The book is organised according to the main groups of rocks, with the commonest rock types and ancient landforms treated first. It concludes with an account of the modern landscape and how the activities of man are contributing to the changing shape of the coastline.
This soft-covered booklet, which is printed in A4 landscape format, features sixty-two colour plates spread over sixty-one pages. The bilingual (English/Chinese) booklet contains brief descriptions and sketches of the most common rock types and structures found in Hong Kong.