Meadfoot Group

Meadfoot Group
Stratigraphic range: Pragian to Emsian (Devonian)
Type Group
Sub-units Staddon Formation, Bovisand Formation
Underlies Staddon Grits
Overlies Dartmouth Group
Lithology
Primary shales,
Other siltstones, sandstones
Location
Region England
Country United Kingdom
Extent south Devon
Type section
Named for Meadfoot, Torquay

The Meadfoot Group is an early Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in south Devon in southwest England. The name is derived from the locality of Meadfoot at Torquay. The Group comprises (in ascending order i.e. oldest first) the Staddon and Bovisand formations. It was formerly known as the Meadfoot Beds or Series.[1]

References

  1. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HOWY (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)
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