Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1980

Abstract

A multidisciplinary group of sixtcen scientists visited the southwestern desert of Egypr to verify interpretations Earth-orbital photographs. Thetwo-week journcy started a t Kharga Oasis and proceeded south-southwest to Bir Tarfawi, west the Gif Kebir plateau, and then to Gebel Uwcinat, on the border between E and Sudan. Members of the expedition discovered sites of prehistoric I age from approximately 3000 Perhaps 200000 years litke remains in the Gilf Kebir area indicated a prolonged peros However, a cloud mass observed on a weather satellite in, may have provided rainwater for numerous Dlat ES M geological findings, including prospects for economic mt Fluvial and aeolian erosional patterns were studied won E Many of the desert landforms display similarities to Correlations of features in the Egyptian desert with nhe" help us to a better understanding of surface processes on both earth and Mars.

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