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Alicante University geology students visit Ojos Negros quarry

Students of the third course of Geology of the Alicante University within the subject of Regional Geology: visit the abandon Ojos Negros quarry. This is an excellent Ordovician-Silurian section of the Hirnantian glaciation. The picture shows the student at the quarry border.

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Santiago Moliner Aznar Ph D. Thesis

Santiago Moliner Aznar defended the Ph. D. Thesis “Caracterización y valorización del patrimonio geológico del área de Sierra Espuña (Cordillera Bética: SE, España” on April 27th 2022. Abstract: The Sierra Espuña area (Murcia: SE Spain) is characterized by their great biodiversity integrated in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean. Although authorities are very interested in valorization […]

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Sierra Espuña Malaguide an example of geological heritage

The Cenozoic Malaguide Basin from Sierra Espuña (Internal Betic Zone, S Spain) due to the quality of outcropping, areal representation, and continuity in the sedimentation can be considered a key-basin. In the last 30 years, a large number of studies with very different methodological approaches have been done in the area. Models indicate an evolution from passive margin […]

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