Geology Georges Bronner @en

The pebble is a natural object found throughout our planet and probably on any rocky planet where water occurs in a liquid state… Since its birth, the Earth produces at any moment billions of pebbles, along with the rising of mountain chains, the flowing of waterfalls and rivers, and the beating of the sea along the … Lire la suite…

Leaving behind the coastal landscapes of Provence, this guide takes the reader to another paradise, northern Provence, between the Durance and Ventoux, Luberon and Vaucluse mountains. Amidst these village perched and harmoniously integrated in the landscape, and these colorful flamboyant rocks preserved despite the bustling life, the riches of the Tertiary Era are revealed. This … Lire la suite…

The Giens Peninsula, this blade of « the sundial » planted in the Var sector of the Mediterranean, is a special world whose fans have not yet completed its inventory. Inventory of landscapes, strongly modelled by an exceptional geological history; inventory of botanical and ornithological species which have made this place a precious ecological niche; … Lire la suite…

This guidebook considers, through the coastal landscapes of the Rhone delta to the Toulon basin, the last two hundred fifty million years of the geological history of calcareous Provence. The film of events takes place right in front of us, with the coming and going of the sea at the time of the dinosaurs, and … Lire la suite…

To observe rocks and landscapes. To rebuild their history, to catch time, to appeal to the imagination. Geology is a science of the imagination based on real things. See, look, observe, recognize, understand. This work uses the pretext of a slow navigation along the coastal landscape between the Hyeres basin and Esterel range, to discover … Lire la suite…

Approach by sea, Porquerolles, Port­ Cros, hidden in the blue green vegetation. Flowing sea and vibrating stones. Approach…step onto their soil, relinquish the horizon and experience the volume; the eyes roam the rock strata that lets its deeper rhythms through to the surface. Tamped down but lively, waves of stone. Come, stay for a spell … Lire la suite…