IndexPage numbers in bold refer to major sections on the topic. Page numbers in italics refer to plates,figures and tables.accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 132acoustic turbidity 25, 134,136-7, 141aggregate 25, 152alluvium 25, 107,108alteration 25, 58,103alveolar weathering 143,147andalusite 35, 105andesite 84Ap Lei Chau Formation 58aplite 68, 72, 90, 163arsenopyrite 149ash flows 40autobrecciated lava 44banded rhyolite lava 44, 45, 46, 48,114Barren Hills 75,81, 152basalt 82, 83, 84, 91, 92, 162beach deposits 107,115, 779-720beryl 149biogenicgas 137boomer seismic profile lines 129, 135Borehole 18, 21- A5/1 122,123, 125, 127,128, 130, 132,144,165- A5/2 122,123, 124-5, 141-2, 144-B13/B13A122,123, 125-B15 122,123,124-5, 141, 144132, 141-B2/1 122,723, 127, 144-ESC 17 122,123, 126, 127, 729, 130,737, 132, 141,166-JBS1/1A 134, 142borrow areas 25, 149, 152bouguer gravity anomaly 28boulder beach 114boulder debris 113-114,142boulders 115,118breccia 98caldera 43, 56, 97Carboniferous 22, 32, 35, 54, 72, 87, 97, 103,106, 109,112,773,124ChaKwoWan 62,74chalcopyrite 149channel 25, 124, 127, 132, 739Channel and Transgressive Deposits 118, 130,132,134Chau Kung To 67, 76, 80, 83Chek Lap Kok 18, 25, 69, 72, 73, 82, 84, 88,89-90, 90 92-3, 707, 103-4,106, 108,110,112,116,118, 121-4, 133-4, 137, 142, 151Chek Lap Kok Airport 15, 19, 138Chek Lap Kok Formation 25, 112, 773, 118,121,122, 123, 125, 127, 133, 137, 144Cheung Chau 15, 68, 72, 80, 83, 89, 90, 93,117, 138, 141,747, 152Cheung Ching 81Cheung Ching Estate 63Cheung Hong Estate 62, 71, 83, 161Cheung Mei 81Cheung Sha 39, 41, 54, 55, 60, 62, 74, 80,116-7, 160,Cheung Sha Beach 39, 115Cheung Sha Lan 72-3, 112, 116, 151Cheung Sha Lower Village 39, 80Cheung Shan 112Cheung Shan Member 24, 30, 33, 43, 54Cheung Sheung 53Cheung Sok 81Cheung Sok Tsui 42, 13Cheung Tsui 71,82Chi Ma Hang 89Chi Ma Wan 66, 67, 72, 80, 83, 89, 97,115,161Chi Ma Wan peninsula 67, 80, 99, 111,142-3,145, 152Chi Ma Wan Road 67chiastolite 35ChokHoWanTsui 63ChokKoWan 64,86Chun Fa Lok 63, 70clay 84, 122, 130clayey silt 108cleavage 106cobbles 115, 118colluvium 25, 107cone penetration tests 18,27conglomerate 52168
construction materials 151contact metamorphism 104, 105Coral Beach 89corestones 88-9, 91, 142,145-6Country Park Management Centre 49, 118Cretaceous 17, 53, 79, 90, 103D'Aguilar Porphyry 79Dangan Channel 121Dangan Islands 100debris flow deposits 56, 112deglaciation 134diopside 32, 72, 105, 150Discovery Bay 64, 65, 72, 81, 88, 110,116-7, 152, 162dolerite 79Douglas Rock 25dykes 25-aplite 93-basaltic 67,56, 91, 101- feldsparphyric rhyolite 41,62-3,67-70, 88, 96, 104-5- lamprophyre 92-microgabbro 89- porphyritic microgranite 85, 88, 162- quartzphyric rhyolite 62, 69, 55, 89dynamic metamorphism 103East Brother island 27-30, 28, 32, 34, 96,105,150East Lamma Channel 134, 141epidotization 32, 62, 69, 72-3, 105, 150estuarine deposits 107eutaxite 33, 36, 41, 43, 54-5, 160-1Fa Peng 110FanLau 30,54,73,75, 104Fan Lau Fort 75Fan Lau Tsuen 75Fan Lau Tung Wan 73, 75FanShuiAu 44fans 110Far Eastern Prospecting & Dev. Corp. 149faults 24, 88, 95, 98- Chek Lap Kok Fault 99,101~ castnortheast-trending 99, 104, 149-Humcn Fault 100- Kap Shui Mun Channel Fault 97-north-trending 99-northeast-trending 98, 99,101, 104- northwest-trending 97, 99- Pui 0-Sha Tau Kok Fault Zone 64, 74- reverse 96- Sham Waa-Fu Tei Wan Fault 84- sinistral 101- Tai 0-Sui Lam Fault 99-TaiO Fault 96-thrust 96- Tung Chung Fault 98, 100- Yam 0 - Pui 0 Fault 99feldsparphyric rhyolite 76, 78, 91, 111, 143,145-6, 162fiamme 54-5fill 25flaser bedding 117flow-banding 46, 76, 81, 83-4, 55, 104flow-lineation 42fluorite 149folding 24, 32, 41, 96-7foliation 31-2,41,96, 106fossils-bivalves 141-diatoms 141-echinoids 141-gastropods 141-palynoflora 125, 130- plants 52, 53-scaphopods 141- foraminifera 131, 132FuShan 30Fu Tau Shan 84Fu Tei Wan 72, 89-90, 112, 116FuiYiuWan
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CONTENTSTitle pagePage1ForewordCont
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Distribution and Lithology 73Detail
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Chapter 10 Economic Geology 149Intr
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0 1 2 3 4 5 k mCONTOURS AT 100m INT
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properties of the marine deposits b
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Archival DataAll records from the s
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Chapter 2Outline of GeologyThe soli
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The Mesozoic volcanic rocks are div
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Chapter 3Palaeozoic Sedimentary Roc
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Carboniferous metasedimentaiy rocks
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Table 3. Evolution of Nomenclature
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Shing Mun FormationThe type localit
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Tai Che Tung. Crystal tuff, interpr
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Plate 7 • Lapilli-Ash Crystal Tuf
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Plate 11 - Pyroclastic Breccia (086
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appears fragmental, and contains mu
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exposures in the stream bed consist
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Chapter 5Major IntrusionsClassifica
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minimum age of c. 145 Ma (see earli
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Chapter 6Minor IntrusionsIntroducti
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Pre-Yensfaanlan StructureWithin the
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NeotectonicsFault activity in the r
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Chapter 8Metamorphism and Alteratio
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Chapter 9Superficial GeologyIntrodu
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gazetted for recreational purposes.
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