Attr|butes Sources C|a|ms

lndonesla 8asln Crlgln Cenozolc laLe 1ecLonlcs and 8asln LvoluLlon ln lndonesla

M C ualy M A Cooper l Wllson u C SmlLh and 8 C u
Pooper

Marlne and eLroleum Ceology
v 8 (lebruary 1991)
Accordlng Lo M C ualy eL all (1991) formaLlon of basln ln
lndonesla and surroundlng areas relaLed Lo backarc exLenslon
due Lo subducLlon rollback (SumaLra!ava and SouLh Chlna
Sea) sLrlke sllp movemenLs due Lo lncreaslngly obllque
convergence beLween Lhe lndlan plaLe and Lurasla (1hal
Malaya and Andaman Sea) and backarc exLenslon relaLed Lo
subducLlon rollback ln Lhe wesL aclflc (8arlLo kuLel and
1arakan baslns)


kuLel/kuLal 8aslns Crlgln Cenozolc laLe 1ecLonlcs and 8asln LvoluLlon ln lndonesla

M C ualy M A Cooper l Wllson u C SmlLh and 8 C u
Pooper

Marlne and eLroleum Ceology
v 8 (lebruary 1991)
1he colllslon beLween conLlnenLal fragmenLs and SouLh Chlna
Sea formed lnverslon and upllfL ln kallmanLan (8orneo) and
naLuna basln ln mlddle Meocene

1he colllslon of AusLralla wlLh 8anda arc resulLed ln lnverslon
of 8arlLo kuLel and 1arakan baslns ln llocene Lhe sLrucLural
connecLlons was provlded by sLrlkesllp faulL sysLems Lhrough
Sulawesl
Crlgln and LvoluLlon of Lhe 1erLlary Pydrocarbon8earlng
8aslns ln kallmanLan (8orneo) lndonesla

Andrew A van de Weerd
8lchard A Armln

1he Amerlcan AssoclaLlon of eLroleum CeologlsL 8ulleLln
v 76 no 11 (november 1992) 17781803


Mlddle Cllgocene LecLonlsm resulLed ln upllfL eroslon and Lhe
sLarL sLrucLural segmenLaLlon of Lhe large kallmanLan basln
lnLo several smaller separaLe baslns (8arlLo basln kuLel basln
and 1arakan basln) LaLer ln Lhe mlddle Mlocene anoLher
LecLonlcs evenL formed Lhe MeraLus MounLalns LhaL separaLed
Lhe 8arlLo basln from Lhe Asemasem and aslr basln and
separaLed delLa sysLem developed aL 1arakan basln kuLel
basln devlded lnLo upper kuLel basln and lower kuLel basln

1he LecLonlc evenLs ln mlddle Cllgocene mosL llkely due Lo
lmplngemenL of SouLh Chlna Sea crusLal blocks agalnsL
kallmanLan (8orneo) lsland

upper kuLel basln formed by delLalc sedlmenLaLlon aL Lhe laLe
Cllgocene ln 1eweh area and prograded easLward (Lower kuLel
basln) aL Lhe Samarlnda and 8allkpapan area Lhus aL Lhe early
Mlocene Lhe younger delLas (llgure 12) formed near Lhe
presenL kuLel cosL aL Lhe offshore

Lower kuLel basln locaLes around Mahakam delLa ad[acenL Lo
shallow marlne plaLform faclng Makassar SLralLs all
hydrocarbon fleld are ln lower kuLel basln SynsedlmenLary
sLrucLural growLh observed by deposlLlonal Lhlnnlng of mlddle
and upper Mlocene sLraLa over Lhe cresL sLrucLure from
deLalled sLraLlgraphlc correlaLlon of several oll and gas fleld

Cn Lhe mosL of Lhe kuLel basln offshore area (recenL Mahakam
delLa) marklng of subLle unconformlLy presence recognlzed
by Lhe upper Mlocene 8 marker (a sLrong shlfL ln shale
reslsLlvlLy) llgure 11

lrom concluslons
kallmanLan baslns hlsLory and developmenL relaLed Lo ma[or
reglonal LecLonlc evenLs (llgure 21) lndlcaLe by sLraLlgraphlc
daLa of Lhe area 1he LecLonlc acLlvlLles (plaLe read[usLmenL ln
souLheasL Asla) LhaL conLrlbuLe Lo Lhe kallmanLan baslns
developmenL occurred ln mlddle Locene (exLenslon and
subsldence ln wlde area) mlddle Cllgocene (LecLonlsm up llfL
and eroslon ln many area) LhaL relaLed Lo Lhe openlng of SouLh
Chlna Sea and colllslon of new Culnea wlLh lsland arch and
earlymlddle Mlocene LhaL mlghL relaLed Lo Lhe lnverslon of
kuLel basln

SedlmenL from LoceneCllgocene boundary relaLlvely same aL
mosL of Lhe area nonmarlne sedlmenL from mlddle Locene
Lop up by upper Locene marlne deposlL
A LaLe Cllgocene 1ecLonovolcanlc LvenL ln LasL kallmanLan
and Lhe lmpllcaLlons for 1ecLonlcs and SedlmenLaLlon ln
8orneo

SLeve ! Moss Andy CarLer Slmon 8aker and AnLhony !
Purford

!ournal of Lhe Ceologlcal SocleLy
v 133 (!anuary 1998) pp 177 192
AL Lhe laLe Cllgocene early Mlocene ma[or LecLonovulcanlc
evenL occurred ln kuLal basln lndlcaLed by daLa from norLhern
(upper) kuLal basln

1he evenL lncluded rapld denudaLlon of Lhe basln marglns
foldlng of preMlocene sequences conformlLy formaLlon an
easLward slfL of basln marglns wldespread of hlghlevel calc
alkallne lnLruslons and volcanlc producL and Lhe onseL of
delLalc deposlLlon

1he evenL end rapldly by Lhe LecLonlc upllfL lndlcaLed by
wldespread of hlghlevel calcalkallne overlap (Llme and
geographlcally) wlLh rapld denudaLlon
Ceology of kuLel 8asln
Mahakam uelLa Cll Crlgln (coal orlgln) Crlgln and LvoluLlon of Lhe 1erLlary Pydrocarbon8earlng
8aslns ln kallmanLan (8orneo) lndonesla

Andrew A van de Weerd
8lchard A Armln

1he Amerlcan AssoclaLlon of eLroleum CeologlsL 8ulleLln
v 76 no 11 (november 1992) 17781803

Lower kuLel basln esLlmaLed LoLal recoverable resources up Lo
flve bllllon barrel of oll and ollequlvalenL gas 1he source rock
ls organlcrlch delLalc malnly Lhe organlc maLerlal came from
LerresLrlal planL 1he hydrocarbon of Lhe lower kuLel basln
came from mlddle and upper Mlocene delLalc wlLh moderaLe
LecLonlc deformaLlon llgure 3

1he nonmarlne source rock from mlddle Locene does noL
conLrlbuLe as Lhe source of hydrocarbon ln Lhe lower kuLel
basln as lL burled Lo greaL depLh Lhus over maLure Cn Lhe
oLher hand Lhe same sedlmenL became Lhe source rock of
8arlLo basln souLh of kuLel basln

Mlddle Mlocene delLaplaln coal locaLed wesL of Lhe
hydrocarbon produclng area