Students of the third course of the Alicante University Geology Degree visit the Laboratorio Marino de Denia and the Denia Harbour on April 15 th of 2026. The student pilot the ROV, navigated with the éfira boat, using the side-scan-sonar and the Van Veen dredge.
Students of the first course of the Alicante University Geology Degree visit the Cala del Moraig section and the Riu Blanc marine spring in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell (Alicante) on February 13 th of 2026.
Students of the third course of Marine sciences of the Alicante University visit the Sorbas basin on October 30th of 2025.
The drone picture show the student in Sorbas (Almeria).
In the 17th century, Gaspar Escolano made a description of the coasts of the Kingdom of Valencia. He describes different sources of fresh water along the coast. In Peñiscola (Province of Castellon), he mentions a source near where the waves break that became saline and then returned to fresh water, being one of the first documented mentions of coastal salinization and its reversal. In the province of Valencia, the Albufera was a lagoon of sea water connected to the sea that had fresh water springs, used by fishermen. Today, some springs called “ullals” are still active and already pour into a coastal lagoon of fresh water. Finally, in Alicante, he mentions the Agua Dulce
cove in Denia and the sandbank of Rio Seco, while he describes the important coastal spring of the Morro de Toix cliff, now mainly inactive. This information from 400 years ago allows us to know the coasts before the great anthropic modification of the 20th century.
Cite as: Tent-Manclús, J. E., Bonomo, D., Jordá, J. D., Navarro Pedreño, J. y Jordán, M. M. (2025). Las surgencias de agua dulce en la costa de la Comunidad Valenciana (España) a partir de la descripción de la costa de Gaspar Escolano (siglo XVII). Geogaceta, 78: 39-42.https://sge.usal.es/archivos/geogacetas/geo78/geo78_p_35_38.pdf
Students of the third course of Geology of the Alicante University visit the Albufera of Valencia on February 13th of 2025. The field trip was in the subject of Geophysics and Geophysical interpretation. We use the channels in the Albufera for test the side scan sonar and the ROV. Also, student learned firsthand how to conduct a manual borehole survey.
Students recovering the manual borehole sample in Sueca (Valencia) .
The professors of the subject were David Bonomo, and José Enrique Tent-Manclús.
Students of the third course of Marine sciences of the Alicante University visit the Monsul beach on October 30th of 2024.
The drone picture show the student in Monsul (Almeria).
The professors of the subject were Manuel Martín-Martín, David Bonomo, and José Enrique Tent-Manclús.
Students in the third year of the Geology Degree of the course “Geophysics and geophysical prospecting”, under the supervision of Professor José Enrique Tent Manclús, carried out practices in the University of Alicante Ducks pond to learn how to drive a ROV. The picture show some students trying to understand the ROV commands (left).
This year the students of the third course of Marine sciences of the Alicante University visit the Mesa de Rodan, Cabo de Gata, and Sorbas basin on November 2nd and 3th of 2023.
The picture show the student visiting the Sorbas gypsum karst (Almeria).
The professors of the subject were Antonio Estévez, Manuel Martín-Martín, David Bonomo, and José Enrique Tent-Manclús.
Last March 4th, 2023, students in the third year of the Geology Degree carried out practices aboard the “Rosa de Abril” boat from the Torrevieja harbor . The practice was focused on different aspects of “Geophysics and geophysical prospecting”, under the supervision of Professor José Enrique Tent Manclús. This academic we have returned to sail as before the pandemic.
This academic year 2022-23 we have returned to Teruel Paleozoic as before the pandemic. The geology students of Alicante University third course within the subject of Regional Geology: visit Montealegre del Castillo triassic section (Albacete), Aguilon Jurassic section (Teruel), Murero Cambrian Rambla Valdemiedes section (Zaragoza), Luesma Ordovicic to Triassic section (Teruel), Santa Cruz de Nogueras museum “Paleozoic Seas Museum” (Teruel), Ojos Negros iron-ore quarry (Teruel) and Checa-Orea road Ordovicic-Silurian section (Guadalajara).
The picture shows all the students on the Tertiary erosional surface on top of the Murero section (Zaragoza province).
Alicante University Student in Murero top section. Panoramic view of the Iberian Cordillera.
The second picture show students in the Murero Cambrian Rambla de Valdemiedes section.
Alicante University geology third course students in the Rambla de Valdemiedes, cambrian of Murero.