Geological history
The western part of Peninsular Malaysia was once part of a much larger landmass, a continent called Gondwana. Fragments from this landmass broke off, drifted and, over hundreds of millions of years, assumed their current positions. Malaysia is made up of a series of geological terranes that have affected the nature of the geological activity—mountain building and sedimentation—across the country. These terranes continue to move and the landscape continues to transform itself.
- Information in the full article includes
- The formation of Malaysia: The core terrane
- The other terranes
- Formation and re-formation
