Mang Kung Uk Formation - Krm

Stratigraphy: Cretaceous volcanic rocks with an age of approximately 142.9 ± 0.2 million years before present.

Distribution: The Mang Kung Uk Formation crops out mainly in the vicinity of the Clear Water Bay Penisula.

Lithology: Dominantly tuffaceous siltstone with minor crystal-bearing fine ash vitric tuff and tuff breccia.


Bedded conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone in the Mang Kung Uk Formation, Tai Tsan Chau, eastern New Territories

(Bedded conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone in the Mang Kung Uk Formation, Tai Tsan Chau, eastern New Territories)

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