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Omani student presents paper in Vienna

Kawthar Al Quraishi
Muscat: Students of the Department of Applied Geosciences attended the European Geosciences Union EGU 2012 in Vienna. About 11,000 international researchers participated in the conference.
Kawthar Al Quraishi, a fourth year student of BSc Applied Geosciences at GUtech, gave a presentation on her research paper for the bachelor thesis titled: 'Late Quaternary delta evolution on an uplifted coastal area Wadi Haida Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula'. 

The conference is one of the largest congregations of geo researchers worldwide. The students were quite motivated to attend this conference at which they were able to discuss the results of their research papers with an international audience.

Professor Dr Goesta Hoffmann, Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Geosciences at GUtech was the supervisor of Kawther's BSc thesis.Kawther's study is integrated in the research project 'Short and long-term environmental changes along the coastline of Oman (Arabian Peninsula)', which is financially supported by The Research Council (TRC). 

Kawther is among the first group of graduates at GUtech who could actively contribute towards the project with her BSc thesis. Kawther's research area is located close to Sur and she carried out geological fieldwork, especially mapping of an ancient river-delta on the coast.



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