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Acknowledgements

The author is grateful for advice and support in doing this work. Acknowledgements.

Books and Journals

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Bosch, J. 1988. Quaternary Deposits in the Coastal Plains of Peninsuilar Malaysia, Report QG/1. Quaternary Geology Section, Geological Survey of Malaysia.

Burton, C.K. 1964. The Older Alluvium of Johore and Singapore. Journal of Tropical Geog. XVIII, p. 30-42. Cited in Jones (1978).

Eastman, J. R. 1999. Guide to GIS and Image Processing, Volume 1. Clark Labs, Clark University, 193 p.

Esat, T. M. et al. 1999. Rapid Fluctuations in Sea Level Recorded at Huon Peninsula During the Penultimate Deglaciation. Science 283, p. 197-201.

Ghienne J.F., et al., 2002. The Holocene giant Lake Chad revealed by digital elevation models. Quaternary International, 87, p. 81-85.

Graedel T.E. and Crutzen, P.J. 1994. Atmosphere, Climate, and Change, Scientific American Library, 196 p.

Hall, R. and Nichols, G. J. 2002. Cenozoic sedimentation and tectonics in Borneo: climatic influences on orogenesis. In: Jones, S. J. and Frostick, L. (Eds.) Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls and Consequences, p. 5-22. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 191. SE Asia Research Group. URL [http://www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk/seasia/Publications/papers/papers.html]. Date accessed: July, 2003.

Hanebuth, T., Stattegger, K., and Grootes, P.M. 2000. Rapid flooding of the Sunda Shelf - a late-glacial sea-level record. Science, 288, p. 1033-1035. (See website). URL [http://www.gpi.uni-kiel.de/~th/promotio.html]. Date accessed: July, 2003.

Hutchison, C.S. 1997. Granite emplacement and tectonic subdivision of Peninsular Malaysia, Bulletin Geol. Soc. Malaysia 9. p. 187-207. Cited by Ong (1993).

Imbrie, J. and Imbrie, K. Ice Ages, 1997. Solving, the Mystery, Harvard University Press, 224 p.

Jones, C. 1978. The Geology and Mineral Resources of Perlis, North Kedah and the Langkawi Islands, District Memoir 17. Geological Survey, Malaysia, 257 p.

Kamaludin bin Hassan. 1989. Sea Level High During the Holocene as Evidenced from Paleobeach Ridges near Kepala Batas, Peninsular Malaysia. Geological Survey of Malaysia.

Kamaludin bin Hassan. 1989. Significance of Palynology in Late Quaternary sediments in Peninsular Malaysia. Bulletin Geol. Soc. Malaysia 24, p. 57-66,

Kartashov, I. and Mayo, N.A. 1975. On the Origin of Planation Surfaces in the Cuban Archipelago. In Suggate, R. P. and Cresswell, M. M. (Eds). Quaternary Studies, p. 177-179. The Royal Society of New Zealand.

Ong, W.S. 1993. The Geology and Engineering Geology of Penang. Map Report 7. Geological Survey of Malaysia, 74 p.

Pirazzoli, P.A et al, Sumba Island, Indonesia: long sequence of marine terraces, Marine Geology, 109, p 221-236.

Shackleton, N.J. 1995. New Data on the Evolution of Pliocene Data Variablity. In Vbra, E. et al. (eds.) Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins, p. 242-248, Yale University Press, 547 p.

Suntharalingam, T. 1987. Quaternary Geology of the Coastal Plain of Beruas, Perak. Quaternary Geology Bulletin 2, Geological Survey of Malaysia.

Sykes, S. K., Lake Chad, Eyre Methuen, 1972, 234 p.

Tjia, H.D. 1992. Holocene sea-level changes in the Malay-Thai Peninsula, a tectonically stable environment. Bulletin Geol. Soc. Malaysia, 31, p. 157-176.

United States Geological Survey (USGS), Warm Climates Project. [Webpage no longer accessible.] Date accessed: July, 2003.

Walker, D. 1955. Studies in the Quaternary of the Malay Peninsula. Fed. Museums Journal. 1-II, p. 19-34. Cited in Jones (1978).

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Maps

Bosch, J. 1989. Quaternary Geology Map of Malaysia. Scale 1:1,000,000. Geological Survey of Malaysia. Base map by the Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

Childs, J. URL [http://www.terrainmap.com/rm19.html#raster]. Date accessed July, 2003.

Kamaludin bin Hassan. 1992. Quaternary Geology Peninsular Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Seberang Prai, and Kuala Kurau. Scale 1:63,360 with cross-sections based on boreholes taken during 1985-1988. Geological Survey of Malaysia. Base map by the Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

Semenanjung Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, 1977. Series L8010, Georgetown (sheet 28a) and Balik Pulau (sheet 28c), Scale 1:25,000 with 50-foot contour intervals. Surveyed in 1969. Director of National Mapping, Malaysia.

DATA

  • DEM data. USGS - NASA Distributed Active Archive Center, URL [http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/about.html]. Date accessed: July, 2003.
  • DEM data. GDS, Japan. URL [http://imsweb.aster.ersdac.or.jp/ims/html/MainMenu/MainMenu.html] and URL [http://imsweb.aster.ersdac.or.jp/ims/html/MainMenu/MainMenu.html]. Date accessed: July, 2003.
  • DEM data, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). URL [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm]. Date accessed: March, 2004.

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    Products

    Eastman, J. R. IDRISI, Clark Labs, Clark University, 2001. The maps produced for this project were made using the IDRISI computer program provided by Clark Labs at a greatly reduced student price.

    Silva Multi-Navigator Including a built-in electronic compass, altimeter, barometer, 12-channel parallel GPS receiver. The manufacturer claims an accuracy of 5 meters for the GPS and one meter for the alimeter when properly calibrated.

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