Aachen Formation

The Aachen Formation (, CKAK; ) is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in the southern Netherlands and northeastern Belgium and adjacent Germany.
It is part of the Chalk Group and named after the German city of Aachen.
Geography.
The formation crops out in southern Belgian and Dutch Limburg and adjacent areas in Germany. The formation can also be found in the subsurface of West Flanders, where it forms an aquifer from which drinking water is won.
Geology.
The Aachen Formation consists of glauconite bearing sand. It was deposited during the Santonian and Campanian ages (85.8 to 70.6 million years ago) of the Cretaceous Period.
The formation rests unconformably on top of Carboniferous rocks of the Limburg Group, which are more than three times as old. Overlying the Aachen Formation is the Vaals Formation, also part of the Chalk Group.
Fossil content.
Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation: