An overview of the Santonian amber-bearing deposits of the Sainte-Baume Massif, southeastern France

The Upper Cretaceous sedimentary succession cropping out in the Sainte-Baume Massif (Var, southeastern France) is of late Turonian to Campanian age. There, complex imbrication and rapid evolution space time shallow-marine, fluvio-deltaic lacustrine environments at front North Provence Durancian uplift occur during Santonian. Marly and/or sandy strata rich lignite remains amber grains are interspersed throughout Santonian series. According new situ collections, features grains, their micro-inclusions, similar those found well-known amber-bearing sites from Bouches-du-Rhône department. This testifies a widespread resin-producing tree forests France that time.