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  • 08-06
  • 2012

IAGI LUNCHEON TALK "RE‐DEFINING THE ALLOCHTHON IN TIMOR"

Biro kursus PP-IAGI telah sukses mengadakan diskusi Luncheon Talk pada  tanggal 29th May 2012. Pembicara dalam acara ini adalah Tim Charlton (Consultant Regional Geologist), dengan judul : RE‐DEFINING THE ALLOCHTHON IN TIMOR - “Structural‐stratigraphic relationships at the boundaries of the Lolotoi metamorphic complex in Timor‐Leste, and implications for the Mutis Complex in Timor Barat, NTT”. Luncheon Talk yang dihadiri oleh sekitar 40 peserta ini diadakan di Ruang CANDI KALASAN,  GRAND SAHID JAYA HOTEL Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 86, Jakarta. Acara dimulai pukul: 11.30 AM hingga 14.00 PM. Slide presentasi dapat diunduh dibawah. Berikut Ringkasan dari presentasinya: There is long‐standing controversy over the origin of metamorphic complexes in Timor: do they represent Banda forearc or Australian continental basement? New fieldwork results from Timor‐Leste suggest stratigraphic linkages between the Lolotoi metamorphic complex and Australian‐affinity cover sequences, while structural mapping and borehole data also suggest an Australian basement origin. Although there are subtle differences between the Lolotoi Complex in Timor‐Leste and the Mutis Complex in West Timor, broadly similar metamorphic conditions and ages suggest an essentially similar origin, although with a somewhat different tectonic setting (the Mutis Complex occupies high‐level thrust sheets, whereas the Lolotoi Complex is found in a low structural position). A new model is proposed with the Mutis‐Lolotoi Complex originating in the Australian continental margin through a previously‐undocumented phase of Paleogene crustal‐scale extension. This new interpretation requires that the Cretaceous‐Paleogene Palelo Group (the main cover succession to the Mutis Complex in West Timor) also originated on the Australian plate rather than the usually interpreted Banda forearc origin. About Speaker: Tim Charlton is a regional geologist, specialist in the geology of the eastern Indonesian region (including Timor‐Leste). He completed his Postdoctoral studies, London University SE Asia research group in 1987‐1990 and his Ph.D. in Geology, Royal Holloway College, London in 1987, his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geology, University College London, 1982. Speaker Experiences: Oil industry projects: Eastern Indonesia Regional Palaeogeography (Robertson 1999), The Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore South Misool area (Robertson 2002), Assessment of newly available acreage in the Biga and Segaf PSC blocks. Seismic Stratigraphy of Eastern Indonesia (Robertson 2000), Eastern Indonesia: Biostratigraphy, Geochemisty and Petroleum Geology (Robertson & Pertamina 1992). Eastern Indonesia: A Review of the Geology, Structure and Hydrocarbon Potential (IEDS 1990), and Kai‐Tanimbar TEA block assessment (Union Texas/IdemitsuOil 1989). Materi presentasi dapat diunduh dibawah ini : lolotoi-boundaries_iagi_may-2012-b1