Front cover photograph:- Granite at Low’s Peak, Kinabalu Mountain, Malaysia. Back cover photographs:- (anti-clockwise from top left) 1. Peak clusters at Yuntaishan Geopark, China. 2. Merapi Volcano, Indonesia. 3. Columnar basalts at San-in Coast, Japan. 4. Lava Tube at Jeju Island, Korea. 5. Limestone pinnacles at Mulu, Malaysia. 6. Limestone of Chocolate Hills, Philippines. 7. Natural pillar at Phu Phra Baht, Thailand. 8. Karst Islands at Ha Long, Vietnam. Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia EDITORS PROFESSOR DR. MOHD SHAFEEA LEMAN Chairman Geological Heritage Group of Malaysia Deputy Director, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi, Selangor, MALAYSIA e-mail:
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