Leaving behind the coastal landscapes of Provence, this guide aims to take the reader to another paradise, northern Provence, between the Durance and Ventoux, the Luberon and the Vaucluse mountains. Amidst its hilltop villages, harmoniously integrated into the landscape, and its flamboyantly colored rocks, the riches of the Tertiary era are revealed. The wonderfully preserved remains of a teeming life reveal bygone landscapes that man can reconstruct through imagination, the exuberant biodiversity of the Oligocene forests, the aridity of the salt-laden sebkhas, or the vast grassy steppes populated by the first large mammals.
This guide, created at the initiative of the Luberon Regional Natural Park, aims to contribute to raising awareness of the exceptional geological wealth of this region.
It thus forms, with the two previous Geonautical Guides – Provence cristalline and Provence calcaire – a trilogy which covers the geological history of more than 500 million years that Provence reveals through its landscapes.
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Author: Georges BRONNER
Paperback: 64 pages
Size: 29 x 21 cm
Publisher: Jeanne Laffitte
Edition: 1st (July 2010)
Language: French
ISBN-13: 978 2 782862 76 47 64
Price: 23 euros
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