Funding Agency: NASA; Period 2023-2026 We are evaluating the lithologic mapping capabilities of EMIT, their application for identifying mineralization in arid and hyperarid crystalline terrains, and their potential contribution to our understanding of the accretionary and post-accretionary history of areas under investigation. We selected as our test sites, the once contiguous Eastern Desert of Egypt …
Funding Agency: NASA; Period 2023-2026 We are applying a multi-disciplinary study to characterize the nature of active deformation along the Suez Rift. The Rift comprises an integral segment of the Afro-Arabian rift system, the largest rift system on Earth. Despite being widely cited as an example of failed rifts, the Suez Rift is still experiencing …
Funding Agency: USGS; Period 2023-2024 The United States has determined a deficiency in data on the distribution of critical minerals in the U.S. Under the Presidential order, the Earth Mineral Resources Initiative (EMRI) program was initiated in 2018. Given the increasing demand for critical minerals, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was tasked to search for …
In the upcoming years, Egypt will be facing challenges meeting its increasing needs for freshwater resources compounded by the reduced River Nile flow due to the completion of the construction of the Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile. Our recent findings from STDF- and NASA- funded projects indicated that Lake Nasser is the main source …