The distribution of Cretaceous deposits on the Hautes Fagnes plateau (Belgium)

Abstract

A new Cretaceous sand deposit of supposedly Campanian age and coastal origin is described from the southern flank of the Baraque Michel massif on the Hautes Fagnes plateau. Also presented is an updated distribution map of Cretaceous sand and flint accumulations on the plateau. The data show that during the Campanian the shoreline in High Belgium lay south of the Hautes Fagnes ridge and that it still moved further south during the Maastrichtian.