Table 5.2 – Evolution in nomenclature of volcanic successions of Hong Kong. Precise correlations not intended.
| Territory- wide Williams et al. (1945) Davis (1952) |
Territory- wide Ruxton (1960) |
Territory- wide Allen & Stephens (1971) |
Sha Tin (Addison, 1986) Kowloon/Hong Kong Island (Strange & Shaw) |
NW New Territories (Langford et al., 1989) |
Sai Kung/ Clearwater Bay (Strange et al., 1990) |
Lantau District (Langford et al., 1995) |
NE New Territories (Lai et al., 1996) | Territory-wide Campbell & Sewell (1997) |
Territory-wide This Account | |||||||||
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| Shelter Volcanics |
REPULSE BAY VOLCANIC GROUP |
Top not seen | Top not seen | REPULSE BAY VOLCANIC GROUP (RBVG) |
Long Harbour Formation |
REPULSE BAY VOLCANIC GROUP (RBVG) |
Top not seen | RBVG | Long Harbour Formation |
REPULSE BAY VOLCANIC GROUP |
5 | High Island Formation | KAU SAI CHAU VOLCANIC GROUP |
High Island Formation | ||||
| Lai Chi Chong Formation |
Mount Davis Formation |
Lai Chi Chong Formation |
Clearwater Bay Formation | Clearwater Bay Formation | ||||||||||||||
| High Island Formation |
(Sunset Peak Member) |
TSUEN WAN VOLCANIC GROUP (TWVG) |
Ngo Mei Chau Formtaion |
Pan Long Wan Formtaion | REPULSE BAY VOLCANIC GROUP |
TRACHYTIC' SUBGROUP |
Pan Long Wan Formtaion | |||||||||||
| Cleareater Bay Formation |
Mang Kung Uk Formation | Mang Kung Uk Formation | ||||||||||||||||
| Plove Cove Formation |
Repulse Bay Formation |
Mang Kung Uk Formation |
Lantau Formation |
Sai Lau Kong Formation |
4 | Chek Kwu Shan Formation Ap Lei Chau Formtaion |
Chek Kwu Shan Formation | |||||||||||
| Silverstrand Formation |
3 | Ngo Mei Chau Formation Mount Davis Formation Sai Kung Formation Long Harbour Formation Lai Chi Chong Formation |
Ap Lei Chau Formtaion | |||||||||||||||
| Tai Mo Shan Formation |
Tai Mo Shan Formation |
Tai Mo Shan Formation |
(Pak Kok Member) |
Tai Mo Shan Formation |
Ngo Mei Chau Formation | |||||||||||||
| Ap Lei Chau Formation |
Ap Lei Chau Formation |
Ap Lei Chau Formation |
(Cheung Shan Member) |
RHYOLITIC' SUBGROUP |
Mount Davis Formation | |||||||||||||
| Shing Mun Formation |
Shing Mun Formation |
Base not seen | TSUEN WAN VOLCANIC GROUP (TWVG) |
Shing Mun Formation |
Shing Mun Formation |
Long Harbour Formation | ||||||||||||
| Repulse Bay Volcanics |
2 | Lantau Formation | LANTAU VOLCANIC GROUP |
Lai Chi Chong Formation | ||||||||||||||
| Undifferentiated | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Shek Lung Kung Member) |
TSUEN WAN VOLCANIC GROUP |
1 | Sai Lau Kong Formation | TSUEN WAN VOLCANIC GROUP |
Sai Lau Kong Formation | |||||||||||||
| Tai Mo Shan Formation | Tai Mo Shan Formation | |||||||||||||||||
| Shing Mun Formation Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Shing Mun Formation Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
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| Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Base not seen | |||||||||||||||
| Breccia | Tsuen Mun Formation |
Base not seen | Tuen Mun Formation | Tuen Mun Formation | ||||||||||||||
| Tsing Shan Formation |
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