GEORGE TOWN: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is expected to send a summary of results on findings to prove Bukit Bunuh as a meteorite impact area to The Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC) at the University of Brunswick in Canada by year-end.
Its Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof Datuk Omar Osman, said the summary was important to register Bukit Bunuh as one of the world’s 28 meteorite impact areas which revealed evidence of suevite stone from a total of 896 world meteorite impact sites.
“This registration will turn Bukit Bunuh into a world reference site for meteorite impact studies, as well as mark Malaysia in the World Meteorite Impact Area Map,” he told reporters here Monday.
Earlier, he officiated the International Conference on Archaeogeology of Meteorite Impact At Bukit Bunuh Area, Lenggong, Perak, a four-day seminar organised by USM, beginning July 15.
The seminar features 16 working papers presented by geologists and archaeologists, as well as four keynote papers to be delivered by USM Global Archaeology Research Centre director Prof Dr Mokhtar Saidin, meteorite expert from the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria, Dr Ludovic Ferriere, and archaeology expert from Deccan College, Pune, India Prof Dr Sheila Mishra. — BERNAMA