San Chau 30, 31, 32, 54San Shek Wan 27, 29, 31, 72, 75, 87, 96, 105SanTau 87,116, 150San Tin Fault 96San Tin Group 27SanTsuen 55sand 108,111,117, 122,130, 132sandbanks 116, 134sandbars 116, 118sandstone 30, 31-33, 42, 50, 52, 143, 150- quartzitic 30, 34, 35, 55- tuffaceous 50, 53, 55saprolite 62,74,76sea bed dumping 138sedimentary breccia 36, 41seismic profiles 137, 139, 143seismic reflection survey tracks 20Sha Chau 67, 71, 80,87, 121, 133-4, 138,151-2Sha Lo Wan 69, 72, 75, 87, 98,110,112,116, 134, 149-150Sha Lo Wan Valley 110,150Sha Lo Wan Village 75Sham Hang Lek 44, 51, 53,115Sham Shek Tsuen 44, 48, 49ShamShuiKok 42,116Sham Wan 72,101, 112, 116, 152Sham Wan Tsuen 110,112,116Sham Wat 27, 30, 50, 54, 103-4, 127Sham Wat Formation 25, 118, 121, 123, 126,127, 130, 132-3Sham Wat Road 50Sham Wat Valley 110Sham Wat Wan 29-31, 54,110,116,118,143, 151Shap Long Say Tsuen 67sheet joints 147Shek Kwu Chau 68,72Shek Lam Chau 52,53,74Shek Lung Kung Member 24, 41-43, 42, 45,64Shek Mun Shan 74ShekPik 44, 55, 56, 109, 111, 115, 145Shek Pik Prison 117ShekPikReservoir 15, 111Shek Pik Valley 115Shek Sze ShanShek Tsai Wan 82Shek Wan 39,82, 151Shekou Peninsula 100Shenzhen 27Shing Mun Formation 24, 40, 41, 42, 45, 55,64,82ShuiHau 74,80, 118ShmHauWan 40,74,80, 118Shui Lo Cho 55ShuiTengWan 64Shui Tseng Wan 81silicification 103silt 111, 122siltstone 30, 31, 33-4, 42-3, 52-3, 55-6, 143-tuffaceous 51silver 25, 149Silver Mine Bay 64, 69, 72, 81, 85, 88, 91,115-117, 149Sm A Chau 73, 80, 89, 152SiuAChauWan 89SmHoWan 42,64,81, 116SiuKauYiChau 68,81, 138SiuMoTo 27slope debris 25slopedeposit 110, 111, 113, 118Soko Islands 25, 66, 68, 73, 80, 89, 121-4,127, 130, 137-8South Lantau Road 39, 41, 72, 74-6spheroidal weathering 145-6spherulitic texture 48, 49storm beach 100subacrial weathering 144Sunset Peak 49, 51, 53, 57, 111-2, 142, 159Sunset Peak Member 24, 43, 57, 59, 143Sunshine Island 67, 76, 80, 83superficial deposits 19, 22, 25,107syenitic rocks 97, 104, 162SzPakTsui 60,64SzPakWan 64,81,117,745Sze Shan 103, 110-111Sze Tsz Tau Shan 115TaPangPo 42Tai A Chau 73, 77, 80Tai Che Tung 43,88,112, 115Tai Ho Wan 88,110, 112,116,118Tai Horn Shan 51,55,115Tai Lei 83Tai Long Wan 117Tai Lung 87Tai Mo To 27Tai 0 27, 29, 30, 31, 44, 54, 55, 96, 103,110, 111, 112,113,116, 117,118, 159Tai 0 Cemetery 30Tai 0 Road 44Tai Pai Tsui 71Tai Shan 115Tai Shan Ha 63, 70Tai Tung Shan 15,49,51,57Tai Yam 42, 78172
talus 107,115Tarn Tsui Wan 71,87Tang Dynasty 116Tang Lung Chau 64, 69, 71Tertiary 79, 83, 90The Brothers islands 17, 25, 27, 35, 80,121,122, 133-4,139, 149, 152The Buddha 50thrusting 96tidal channel 121tin 149Tin Sam 72, 73, 87,110,116tombolo 15Tong Fuk 36, 39, 49, 54-5, 74, 75, 76, 80,111,115Tong Fuk Mui Wan 39, 80,. 162tors 142,745tourmaline 105Toumaisian 27Trappist Haven Monastery 64Trappist Monastery kaido pier 72Tree Island 67, 152Tsim Fung Shau 55Tsing Chau Tsai 24,96,98Tsing Chau Tsai peninsula 36, 39Tsing Yi 15, 19, 36, 39, 40, 62-3, 71, 81,82, 84, 87, 108, 121, 150-2, 161-3Tsing Yi Road 63,82TsoWan 110Tsuen Wan Volcanic Group 24, 36, 87,96-7, 105Tsz Kan Chau 27tuff-block-bearing 57,59- coarse ash crystal 39, 58, 160- coarse ash 39- eutaxitic 57-8- lapilli-ash crystal 36, 39-40, 42, 45,58, 161- lapilli-bearing coarse ash 160- lapilli-bearing 57, 59- lithic 39, 57- rhyolitic 36- vitric 36, 54-5, 57, 160-crystal 36,39,41-3,71,160tuff breccia 36, 57tuffitc 41, 50-1, 55, 160-1Tung Chung 25, 27, 29, 67, 76, 88, 97-9Tung Chung Au 75,111-2Tung Chung Fault 41Tung Chung road 41, 49, 55, 160Tung Chung Valley 110, 112Tung Chung Wan 29, 73, 75, 81, 105, 116, 124,150Tung Wan 39, 44, 67, 70, 81-2, 117,118Tung Wan Tau 115Tung Wan Tsai 39, 89tungsten 25, 149unconformity 30, 97,113, 124Urmston Road Channel 133, 134, 138Urmston Road-Brothers protochannel 124,133,134, 138vent 57-8vesuvianite 32, 72, 105, 150vogesite 72volcanotectonic 97Wang Tong 64Warwick Hotel 80weathered mantle 143weathered rocks and sediments 142weathering profile 146West Brother island 27, 30, 32, 35, 96, 105,110,159West Lamma Channel 121-2,124, 130, 134,137,141Wo Liu Tun 112WoSheungAu 143wolframite 149xenoliths 62, 67-8, 74, 80, 83, 87-8XRD analyses 123Yam O 45, 98, 160Yam O Wan 42, 81, 88,115,116,118, 122Yam Tsai 42, 98, 160Yam Tsai Wan 88Yenshanian-faulting 96- Orogenic Belt 95- structural development 96YiChuen 163Yi 0 36, 39, 41, 42, 118, 124YiPak 110YiPakWan 115,116Yi Tung Shan 161Yim Tin Tsai Formation 24, 36, 40-1, 43, 62,74, 80, 82, 87Yuen Long 27Yuen Long Formation 22, 27, 29zinc 149zircon 63, 70173
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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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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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