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The Pouzilhac limestones began to form in the Lower Cretaceous, Barremian (-129
million years ago). At this time, the whole of what was to become the south of France was underwater. All these populations lived and died for millions and millions of years, creating an accumulation of their shells and skeletons on the seabed: the beginning of sedimentation.
The Nau Bouques/Nareda and Montpins marbles began their formation in the Thitonian (-145 million years: Upper Jurassic) and Valanginian (-135 million years: Lower Cretaceous) respectively. At this time, what was to become the south of France was still an ocean.
"Candelon marble is originally Urgonian limestone (Cretaceous-Barremian), totally tectonized, due to a thrust in the Loube massif, which extends the thrust of the Sainte Baume massif."
Courson les Carrières lies on the south-eastern edge of France's largest sedimentary basin: the Paris Basin. At Bois des Rochottes, the age of the site formations is 160 million years (Jurassic - Oxfordian), at which time the sea covered a large part of "France".
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