...C. A. M. Franks Abstract The north part of Lantau Island is undergoing rapid development following construction of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok. This development, primarily on reclaimed land, is adjacent to a range of steeply sloping hills that experience levels of annual rain in excess of 2500...

...C. A. M. Franks; N. W. Woods Abstract Results of an engineering geology study of the northern part of Lantau Island in the west of Hong Kong are described. Over the next few years this area will be subject to major changes as a result of the planned new international airport at Chek Lap Kok...

... excavatum association, found in distributary channels and river mouths of the estuary, with low salinity, shallow water, strong currents, and comparatively coarse sediments; (B) the Ammobaculites formosensis–Cavarotalia annectens association, found in brackish waters near Lantau Island and southeastern...

.... Nature and distribution of volcanic formations Most of the volcanic formations have comparatively limited lateral continuity but locally they are very thick (Fig. 2). For example, the Lantau Formation, has only been identified on Lantau Island, in the SW of Hong Kong, yet it occupies most of the surface...

... mapping. The approach appears to have had some real success in a test area on Lantau Island and, clearly, the method has a great deal of potential. Free & Pappin propose a ‘performance based design framework’ for landslide mitigation measures that is based on probabilistic techniques. They recommend...

...Fig. 2 ( a ) Map showing the sampling location of Tung Chung (TC) site on Lantau Island (modified after Evans & Lam 2003 ). ( b ) Photograph of the soil sampling location at the head scarp of the TC landslide. ...

..., voluminous silicic ignimbrites and linked plutons record a ~26 Myr period of magmatism from ~164 to 138 Ma. We present data from these linked volcanic-plutonic assemblages at the Lantau and High Island caldera complexes, with an emphasis on the ~143–138 Ma activity from the latter. To track the evolution...

... of Landslide Risk Assessment for Hong Kong (unpublished) . University of New South Wales , Sydney, Australia . Franks , C.A.M. , 1998 . Study of rainfall induced landslides on natural slopes in the vicinity of Tung Chung New Town, Lantau Island . Geotechnical Engineering Office , Hong Kong...

...Fig. 2 Rainstorm of 7 June 2008, Hong Kong. Left, landslide swarm resulting in closure of both lanes of the only road access to Tai O, SW Lantau Island; right, A 3000 m 3 channelized debris flow closing both lanes of a dual carriageway, Tung Chung, Lantau Island. This failure was videoed...

... Y. Zhao S. Sea-level changes along the coastal area of south China since late Pleistocene Late Quaternary Sea-level Changes 1987b Peking China Ocean Press 142 154 James, J.W.C. 1993. The offshore geology of the area around Lantau Island, Hong Kong. British Geological Survey...

... Hill Catchwater; (4) 29 landslide blockages and five major washout failures occurred along catchwaters on Lantau Island during the passage of Typhoon Ira in November 1993 ( Wong & Ho 1995 ; Fig. 4c ), (5) further blockage of the Tai Lam Chung Catchwater during heavy storms in July 1997 led...

... of the Hang Hau or the top of the Chek Lap Kok Formations. The sensitivity of the marine soils of Hong Kong, first reported by Holt (1962), was noted in North Lantau boreholes by Fung et al. (1984) and observed in situ by Howat (1985, 1987) in excavations and tunnels for the Island Line of the Hong Kong Mass...

...-trending positive anomaly gradient lies be- tween Sha Tin and Hong Kong Island and can be traced as far west as Lantau Island, where the anomaly contours turn on to a more southerly heading. Values continue to increase oVshore to the SE and reach a maximum of 5 mGal approximately 15 km to the SE of Hong...

... and slope instability modeling using GIS, Lantau Island, Hong Kong . Geomorphology , 42 , 213 – 228 . Dai , F.C. , Lee , C.F. , Li , J. & Xu , Z.W. 2001 . Assessment of landslide susceptibility on the natural terrain of Lantau Island, Hong Kong . Environment Geology , 40...

.... Rather than being isolated rare occurrences, these features seem to be widespread on undeveloped steep to very steep terrain in the New Territories, Lantau and Lamma Islands, and parts of Hong Kong Island. They occur at elevations generally in the range of 250–500 mPD (metres above Principal Datum...

... Abstract Dr Howat has raised two issues relating to the offshore sediments and proposed reclamation work in the vicinity of North Lantau. The first relates to the stratigraphy of the offshore sediments, the second to their engineering behaviour. The terminology used by Dr Howat to describe...

... characteristics and slope instability modeling using GIS Lantau Island, Hong Kong . Geomorphology , v. 42 , pp. 213 – 228 . Dai , F.C. , Lee , C.F. , Li , J. and Xu , Z.W. (2001) Assessment of landslide susceptibility on the natural terrain of Lantau Island, Hong Kong . Environ. Geol...