Concepción Bonet Muñoz (1916-2014). Pioneer of professional geology and photogeology in Spain

Authors

  • Ester Boixereu Área de Inv. en Recursos Minerales. IGME, Madrid
  • María Ángeles García del Cura Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente. Universidad de Alicante
  • María Victoria Esteban Bonet Juliana, El Escorial, Madrid
  • Silvia Arca BNE Sede de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta102449

Keywords:

Concepción Bonet, photogeology, geologist, history of geology

Abstract

Concepción Bonet Muñoz (1916-2014) was the first woman who joined professional geology, and also she contributed to the implementation of photogeology in Spain. She studied Natural Sciences at Madrid University, finally she was graduated in 1943. She devoted herself to teaching, and in 1950 she obtained a CSIC research grant to specialize as a palaeontologist. Between 1953 and 1954, she got a research grant to stay at the University of Heerlen (Holland) to study the carboniferous megasporas. She completed her PhD in 1955. Between 1954 and 1956 she taught at the Faculty of Natural Sciences. She specialized in Photogeology and between 1956 and 1973 taught photogeology classes. In 1957 she joined the Nuclear Energy Board, where she created the Department of Photogeology and made several specialization stays abroad. In 1964 she joined the Department of Roads of the Ministry of Public Works, where she retired in 1984. She joined the development team of the General Road Plan and participated in the Previous Geological Studies of the main roads, where she strongly influenced the work methodology, making geological photoplanes the fundamental work tool, both for her contribution to the knowledge of geomorphology and for its usefulness in looking for raw materials for public works.

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2021-06-12

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Boixereu, E., García del Cura, M. Ángeles, Esteban Bonet, M. V., & Arca, S. (2021). Concepción Bonet Muñoz (1916-2014). Pioneer of professional geology and photogeology in Spain . GEOGACETA, 69, 67–70. https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta102449

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