Doswell Group

Doswsell Group Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
Type	Group
Unit of	Newark Supergroup
Sub-units	South Anna Formation, Falling Creek Formation
Underlies	King George Group
Overlies	Petersburg Granite
Thickness	2,000 ft (610 m)
Location
Region	Virginia
Type section
Named for	Doswell, Virginia
Named by	Weems

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.