Erratum to: Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) DOI 10.1007/s00531-012-0798-8

Unfortunately, there are some errors in the figure legends of 2, 7, 8 and 13 of original publication. The corrected legends are given below.

Fig. 2 Generalised stratigraphic column of the main outcrops with onshore Tinjar Province of offshore stratigraphic equivalent in cycle I–II Balingian province (after PETRONAS 1999: 367)

Fig. 7 Photomicrographs of macerals from Tertiary coals in the Bintulu area, northern central Sarawak, under reflected white and UV light examination. a Veins exsudatinite forming a network under white reflected light; b as a, incident UV light examination showing bright yellow fluorescing veins exsudatinite; c orange fluorescing big cutinite (Cu) under UV light; d suberinite (Su) associated with bright yellow fluorescing resinite (R) under UV light; e concentration yellow fluorescing sporinite under UV light; f strands of cutinite (Cu) associated with yellow fluorescing sporinite (Sp) under UV light

Fig. 8 Photomicrographs of macerals from Tertiary coals in the Bintulu area, north-western Sarawak Basin, under oil immersion, UV light examination, depicting some petrographic features that are considered to indicate oil generation. a Dark brown bituminite under with light; b as a, incident UV light examination showing yellow fluorescing bituminite; c bright yellow exsudatinite (Exd) associated with yellow fluorescing oil haze (Oh); d veins exsudatinite forming a network; e bright yellow exsudatinite is a secondary suberinite; f suberinite (Su) associated with oil globule (O) and formation of oil haze (Oh) (photo c is after Shushan 2006)

Fig. 13 Py–GC pyrograms of samples from two analysed coals samples, which display a Kerogen type II (oil prone) and b mixed kerogen of types II and III (oil and gas)