Fung Kat Heung clay

Material category:

Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)

Identification number:

22-1000-005-a

Sample produced by:

TAL-L

Sample date:

16 Feb 2022 (Extracted)

Sample condition:

Intact

Site-driven material

Fung Kat Heung is a village within Kam Tin area of the Yuen Long District, located east of the Kam Tin River and north of Sha Po Tsuen. It is the ancestral village of the Sham clan, who were the descendants of a Chinese general in the Republic of China (1912-1949). After General Shen's defeat in the Guangdong–Guangxi War in 1926, he retired to this location and named the village "Fung Kat", which means ‘all bad luck turns into good luck’.

Location of Sample Extraction:

Fung Kat Heung Road, Kam Tin, Hong Kong

22.454868, 114.06483
Surface Condition:

Loose

Depth of sample extraction:

<20 cm

Slope at extraction point:

< 35°

Land Use:

Residential/ commercial/ government/ institutional/ community lot

State:

Solid

Geology of parent material:

Clay/ silt, gravelly sandy, well sorted to semi sorted

Color:

2.5YR 6/6

Soil Structure

Organic Matter: 0.0 %

Coarse: 32.0 %

Sand: 0.0 %

Silt: 30.0 %

Clay: 69.4 %