GEOLOGY OF THE

PHILIPPINES & SOUTHEAST ASIA

PHILIPPINE
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC
TERRANES

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 OBJECTIVES:

1. Familiarize with terranes in

Philippines with respect to
Groups of rock units

2. Make a class presentation of

the assigned Group
(March 9-11, 2015)

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 Presentation format
Introduction
Name of Lithostratigraphic Group
Stratigraphic Map and Location

Stratigraphic Column
Redraw the Group Stratigraphic Column

Stratigraphic names of formations

Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Ophiolites
Metamorphic Rocks

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 What could represent the oldest rock
formation in the Philippines ?
Bacuit Formation
Mid-Late Permian

Lithology:
Sandstone, altered tuff,
calcareous sandstone,
chert and slate

Located in
Northern Palawan
(Bacuit is the former name
of El Nido town)
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 What rock formation contain
ammonite fossils ?

Mansalay Formation
late Middle Jurassic – early Late Jurassic

Lithology: Sandstone, shale, siltstone, minor

limestone, conglomerate

The only ammonite-bearing formation

Located in Mindoro Island

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