IV BOUNA VISTA FORMATION STRATA

The Bouna Vista Formation is a newly identified lithostratigraphical unit named

after the Bouna Vista residential district and the MRT station in the Queenstown
planning area of Singapore. The unit is distributed across central and western
Singapore. The estimated maximum thickness of this formation is several hundred
meters.
The Bouna Vista Formation comprises interbedded sandstone, conglomerate and
volcaniclastic rock. The sandstone is coarse- to very coarse-grained, pebbly and
often displays metre-scale planar cross-bedding. The conglometate can be clast
supported or matrix supported and is characterized by rounded, cobble-grade clast
of diverse lighologies, which include probable eroded fragments of volcanic rock,
granitic rock, quartz and extraformational sandstone and mudstone.
V KUSU FORMATION AND BUKIT BATOK FORMATION STRATA
In Singapore, both the Kusu Formation and Bukit Batok Formation are interpreted to
be lower Cretaceous sedimentary packages.
i) Kusu Formation
The Kusu Formation is a newly identified lithostratigraphical unit named after Kusu
Island and its known distribution is mainly throughout south-eastern and eastern
Singapore. On Kusu Islan, the formation comprises sandstone and subordinate
conglomerate. The overall thickness of this formation is estimated at least 400 m.
Units of pale-yellow coloured sandstone are observed on the western shore of Pulau
Tekong and are therefore also assigned to the Kusu Formation.
Kusu Formation sandstone is white, grey or reddish-brown and quartz-rich,
containing scattered floating pebble clast of metamorphic rock, and is typically
thick-bedded to massive.

ii) Bukit Batok Formation

The Bukit Batok Formation is newly identified lithostratigraphical unit named after
the Bukit Batok planning area in west-central Singapore. The estimated maximum
thickness of this formation is several hundred metres.
The formation comprises interbedded sandstone and mudstone along with subordinate
conglomerate and volcaniclastic rock. The sandstone is typically moderately to
well-sorted and very fine- to very coarse-grained. The mudstone is dark grey to
black, likely organic-rich and typically displays either a faint parallek
lamination or mottling. Isolated erosive-based units are developed locally,
characterized by immature, very poorly sorted, fine- to very coarse-grained,
angular, quartz-rich sandstone.