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

描述：该奖项支持弗吉尼亚州诺福克Old Dominion大学的Kevin H. Johannesson教授的计划访问，他将访问科威特大学，与Michael Duane教授一起进行初步调查，并计划提交给NSF和科威特科学促进基金会（KFAS）的联合研究提案。他们计划通过胶结研究、稀土元素和同位素测量以及通过阴极发光研究流体-岩石相互作用来研究单个地层的化学地层学和成岩作用，从而调查科威特沿海含水层的长期变化。两所院校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支持规划访问的目标，当访问对发展国际合作至关重要时。

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.