The Maplewell Group is an Ediacaran lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) present in Leicestershire in the English Midlands. The strata are exposed in Charnwood Forest, west of Leicester. Besides a variety of volcaniclastic sandstones and mudstones, there are various breccias and tuffs. The tuffs which were laid down in water are fossiliferous; Charnia, Charniodiscus and Cyclomedusa, are all recorded from these rocks.[1]
| Maplewell Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Rocks of the Beacon Hill Formation outcropping at Beacon Hill, Leicestershire | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Hanging Rocks, Bradgate, Beacon Hill and Charnwood Lodge Volcanic formations and the Whitwick and Bardon Hill volcanic complexes |
| Underlies | Brand Group |
| Overlies | Blackbrook Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | volcaniclastic sandstone |
| Other | mudstone, breccia, siltstone, tuff, dacite, andesite |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Extent | Leicestershire |
References
edit- ^ British Geological Survey 2010 Coalville England and Wales sheet 155. Bedrock and Superficial Deposits. 1:50,000 (Keyworth, Nottingham: BGS)