US-Kuwait Cooperative Researchh: Planning and Preliminary Sampling Phase for Trace Element and Isotopic Geochemical Studies of Coastal Aquifers in Kuwait

9906113 Johannesson描述：该奖项支持Kevin H.弗吉尼亚州诺福克旧自治领大学的约翰森说。 他将访问科威特大学，与Michael Duane教授一起进行初步调查，并计划向NSF和科威特科学促进基金会（KFAS）提交联合研究提案。 他们计划调查科威特沿海含水层的长期变化，方法是通过胶结研究、稀土元素和同位素测量以及通过阴极发光对流体-岩石相互作用的调查，研究化学地层学和个别地层内的成岩作用。 这两个机构之间的合作关系将为研究生提供潜在的独特学习机会。该提案符合INT的目标，即在规划访问对发展国际合作至关重要时支持规划访问。

9906113Johannesson Description: This award supports a planning visit by Professor Kevin H. Johannesson of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He will visit Kuwait University to work with Professor Michael Duane on preliminary investigations and on planning for a joint research proposal to be submitted to NSF and to the counterpart Kuwaiti Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). They plan to investigate secular changes in coastal aquifers of Kuwait by studying the chemical stratigraphy and diageneses within individual formations by cementation studies, rare earth element and isotopic measurements, and investigations, via cathodoluminescence, of fluid-rock interactions. The collaborative relationships among the two institutions will provide potentially unique opportunities for graduate students to learn. The proposal meets INT objectives for supporting planning visits when they are essential for developing international collaboration.