Table 5.3 – Present nomenclature, modified after Hong Kong Geological Survey Memoirs 1-6, of volcanic successions in Hong Kong (based on Campbell & Sewell, 1998)
| Lantau District | NE New Territories |
Sha Tin, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island |
Sai Kung/ Clearwater Bay |
NW New Territories |
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| Top not seen | Top not seen | Top not seen | Top not seen | Top not seen | |||||
| Kau Sai Chau Volcanic Group |
Undifferentiated | Kau Sai Chau Volcanic Group |
High Island Formation |
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| Clearwater Bay Formation |
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| Top not seen | Repulse Bay Volcanic Group |
Pan Long Wan Formation |
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| Mang Kung Uk Formation |
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| Repulse Bay Volcanic Group |
Che Kwu Shan Formation |
Che Kwu Shan Formation |
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| Repulse Bay Volcanic Group |
Long Harbour Formation |
Long Harbour Formation |
Long Harbour Formation |
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| Repulse Bay Volcanic Group |
Mount Davis Formation |
Ngo Mei Chau Formation |
Mount Davis Formation |
Mount Davis Formation |
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| Ap Lei Chau Formation |
Ap Lei Chau Formation |
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| Lantau Volcanic Group |
Undifferentiated | Lantau Volcanic Group |
Lai Chi Chong Formation |
Base not seen | Base not seen | ||||
| Tsuen Wan Volcanic Group |
Sai Lau Kong Formation |
Top not seen | |||||||
| Tai Mo Shan Formation |
Tsuen Wan Volcanic Group |
Tai Mo Shan Formation |
Tsuen Wan Volcanic Group |
Tai Mo Shan Formation |
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| Tsuen Wan Volcanic Group |
Shing Mun Formation |
Shing Mun Formation |
Shing Mun Formation |
Shing Mun Formation |
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| Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Base not seen | Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
Yim Tin Tsai Formation |
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| Base not seen | Base not seen | ||||||||
| Top not seen | |||||||||
| Tuen Mun Formation |
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| Base not seen | |||||||||