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Overview

Gordon R. Osinski is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Space Exploration and Technology, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gordon R. Osinski include:

  • The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life (2020), published in Astrobiology
  • Impact Earth: A review of the terrestrial impact record (2022), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Other relevant papers linked to their research area, though not all authored by Osinski, include:

  • Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater (2020), published in Science Advances
  • Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • A Global Fireball Observatory (2020), published in Planetary and Space Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gordon R. Osinski are:

  • L. L. Tornabene
  • D. A. Kring
  • A. E. Pickersgill
  • R. A. F. Grieve
  • C. D. Neish

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Icarus
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

This profile reflects a body of work that integrates multiple disciplines related to planetary science, impact processes, and geological analysis, contributing to a detailed understanding of planetary environments and their evolution.

Best Publications

  • Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars

    Gordon R. Osinski;Livio L. Tornabene;Neil R. Banerjee;Charles S. Cockell

  • Impact ejecta emplacement on terrestrial planets

    Gordon R. Osinski;Gordon R. Osinski;Livio L. Tornabene;Richard A.F. Grieve;Richard A.F. Grieve;Richard A.F. Grieve

  • The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

    Joanna V. Morgan;Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy Bralower;Elise Chenot

  • Numerical modelling of impact melt production in porous rocks

    K. Wünnemann;G.S. Collins;G.R. Osinski

  • Impact Cratering: Processes and Products

    Gordon R. Osinski;Elisabetta Pierazzo

  • Impact-induced hydrothermal activity within the Haughton impact structure, arctic Canada: Generation of a transient, warm, wet oasis

    Gordon R. Osinski;John G. Spray;Pascal Lee

  • SHARAD detection and characterization of subsurface water ice deposits in Utopia Planitia, Mars

    C. M. Stuurman;C. M. Stuurman;G. R. Osinski;J. W. Holt;J. S. Levy

  • The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life

    G. R. Osinski;C. S. Cockell;A. Pontefract;H. M. Sapers;H. M. Sapers

  • Impact‐induced microbial endolithic habitats

    Charles S. Cockell;Charles S. Cockell;Pascal Lee;Gordon Osinski;Gerda Horneck

  • Impact structures: What does crater diameter mean?

    E.P. Turtle;E. Pierazzo;G.S. Collins;G.R. Osinski

  • Impact-generated carbonate melts: evidence from the Haughton structure, Canada

    Gordon R Osinski;John G Spray

  • The First Day of the Cenozoic

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy J. Bralower;Jens Ormö;Brendon Hall

  • Impact Earth: A review of the terrestrial impact record

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  • Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

    Gordon R. Osinski;David A. Kring

  • A case study of impact‐induced hydrothermal activity: The Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

    Gordon R. Osinski;Gordon R. Osinski;Pascal Lee;John Parnell;John G. Spray

  • The nature of the groundmass of surficial suevite from the Ries impact structure, Germany, and constraints on its origin

    Gordon R. Osinski;Richard A. F. Grieve;John G. Spray

  • Thermokarst lakes and ponds on Mars in the very recent (late Amazonian) past

    Richard J. Soare;Richard J. Soare;Gordon R. Osinski;Charlotte L. Roehm

  • Geological overview and cratering model for the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

    Gordon R. Osinski;Gordon R. Osinski;Pascal Lee;John G. Spray;John Parnell

  • Mid-sized complex crater formation in mixed crystalline-sedimentary targets: Insight from modeling and observation

    G. S. Collins;T. Kenkmann;G. R. Osinski;K. Wünnemann

  • Global documentation of gullies with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera and implications for their formation

    Tanya N. Harrison;Gordon R. Osinski;Livio L. Tornabene;Eriita Jones

  • Impact melt rocks from the Ries structure, Germany: an origin as impact melt flows?

    Gordon R. Osinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Livio L. Tornabene
Livio L. Tornabene University of Western Ontario
Richard A. F. Grieve
Richard A. F. Grieve University of Western Ontario
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Neil R. Banerjee
Neil R. Banerjee University of Western Ontario
John Parnell
John Parnell University of Aberdeen
Edward A. Cloutis
Edward A. Cloutis University of Winnipeg
Gareth S. Collins
Gareth S. Collins Imperial College London
Alfred S. McEwen
Alfred S. McEwen University of Arizona
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Kip V. Hodges
Kip V. Hodges Arizona State University

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