U.S.-Egypt Planning Visit: Origin and Evolution of the Southern Western Desert of Egypt

9900396 El-BazDescription：该奖项是为了支持一位美国科学家计划访问埃及。波士顿大学遥感中心主任Farouk El-Baz博士计划与埃及国家遥感和空间科学管理局(NARSS)的Hassan El-ETR博士讨论一个关于埃及西部极度干旱沙漠地貌发展的地质史的项目。他还计划在阿斯旺西南的埃及西部沙漠南部进行初步实地研究。此次访问的目的是与埃及科学家一起制定一项联合研究项目的细节，该项目将提交给美国-埃及联合基金计划。这项提议符合INT的目标，即支持美国和外国的联合活动，这些活动可能会加强在共同感兴趣的领域的合作。

9900396El-BazDescription: This award is to support a planning visit by a US scientist to Egypt. Dr. Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Remote Sensing Center at Boston University plans todiscuss with Dr. Hassan El-Etr of the Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS) a project on the geological history of landform development in the hyper-arid desert of western Egypt. He also plans to conduct preliminary field studies at the southern part of the Western Desert of Egypt southwest of Aswan. The visit is intended to work out with Egyptian scientists the details of a joint research project to be submitted to the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting joint U.S.-foreign activities that are likely to enhance collaboration in areas of mutual interest.