Appleby Group

The Appleby Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to the succession of Permian Period aeolian and fluviatile rock strata which occur in northwest England and beneath the Irish Sea in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Appleby Group
Stratigraphic range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Group
Sub-units	Brockram
Underlies	Cumbrian Coast Group and Roxby Formation
Overlies	mid-Carboniferous unconformity
Thickness	variable
Lithology
Primary	sandstone
Other	mudstone, breccia
Location
Region	northwest England
Country	England
Type section
Named for	Appleby-in-Westmorland

The Appleby Group unconformably overlies a variety of older rock strata (Carboniferous). It is succeeded (overlain) by the Cumbrian Coast Group^[2] Its lowermost sub-unit is the Brockram, a breccia which sits unconformably on a range of older strata.^[3]