KARAKTERISTIK PASIR DI PANTAI DAN LEPAS PANTAI BINUANGEUN, LEBAK-BANTEN

Abstract

Pasir merupakan sesuatu penomena yang menarik karena padanya tersimpan misteri bagaimana partikel itu terendapkan sesuai dengan lingkungannya, apakah merupakan pasir pada lingkungan marin, pantai atau sungai. Untuk mengetahui lingkungan pengendapan tersebut maka dilakukan identifikasi karakteristik pasirnya. Metoda penelitan meliputi pengambilan contoh, analisis besar butir, klasifikasi nomenklatur sedimen dan parameter statistik. Klasifikasi nomenklatur sedimen pada endapan sedimen permukaan dasar laut, gisik pasir, tanggul gisik dan endapan sungai aktif didapat pasir sebanyak, masing masing 19, 35, 15 dan 3 percontoh. Ke empat jenis endapan mempunyai ukuran butir rata-rata (mean) relatif seragam, yaitu pasir halus (2 Φ - 3 Φ). Begitu juga ukuran pasirnya berupa pasir halus dengan kurva distribusi persen berat fluktuatif. Perbedaan terlihat pada ukuran pasir sedimen permukaan dasar laut dan sedimen sungai aktif, selain pasir halus hadir pula pasir menengah (1 Φ - 2 Φ). Klasifikasi lingkungan pasir memperlihatkan bahwa ke empat endapan mempunyai kesesuaian lingkungan pengendapan disertai adanya muatan partikel yang mengkasar dan menghalus dengan bentuk kurtosis leptokurtik dan platikurtik monomodal. Sumber batuan asal sedimen diduga berasal dari hasil abrasi batugamping terumbu yang tersingkap di pantai bagian tengah daerah penelitian dan pengerjaan ulang batuan gunungapi dan batuan sedimen asal volkanik yang umum tersingkap di utara daerah penelitian.

Kata Kunci : Sedimen permukaan dasar laut, gisik pasir, tanggul gisik, sedimen sungai aktif, lingkungan pengendapan pasir, sumber batuan.


Sand sediment is something interesting phenomenon because the sand is stored in the mystery of how the sand particles sedimented according to the deposition environment, what is the sand that was deposited in marine, beach or river environment. The identification of sand sediment characteristic is used for the determination of depositional environment. Study methods include sediment sampling, grain size analysis of sediment, sediment nomenclature classification and computing the statistical parameters. Sediment nomenclature classification results on the seafloor surface sediment, sand beach sediment, berm sediment and active stream sediment derived as much sand sediment types, respectively 19, 35, 15 and 3 samples. The four types of sediment deposition that has mean is relatively uniform, which falls on the fine sand (Φ 2 - Φ 3). While the size of sand fall in the fine sand with fluctuating weight percent distribution curve. The difference was in the size of the sand on the sea floor sediments and active stream sediments, in addition to fine sand also present medium sand (Φ1 - Φ2). Sand environment classification showed that all four types of the sediments have suitability depositional environment be accompanied excess coarse and fine particles with curved kurtosis leptokurtic and platykurtic monomodal. Source rocks of the sediments probably derived from the abrasion of coralreef limestone exposed in the central coast of study area and rework volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks of volcanic origin are commonly exposed in the northern of study area.

Key words: Seafloor surface sediment, sand beach, berm, active stream sediment, sand depositional environment, source rocks.