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Doswell Group

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Type
  
Group

Underlies
  
King George Group

Thickness
  
2,000 ft (610 m)

Unit of
  
Newark Supergroup

Overlies
  
Petersburg Granite

Sub-units
  
South Anna Formation, Falling Creek Formation

The Doswell Group is a geologic unit of Upper Triassic age, part of the Newark Supergroup, which forms the lower part of the sedimentary fill of the Taylorsville Basin in Virginia and Maryland. This sequence was deposited by lakes and rivers in the developing rift basin.

References

Doswell Group Wikipedia


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