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Auvergne Rhône Alpes
Nyons
Montbrun-Les-Bains

Black Marls of the Baronnies Provençales

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Montbrun-Les-Bains

Black Marls of the Baronnies Provençales

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Black Marls of the Baronnies Provençales

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Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional des Baronnies provençales

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    1. Hills and perched villages of the Baronnies provençales — loop

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    August 21, 2023

    The marls shape the landscape into soft rock dunes with arid slopes. True witnesses of the Lower Cretaceous period (approximately -135 million years), these Valanginian marls are mostly composed of limestone, sand and clay, giving them this friable appearance when dry. Tinted with a gray or yellowish color, they bear witness to a time when the ocean covered the Baronnies provençales, which were only then an immense marine trench: the Vocontian basin.

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      Location: Montbrun-Les-Bains, Nyons, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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