, siliciclastic including dropstone, the evidence of glacial marine of the peri-Gondwana
14.00-15.00 Travel to Taman Seri Aman observing outcrop behind Thean Hou Temple
Stop 8M: Abandoned quarry, Siliciclastic sequence of the Singa Formation with abundant trace fossils with report of fossil brachiopods, crinoids and others.
15.00-16.30 Discussion, business meeting
18.30-19.30 Dinner (supported by LADA)
30th September 2023
08.30-09.00 Depart from hotel to Langkawi Ferry Terminal
10.30-12.30 Travel from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah Ferry Terminal
12.30-13.30 Travel from Kuala Kedah to then Sadao Boundary Post
13.30-14.00 Border/immigration process
14.00-15.00 Travel to Hat Yai Airport (HDY), Song Kla Province, Thailand. Note that: programme may be subject to amendment in which case the organizer will announce in advance
Location of major field activities
Google map showing BlueSotel, Ao-nang Krabi Province, Southern Thailand
