Assistant
Professor
Department
of Environmental Sciences
Bowman-Oddy
3026
University
of Toledo
2801 W
Bancroft, Toledo OH 43606
Appointments:
Assistant
Professor
- Department of Environmental
Sciences: University of Toledo, 2008
-
Principal
Research Associate - ESRS Lab,
Geosciences Department: Western Michigan University, 2004 - 2008
Senior
Research Scientist – ESRS Facility: University at Buffalo 2002
- 2004
Adjunct
Instructor:
University at Buffalo Geology Department - 2003
Scientific Associate-
Geologic Data Visualization, Field Geology, Computer Support and Risk
Assessment:
Environmental research Division, Argonne National Lab, 1996-2002
Research
Scientist/Computer Specialist: Washington University, Department of Earth
and Planetary Sciences (EPSc): 1995-1996
Research
Assistant:
Washington University, EPSc, Remote Sensing Lab:
1990-1994
Teaching
Assistant:
Washington University, EPSc:1992-1994
Education:
Ph.D. in Geosciences at Western Michigan
University, 2008. Dissertation: Remote Sensing Studies for the
Assessment of Geohazards: Toxic Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, and Land
Subsidence in the Nile Delta.
Graduate student in Geology at the University at Buffalo
(SUNY), Spring
2004.
A.M. with thesis in Earth and Planetary
Sciences from Washington University. December, 1994.
A.B. in Germanic
Languages and Literature from Washington University. May, 1991.
Awards and
Scholarships:
Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellow 2007-2008
WMU Research Day Best Poster Award, 2008
Geosciences Department Kuenzi Award - 2007
Western Michigan University All-University Research
and Creative Scholar Award - 2006
Geosciences Department Research and Creative
Scholar Award - 2006
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Outstanding Student Paper Award - Fall 2005 National Meeting, Ocean Sciences Section: Temporal
and Spatial Distribution of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes
Saint Michael and Saint George Student Scholarship
- 1991
Washington University: Caldwell Brothers
Engineering Scholarship -1988-90
Support:
Becker, R, (PI), Remote Sensing of Environmental
Hazards: Nile Delta Subsidence, US-Egypt S&T
Becker, R, (PI), (2007-)
Assessment of Subsidence in the Nile Delta Using Radar Interferometry,European
Space Agency.
Becker, R, (Co-PI), Aug 2007, Environmental Remote
Sensing Applications in Kuwait, KISR.
Becker, R, (PI), Satellite Assessment of Toxic Algal Blooms in the Lower
Great Lakes, March 2007, WMU Graduate Research Student Fund.
Becker, R, (PI), Assessment of subsidence in the
Nile Delta using Radar Interferometric Techniques, WMU Graduate Research
Student Fund.
Becker, R, (PI), Assessment, Monitoring, and Modeling of Changes in Land
Use and Land Cover and Their Impacts on the Nubian Aquifer, Saharan Africa (sub
from NASA through UB: Jan-Aug 2005)
Becker, R, (Co-I), Integrated Hydrology of the
Nubian Aquifer: Evidence from Radar and SRTM Data (European Space Agency)
(2004-2005)
Courses
Taught:
University at Buffalo: Geology 560: GIS for
Geoscientists, Fall 2003
Short
Courses Taught:
GIS for Geologists: Cairo University, Egypt, Oct,
2004
Using ENVI and PCI for Geological Remote Sensing:
Cairo University, Egypt, Oct, 2004
Using ENVI for Geological Remote Sensing: Cairo
University, Egypt, May, 2004
Remote Sensing using PCI: Cairo University: Fall
1994
Using ERDAS for Remote Sensing: Egyptian Geological
Survey: Fall 1994
Courses
TA'd:
Environmental Geology
Biostratigraphy and Sedimentation
Hydrology
Earth System Sciences
Professional
Experience:
Remote
Sensing Research Experience
Analyze variety of remote sensing datasets,
including Landsat TM, Landsat MSS, Corona (KH-4A), ASTER, Hyperion, ALI, MODIS,
SeaWifs, MERIS, IKONOS, Quickbird, MVISR, AVHRR, ERS, ASAR, SIR-C, JERS, SPOT,
TRMM, SSM/I, QuickSCAT and GRACE terrestrial satellite data; AVIRIS,
Probe-1, TIMS Airborne data; Venus Magellan SAR and altimetry, and Mars Viking
Orbiter and Lander planetary data:
Using Aerial photography to Investigate Dune
Movement at Cape Code National Seashore, Cape Cod, MA
Using Radar Interferometry to investigate Ground
Subsidence in Amherst, NY and the Nile Delta
Mapping and Identifying Harmful Algal blooms in the
Lower Great Lakes
Investigating buried paleo-channels in the Nubian
Aquifer recharge areas
Detecting land cover land use change in the Western
Desert of Egypt
Examining water resources in the Eastern Desert of
Egypt
Studying Aquatic Parameters in Lake Nasser to
investigate Carbon Cycling
Developing DEM extraction methods from CORONA data,
for historical interpretation
Detecting and measuring vegetation changes in
Kuwait
Detecting and measuring Land use and vegetation
changes in the Mesopotamian Marshes
Extracting DEMs from ASTER and air photo data
Studying flows and ash deposition on South American
volcanoes
Monitoring extent of Nile River Delta urbanization
over 3 decades
Modeling tectonic plate reconstruction
Field
Experience:
Five years of field experience on CERCLA and
Superfund sites in glacial and lacustrine environments in Nebraska, Kansas,
Illinois and Minnesota, including:
Core
Logging, water sampling, generating and interpreting cross sections, surveying,
water level monitoring
Reflectance data acquisition and sampling on Lake
Erie and Lake Champlain
Studying the quaternary alluvial terrain along the
Red Sea Coast in Egypt
Computer
Experience:
System
Administration
System Administrator for ESRS research group:
Set up and maintain state of the art image
processing and teaching labs, including specifying, ordering and setting up new
equipment
Set up, customize and maintain ArcIMS and Oracle
spatial data server
Install, configure, author and maintain ESRSL website and IMS server
Windows, Unix, Linux system maintenance
Set up and maintain intranet web server for
workgroup and sponsors
Set up new computer lab in Cairo, Egypt for
environmental assessment project (done in conjunction with Cairo University)
Train Egyptian Scientists at Cairo University on
Remote Sensing and Image processing Techniques
Experience in:
GIS Packages: ARC/INFO, ArcGIS, ArcIMS,
MapInfo
Image Processing Packages: ERDAS, PCI,
ENVI, DORIS, ROI_PAC
Programming Languages: C, perl, IDL,
Visual Basic, FORTRAN, SQL, ArcXML, MATLAB
Database Experience: Oracle, Sybase,
Access, Foxpro
Web page design and administration
Software
Development
Developed image display software for X-windows
system
Developed software for object detection, image
correlation and analysis, and mosaicking
Developed software modeling package for numerical
landform simulation, incorporating, hydrologic,
climatic and tectonic processes.
Developed visualization and modeling software for
QuickSite site characterization program
Software
Copyright
Automated cross section generation program for
Quick Site program, incorporating multiple styles of electronic and lithologic logs.
Invited
Talks:
Remote Sensing of the Lower Great Lakes, Lake
Ontario Lower Food Web Assessment (LOLA) program workshop, November 16th-17th,
2005, Cornell University Biological Field Station
Mapping Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes
using Satellite Data, Physics Department Colloquium, Marquette University, Mar
1, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Publications:
Papers, Proceedings,
Abstracts, Reports
Published
or In Press:
Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., El Sefry, S., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Nasr,
I., Sagentayev, Z., 2008, Constraints on the
Origin and Potential of the Rub Al Khali Groundwater Aquifer System, Arabian
Peninsula , Journal of Hydrology, v.356(1-2), pp70-83.
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.001
Jones, C., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Milewski, A., Hussein, M., Al-Dousari,
A., Al-Kaisy, S., Becker, R., 2008, Hydrologic Impacts
of Engineering Projects on the Tigris-Euphrates System and its Marshlands,
Journal of Hydrology, v. 353(1-2), pp 59-75. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.01.029
.
Forman, S., Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Smith, S., Becker, R., Kendall,
M., and Marin, L., The
twentieth-century migration of parabolic dunes and wetland formation at Cape
Cod National Sea Shore, Massachusetts, USA: landscape response to a legacy of
environmental disturbance, The Holocene, v.18(5),
pp 765-774.
Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Sauck, W., Abdel Gelil, K., Youssef,
A.F., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Jones, C., 2008, An integrated
approach for identifying aquifers in transcurrent fault systems: The Najd shear
system of the Arabian Nubian shield, v. 349(3-4), pp 475-488.
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.029
Sultan, M., Yan, E., Sturchio, N., Wagdy A, Abdel Gelil, K., Manocha,
N., Becker, R., Milewski, A., 2007, Natural Discharge: A
Key to Sustainable Utilization of Fossil Groundwater, J Hydrol., v. 335,
pp. 25-36, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.034.
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G., and Konopko, E., 2006, Mapping Variations
Of Algal Blooms In The Lower Great Lakes, Great Lakes Research Review, v.
7, pp. 14-17.
Sturchio, N.C., Du, X., Purtschert, R., Lehmann, B.E., Sultan, M.,
Patterson, L.J., Lu, Z.-T., Müller, P., Bigler, T., Bailey, K., O'Connor, T.P.,
Young, L., Lorenzo, R., Becker, R., El Alfy, Z., El Kaliouby, B., Dawood, Y.,
and Abdallah, A.M.A., 2004, One million
year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36,
Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, no. 5.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Al-Dousari, A., Al-Ghadban, A.N., Bufano, E.,
2003, Water,
Agriculture and Land Cover: Lessons for the Postwar Era. Geotimes, v. 48,
no. 10, pp. 22-24.
Sultan, M., Fiske, M., Stein, T., Gamal, M., Abdel Hady, Y., El Araby,
H., El Araby, T., Madani, A., Mehanee, S., and Becker, R., 1999,
Satellite-based monitoring of urbanization in the Nile Delta, Egypt, Ambio, v. 28, pp. 628-631.
Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Crombie, M, Sturchio, N.,
El Alfy, Z, 1997. Groundwater Sapping Processes, Western Desert, Egypt, GSA Bulletin, v. 109, no.1, pp. 43-62.
Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Luo,
W., Sturchio, N., Sultan, M., Lofty, Z., Mahmood, A.M., El Alfy, Z., 1994. Climatic,
Eustatic, and Tectonic controls on Quaternary Deposits and Landforms, Red Sea
Coast, Egypt, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, pp. 12175-12190.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P.,
Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Attia, R.I., 1993.
New constraints on Red Sea Rifting from correlations of Arabian and Nubian
Neoproterozoic outcrops, Tectonics, v. 12, pp. 1303-1319.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P.,
Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Attia, R.I., 1993. New constraints on Red Sea Rifting: In U. Thorweihe and H.
Schandelmeier (eds.), Geoscientific
Research in Northeast Africa, A.A.A. Balkema, Netherlands, pp. 249-254.
Schandelmeier, H., Wipfler, E., Kuster, D., Sultan,
M., Becker, R., Stern, R.J., Abdelsalam, M.G., 1994. The
Atmur-Delgo suture: A Neoproterozoic oceanic basin
extending into the interior of North Africa, Geology, v. 22, pp. 563-566.
Sultan, M., Stern, R.J., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P.,
Becker, R., 1993. Reply to comment by W.
Bosworth on Nature of the Red Sea crust: A controversy revisited, Geology, v.
21, pp. 575-576.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Arvidson, R.E., Shore, P.,
Stern, R.J., El Alfy, Z., Guinness, E.A., 1992. Nature
of the Red Sea Crust: a controversy revisited, Geology, v. 20, pp. 593 -
596.
Submitted:
Accepted Pending Revision:
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Land Subsidence in the Nile Delta: Inferences
from Radar Interferometry (The Holocene)
Milewski A., Sultan, M., Yan, Y.E., Becker, R., Abdeldayem, A., Abdel Gelil,
K., Remote Sensing Solutions for Estimating Runoff and Recharge in Arid
Environments (Journal of Hydrology)
Becker, R.H., Sultan, M.I., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., and Konopko, E.,
Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Great Lakes Using MODIS (Journal of Great
Lakes Research).
In Review:
Makarewicz, J., Boyer, G., Atkinson, Lewis, T., Guenther, W., Arnold,
M., Becker, R., Sultan, M., 2007, Spatial distribution
of the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR in the Lake Ontario ecosystem: Coastal
embayments, rivers, nearshore and offshore and upland lakes, (Submitted,
Environmental Toxicology)
Milewski, A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Sultan, M., and Becker, R.,
Development of the Remote Sensing Data Extraction Model (RESDEM) to Increase
the use of Global Datasets, (Submitted, Computers in Geosciences)
Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Abdel Gelil, K., Becker, R., 2006
Development and Applications of Replicable and Cost-effective Methodologies for
Groundwater Assessment and Exploration, Proceedings of Third Arab Water
Regional Conference, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 9-11, 2006.
Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Becker, R., Milewski, A., 2006,
Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Ground water Exploration, Proceedings
for Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS: Techniques and Applications, Kuwait
City, Kuwait, 25-29 November, 2006.
Sultan, M., Flower, M., Sandvol, E., Manocha, N., Markondiahjayaprakash,
S., Becker, R., Jones, C., Milewski, A., 2006, Web-based GIS: The Tethys
Database, Proceedings for Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS: Techniques and
Applications, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 25-29 November, 2006.
Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Abdel Gelil, K.,
Markondiahjayaprakash, S., Becker, R., 2005, Precipitation, Runoff, and
Recharge Analysis Using SWAT, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater
Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12,
2005.
Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Manocha, N., Milewski, A., Becker, R., Abdel
Gelil, K., , 2005, Methodology for the Assessment of Groundwater Development
Potential in Arid and Hyper-Arid Regions, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing
Groundwater Development Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt,
Dec 11-12, 2005.
Sultan, M., Yan, E., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Groundwater Modeling in
Wadi Assuity, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development
Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.
Yan, E., Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Milewski, A.,
Becker, R., 2005, Proceedings for Workshop on Assessing Groundwater Development
Potential in Arid and Hyper Arid Regions, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11-12, 2005.
Becker, R. Sultan, M, Atkinson, J, Boyer, G, Konopko, E, 2005,
Spatial and Temporal Variations of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes,
Presented at the 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine
and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005.
Atkinson, J., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Boyer, G., 2005 Monitoring
Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes, Presented at the 8th International
Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada, 17-19 May, 2005.
Sultan, M., Yan, E., Ballerstein, E., Becker, R., Towards a better
understanding of the hydrology of Lake Nasser, Proceedings of the Workshop
for Integration of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Technology for Assessing and Managing Surface and Ground Water in Egypt,
December 3-9, 2003,Cairo, Egypt.
Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Luo, W., Sturchio, N.,
Sultan, M., Lotfy, Z., Mahmood, A.M., and El Alfy, Z., 1993, Eustatic sea level
and tectonic controls on Quaternary landscapes, Red Sea coast, Eastern Desert,
Egypt, Proceedings, Chapman Conference on Topography and Tectonics:
Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 99, pp. 12,175-12,190.
Abstracts for Presentations at
Professional Meetings:
Becker, R., Sultan, M., 2008, Land Subsidence in the Northeastern Nile
Delta as Measured by Radar Interfeometry, Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs
Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Becker, R., 2008, Remote Sensing
Contributions to Rainfall-Runoff and Recharge Modeling, Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs
Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Khan, S., Khan, A. S., Mahmood, K., Becker,
R., Milewski, A., Welton, B., 2008, Groundwater Reservoir Types in Fold and
Thrust Belts: Quetta Valley, Pakistan, Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs
Sultan, M., Metwally, M.S., Yousef, A.F., Milewski, A., Sturchio, N.,
Mahmoud, A.M.M., Becker, R., Sagintayev, Z., 2008, Red Sea Rifting Controls on
Groundwater Reservoir Distribution: Constraints from Geophysical, Isotopic, and
Remote Sensing Data, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
Sultan, M., Sturchio, N.C., Yan, E.g, Sefry, S., Milewski, A., Becker,
R., Abdeldayem, A.W., and Nasr, I.M., 2007, Where and How Do We Find
Groundwater in Arid Lands? An Integrated Approach from Egypt and Saudi Arabia,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Balekai, R., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., and
Becker, R., 2007, RESDEM, A Vehicle For Data Mining and Modeling of Temporal
Remote Sensing Data (TRMM, SSM/I, AVHRR, AMSR, MODIS, And QUICKSCAT),
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Murray, K., Sagintayev, Z., Sultan, M., Khan, S., Becker, D., Becker,
R., and Milewski, A., 2007, An Integrated Approach for the Assessment and
Development of Renewable Groundwater Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Becker, D, Sultan, M, Becker, R, Milewski, A, Soliman, F, Abdeldayem,
A.W., Balekai, R., and Rashed, M., 2007, An Integrated Approach for the
Assessment of the Renewable Ground Water Resources of Sinai, Egypt, Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., Konopko, E., 2007,
Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in The Lower Great Lakes From MODIS and SeaWiFS
Data, International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR).
Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Abdeldayem,
A.W., Gelil, K.A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Becker, R., and Jones, C., 2007,
Remote Sensing Solutions for Continuous Rainfall Runoff Modeling, Eos Trans.
AGU, submitted, Jt. Assem. Suppl.
Sultan, M., Wagdy, A., Sauck, W., Manocha, N., Gelil, K.A., Milewski,
A., and Becker, R., 2007, An Integrated Approach (Remote Sensing, GIS,
Geochemistry, Field, Geophysics) for Assessment of Groundwater Potential in
Large Transcurrent Fault Systems, Eos Trans. AGU, submitted, Jt. Assem. Suppl.
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G.L., Twiss, M.R., Konopko, E., 2007,
Mapping Cyanobacterial Blooms in The Lower Great Lakes From MODIS and SeaWiFS
Data, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
Milewski, A., Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., Sultan, M., Becker, R., 2006,
Development of an Automated Precipitation Processing Model and Applications in
Hydrologic Investigations, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Suppl.,
Abstract H21D-1413.
Milewski, A., Yan, E., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W., Gelil, K.A.,
Becker, R., and Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., 2006, A Catchment Based Hydrologic
Model For The Sinai Peninsula Using Remote Sensing And Field Datasets, Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H43B-11.
Sultan, M., Sturchio, N., Al-Sefry, S.A., Nasr, I.M., Becker, R.,
Milewski, A., 2006, Geochemical And Isotopic Constraints On The Origin Of The
Rub Al Khali Groundwaters, Saudi Arabia, Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 38, No. 7, p. 107.
Jones, C., Sultan, M., Yan, E., Al-Dousari, A., Al-Kaisy, S., Becker,
R., and Milewski, A., 2006, An Integrated Approach
(RS, GIS, & Modeling) For The Assessment Of The Disintegration And
Renovation Of The Mesopotamian Marshlands, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H23D-05.
Forman, S.L., Sagintayev, Z., Smith, S.M., Sultan, M., and Becker, R.,
2005, The Relation Between 20th Century Dune Migration and Wetland Formation at
Cape Cod National Sea Shore, MA, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43D-0516.
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Boyer, G., Atkinson, J., and Konopko, E., 2005,
Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Algal Blooms in the Lower Great Lakes, Eos
Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS31A-1436.
Sultan, M., Sandvol, E., Khan, S.D., Flower, M., Manocha, N., Markondiah
Jayaprakash, S., and Becker, R., 2005, Introduction to TETHYS – an
Interdisciplinary GIS Database for Studying Continental Plate Collisions, EOS
Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN51A-0312.
Milewski, A., Yan, E., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W. , Gelil, K.A.,
Becker, R., and Markondiah Jayaprakash, S., 2005, Development Of A Hydrologic
Model To Improve Estimates Of Recharge And Runoff Using Remote Sensing
Datasets, Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting Abstracts With Programs,
v. 37, no. 7, p. 29.
Jones, C.K., Sultan, M., Al-Dousari, A., Salih,
S.A.., Becker, R., And Milewski, A., 2005, Who Did What To The Mesopotamian
Marshes? Inferences From Temporal
Satellite Data, Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting Abstracts With
Programs, v. 37, no.7, p. 510.
Becker, R., Sultan, M., Giese, R., Guay, B., 2005, InSAR Analysis
of Subsiding Soils: Amherst and Surroundings, NY, Eos
Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract G23A-01.
Manocha, M., Sultan, M., Abdeldayem, A.W., Becker, R., Milewski, A.,
Sturchi, N., 2005, An Integrated Approach for Assessment of Groundwater
Potentialities Arid Areas, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H21C-05.
Milewski, A., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Abdeldayem, A.W., 2005, An Integrated Approach (TRMM, MODIS, AVHRR, and Rain
Gauge) for Assessment of Precipitation in Arid Areas: A Case Study from the
Eastern Desert of Egypt, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H23A-11.
Yan, Y.E, Becker, R., Wagdy, A., and Sultan, M, 2004, Assessment Of
Renewable Groundwater Resources In The Assiuty Hydrologic System Of The Eastern
Desert, Egypt, Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 37
Becker, R., Yan, Y. E., Chowdhury, A., and Sultan, M., 2004 Improving
Regional Estimation Of Renewable Resources For Sustainable Management,
Geological Society Of America Abstracts With Programs, v. 37.
Sandvol, C., Abbineni, T., Manjunath, D., Sandvol,
E., Sultan, M., Flower, M., Danishwar, S., Becker, R., Milewski, A.,
Sidhardhan, G., Manocha, N., 2004, A GIS Earth Sciences Database for the
Tethyan Mountain Belt, Mid-America GIS Consortium (MAGIC) symposium, Kansas
City.
Sultan, M., Manocha, N, Becker, R., Sturchio, N., 2004, Paleodrainage Networks
Recharging the Nubian Aquifer Dakhla and Kufra Sub-Basins Revealed From SIR-C
and SRTM Data, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract
H31C-03.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., 2004, Monitoring Algal Blooms in Inland
Waters From Space-Borne Observation, A Case Study From Northern Africa,
Lake Nasser Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt.
Assem. Suppl., Abstract B41A-11.
Sultan, M.,
Sturchio, N.C., Becker, R., Manocha, N., and MilewskiI, A., 2004, Paleodrainage
Networks of the Nubian Aquifer System Revealed from SIR-C and SRTM Data,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 67.
Sultan, M.,
Flower, M., Sandvol, E., Daniswar, S., Becker, R., Sandvol, C., Milewski, A., Sidhardhan,
G., Manocha, N., 2004, The Tethys Database: A Web-Based GIS, Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 78.
Yan, Y.E., Ballerstein, E., Sultan, M., and Becker,
R., 2003, Hydrologic Impacts of Lake Nasser and the Tushka Lakes on the Nubian
Aquifer in SW Egypt. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
35, no. 6, p. 198.
Al Dousari, A., Al-Ghadban, A., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Bufano, E., and
Milewski, A., 2003, Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC) of the Mesopotamian
Marshes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6,
p. 260.
Sultan, M., El Alfy, Z., Becker, R., Milewski, A.,
Bufano, E., 2003, A web-based GIS for Egypt's Geologic Datasets. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p.
261.
Sultan, M., Flower, M., Becker, R., Milewski, A., Bufano, E., Sandvol,
E., and Danishwar, S., 2003, A Preliminary Dataset for the 'Tethys"
Database. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6,
p. 261.
Yan, Y.E., Becker, R., Sultan, M., and Ballerstein,
E., 2003, Development of the Tushka Lakes in the southwestern desert of Egypt. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p.
315.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Jastrow, J.D., Miller, R.M., Kim, J., and El
Alfy, Z., 2002, Land cover and land use changes and their impacts on
groundwater resources and carbon cycling in SW Egypt, EOS Transactions,
American Geophysical Union, v. 83, p. 47.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., and Danishwar, S., 2002, Mapping suture zones
from space, IGCP 430 2ND annual workshop: ”mantle responses to Tethyan closure
abstracts with programs, p. 57, April 1-5, 2002, Halong Bay City, Vietnam.
Sultan, M., Stein, T., Becker, R., and Madany, A., 1996, Monitoring thirty
years of urban encroachment onto agricultural Lands, the Nile Delta, Egypt,
using Landsat data, Geological Society America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 28, p. A95.
Unrug, R., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Sadowski, G.R., Cesar, R.F., Machado,
R., Gresse, P.G., and Hoffmann, K.H., 1994, Proterozoic crustal and
metallogenic evolution, Windhoek, Namibia, p. 66.
Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., 1994. Terrain Simulator, LPSC Abstracts XXV, p 815.
Luo, W., Arvidson, R.E., Sultan, M., and Becker, R., 1994, Groundwater
sapping processes in the Kharga Depression, Western Desert, Egypt, Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A150.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., and Arvidson, R.E., 1994, Transcontinental
geologic correlations using Landsat MSS and TM data: Case studies from Arabia,
Africa, and South America, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. A267.
Arvidson, R.E., Becker, R., Shanabrook, A., Sultan,
M., Luo, W., Sturchio, N., 1992. Controls
on Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution - Red Sea Coast, Egypt, Spring 1992 AGU Abstracts.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Shore, P., Arvidson, R.E.,
Guinness, E.A., 1991. On the distribution of continental masses of Gondwanaland: A case study
from the Arabian-Nubian Shield, EOS, v. 72, p. 299.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Shore, P., Arvidson, R.E.,
Dixon, T.H., Stern, R.J., Guinness, E.A., 1991. New Findings on the Tectonic Evolution of the Red Sea and Nature of its
Underlying Crust: Inferences form Field and Landsat Thematic Mapper
Data, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. A264.
Sultan, M., Becker, R., Guinness, E.A., Arvidson,
R.E., Stern, R.J., 1990. On the
continuity of the mobile belts of the Arabian and Nubian Shields and the nature
of the crust underlying the Red Sea (RS): Observations from Landsat Thematic
Mapper (TM) data, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, p. A264.
Draft Master Work Plan: Environmental Investigations at Former CCC/USDA
Facilities in Nebraska, Jan 2002.
Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation, Adams, NE, May 2000.
Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation,
Adams, NE, July 2001.
Draft Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Adams, NE, Jan 2002.
Draft Final Feasibility Study, Bruno, NE, April 1998.
Final Work Plan: Phase I ESC, Ceresco NE,
September 1997.
Final Phase I Report & Phase II Work Plan, Ceresco, NE, March 1998.
Final Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation, Ceresco, NE, June
1999.
Final Report: Phase III QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation, Ceresco, NE,
October 1999.
Final Phase I Report & Phase II Work Plan: ESC, Clay Center, NE,
June 1997.
Final Phase II Report, Clay Center, NE, August 1997.
Final Feasibility Study for Remedial Action at Clay Center, NE, July
1998.
Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation at Craig, NE, September 2001.
Draft Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Funk, NE, September 1998.
Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation, Hubbard, NE, July
1999
Final Summary of Argonne QuickSite(R) Investigation, Hubbard, NE, March
2000
Draft Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Kenesaw, NE, September 1998.
Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation, Milford, NE, July 1999.
Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation,
Milford, NE, Jan 2000.
Draft Phase II Interim Report: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Milford, NE,
March 2002.
Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R) ESC
Investigation - Raymond, NE, August 1997.
Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: ESC - Raymond, NE, December
1997.
Final Phase II Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation - Raymond, NE,
November 1998.
Final Phase III Report: QuickSite(R) ESC Investigation - Raymond, NE,
July 2000.
Post-Feasibility Study Remedy Selection, Utica, NE, June 1997.
Final Phase I Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Bendena, KS, June
1999.
Final Report: QuickSite(R) Analysis for Canada, Kansas, October 1999.
Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation, Centralia, Kansas, Jan 2002.
Final Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation for Everest, Kansas, May 2000.
Final Phase I QuickSite(R) Investigation and
Phase II Workplan for Everest, Kansas, August 2001.
Draft Interim QuickSite(R) Phase II Report and Phase III Workplan for
Everest, Kansas, October 2001.
Final Phase I Work Plan: QuickSite(R) Investigation, Frankfort, KS,
September 1998.
Final Report: Phase I-Phase II QuickSite(R) Investigation and Phase III
Work Plan, Frankfort, KS, September 1999.
Draft Phase III QuickSite(R) Investigation, Frankfort, KS, November
1999.
Draft Work Plan: Phase I QuickSite(R)
Investigation for Webber, Kansas, August 2001.
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