Christine Laverne and Georges Bronner

Pebbles

The pebble is a natural object present all over our planet and, probably on any rocky planet where water is present in a liquid state… Since its birth, the Earth has been producing pebbles by the billions at all times, as mountain ranges rise, torrents and rivers flow and… Read more…

From the Durance to the Vaucluse Mountains

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 … Read more…

The Giens peninsula

The Giens Peninsula, this blade of a "sundial" planted in the Var Mediterranean, is a world apart whose lovers have never finished taking inventory. Inventory of the landscapes, strongly shaped by an exceptional geological history; inventory of the botanical and ornithological species that have made this place a precious ecological niche... Read more...

Geonautical guide – From the Rhône delta to the harbor of Toulon

This guide aims to recount, through the coastal landscapes from the Rhône delta to the harbor of Toulon, the last two hundred and fifty million years of the geological history of limestone Provence. The film of events unfolds before us, with the comings and goings of the sea during the time of the dinosaurs, and... Read more...

Geonautical guide – From Hyères harbor to the Esterel

Observe rocks and landscapes. Reconstruct their history, capture time, and appeal to the imagination. Geology is a science of the imagination that draws on reality. See, look, observe, recognize, and understand. This book takes the form of a slow navigation along the coastal landscapes between Hyères harbor and the Esterel massif, … Read more…

Of shale and water

Approach them on the sea, hidden in the blue-green of the vegetation… Porquerolles, Port-Cros. The flow of the sea and the vibration of the stones. Approach… set foot on their ground, leave the horizon to feel the volume; the gaze plunged into the strata of the rock which lets the rhythms of… Read more…