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 …
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Funding Agency: NASA; Period 2023-2027 We continue, build on, and expand the scope of our ongoing GRACE-funded research titled “Monitoring deep aquifer response to climatic variability using GRACE data” in three major ways. Firstly, the study is not restricted to deep aquifers but expands to include shallow aquifers, basins, and reservoirs. Secondly, we use GRACE …
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 …