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namely (l) an older, deformed sequence of clastics ad subordinate carbonates, ranging in

age Late Cretaceous to Early Miocene, and (2) a younger, more gently deformed
sequence of progradational deltaic sediments of Middle Miocene to Quartenary age. The
older sequences (Paleogene to Early Neogene) occur in the more interior parts of
Sarawak, whereas the upper Neogene deltaic series crop out in the coastal area and
extend into offshore. A schematic relationship between the onshore formations and the
offshore stratigraphy is shown in Figure. The younger Neogene succession comprises of
the Sentap Shale, Lambir, Tukau, and Miri formation.
Follpwing an Early Miocene tectonic event, uplift and erosion were accompanied
by the deposition of a thick pile of clastic sediments. Relatively coarse sediments,
predominantly sandstones, were deposited in coastal plain, deltaic and coastal
environm~t. A thick argillaceous succession underlies the sandstone sequence was
deposited and sedimentation was strongly influenced by tectonic activity. The Neogene
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formation <;rops out in onshore northwest Sarawak to form an integral part of clastic
wedge, wifh the arenaceous Lam\lir, Tukau and Miri formation passing laterally
basinward into Setap Shale formation (Figure 1.3)