Type Group Region England Primary Mudstone Overlies Teign Valley Group Unit of Culm Measures | Thickness 3500 to 4000m Country United Kingdom Named for Holsworthy Underlies Exeter Group | |
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Sub-units Crackington Formation, Bideford Formation, Bude Formation Other siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates | ||
The Holsworthy Group is a late Carboniferous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in north and east Cornwall and Devon in southwest England. The name is derived from the Devon town of Holsworthy. The Group comprises (in ascending order i.e. oldest first) the Crackington, Bideford and Bude formations. In the Launceston area the group is represented by the Bealsmill Formation. It was formerly known as the Upper Culm Group.
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