Research

WESTERN SCIENCE

Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinski

Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinski

Department of Earth Sciences

Planetary Geology, Astrobiology, Exploration Science

The overarching focus of my research is on understanding the origin and evolution of the terrestrial (or rocky) planetary bodies through the study of planetary surface processes and planetary materials (e.g., meteorites and Apollo samples).

A major thrust of my research on planetary surface processes is impact cratering, in other words, the study of meteorite impact structures and the processes, products, and effects of their formation. I have made substantial contributions to the areas of impact ejecta emplacement, the effects of target properties on the impact cratering process, and impact-generated hydrothermal systems.

I am also actively working on various topics in glacial and periglacial geomorphology, involving fieldwork in the Canadian Arctic and comparative studies of Mars, where such processes have been proposed to have taken place.

My research on impact craters extends to investigating the role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life on Earth and the potential for life on Mars, bringing my research into the field of astrobiology. This interest in meteorite impact craters also involves research on economic geology, focused on the Sudbury impact structure in Ontario, a ~250 km diameter impact crater and the site of North America’s largest mining camp.

A long-time research interest that I work on from time to time is the Precambrian geology of the Canadian Arctic and Northwest Scotland. This is where my research career began: my first-ever journal publication, in 2001, was based on the results of my undergraduate honours thesis, in which I mapped an area of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

In addition to these scientific research objectives, I am also active in developing technologies and techniques for exploration, whether in remote or extreme locations on Earth (e.g., the High Arctic and deep underground mines) or during human and robotic surface operations on the Moon and Mars. In essence, this part of my research addresses fundamental questions about how we explore and the techniques and technologies required to enable this exploration, both on Earth and on other planetary bodies. The two major areas of research are instrument development and autonomous science.

Publications

Articles in refereed journals – published or accepted. Student authors are highlighted in bold, as in the supplied publication list. Select a year to expand the publications.

2026 (9 publications)
  1. Singleton A. C. and Osinski G. R. 2026. Geology of the central uplift of the Kamestastin Lake impact structure, Labrador, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 61: 1417–1433. View article
  2. Pickersgill A. E., Christou E., Tremblay M. M., Barfod D. N., Rasmussen C., Lee M. R., Schmieder M., Collins G. S., Dymock R., Gulick S. P. S. Kring D. A. Morgan J. V., Osinski G. R., Swindle T., Tikoo S. M., Wittmann A., the Expedition 364 Scientists, and Mark D. F. 2026. A long-lived impact-generated hydrothermal system at the Chicxulub impact structure. Communications Earth & Environment 7: 470. View article
  3. Joshi D., Newsom T., and Osinski G. R. 2026. Static geotechnical characterization of lunar soil simulants. Aerospace 13: https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace13060527. View article
  4. Cavosie A. J., Alwmark S., Baratoux D., Consolmagno G., Ferrière L., Goderis S., Hauser N., Kenkmann T., Koeberl C., Osinski G. R., Pickersgill A. E., Schönbächler M. 2026. Impact-diagnostic criteria for use in confirming a meteorite impact origin of terrestrial geological structures: Recommendations by the Impact Cratering Committee of the Meteoritical Society. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 61: 1538–1565. View article
  5. Noblet A., Osinski G. R., and Conway S J. 2026. Aspect asymmetry in Martian gullies: a topographic signature of their formation process? Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 131: e2025JE009636. View article
  6. Cao F., Flemming R. L., Izawa M. R. M., Loiselle L., Cecco V. E. Di, Tait K. T., Moriguti T., Houde V. L., Okuchi T., Hyde B. C., Moser D. E., Osinski G. R., Agee C. B., Irving A. J. 2026. Shock metamorphic effects in feldspar in Martian regolith breccia: Measurement, quantification, and implications. Journal of Geophysical Research, Planets 131: e2025JE009228. View article
  7. Patel D. D., Osinski G. R., and Patel S. M. 2026. An integrated study of Rutherfurd Crater: Composition, morphology, and chronology. Icarus 449: 116971. View article
  8. Hayden T. S. and Osinski G. R. 2026. Textural and geochemical diversity of impact melt rock clasts in Apollo 16 sample 67015: Implications for the provenance of impact ejecta in the lunar highlands. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 61: 39–63. View article
  9. Burley J. M., Tornabene L. L., and Osinski G. R. 2026. Distal impact-related surface flows associated with the well-preserved Tokmok Crater, Noachis Terra, Mars. Icarus 444: 116832. View article
2025 (11 publications)
  1. Trowbridge A., Marchi S., Taron J., and Osinski G. R. 2025. Advancing current understanding of Martian impact-generated hydrothermal systems through novel coupled modeling: Insights from Gale, Jezero, and other craters. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 130: e2024JE008896. View article
  2. Davis J. R., Crow C. A., Osinski G. R., Benowitz J., Hankins J. C. 2025. Impactful dates: Coordinated 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and shock study of the Kamestastin lake impact structure, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 672: 119715. View article
  3. Gustafsson J., Osinski G. R., Roberts N. M. W., Quade J., Wang Z., Whitehouse M. J., Jeon H., Karlsson A., Hietala S., and Drake H. 2025. Deep microbial colonization during impact-generated hydrothermal circulation at the Lappajärvi impact structure, Finland. Nature Communications 16: 8270. View article
  4. Hostrawser J. and Osinski G. R. 2025. The Amundsen-Ganswindt basin: An overlooked lunar peak-ring basin with multiple exploration opportunities. Icarus 441: 116718. View article
  5. Kring D. A., Fagan A. L., Bickel v. T., Deutsch A. N., Gaddis L. R., Gross J., Hiesinger H., Huning T., Hurtado Jr. J. M., Iqbal W., Joy K. H., Keszthelyi L., Lemelin M., Looper C. A., Martinez-Camacho J. M., Osinski G. R., Pena-Asensio E., Schmedemann N., Siegler M. A., Tikoo S. M., van der Bogert C. H., Zacny K. 2025. Notional geological traverses, station activities, and sample collection on Mons Malapert, lunar south polar region. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 130: e2024JE008905. View article
  6. Noblet A., Osinski G. R., and Conway S J. 2025. Mapping gully-susceptible hillslopes on Mars: implications for their mode of formation and evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 667: 119515. View article
  7. Ryan C. H., Schmidt M. E., and Osinski G. R. 2025 Putative biosignatures in hydrovolcanic tuffs from a Mars-relevant environment: Western Snake River Plain volcanic field, Idaho. Icarus 439:116642. View article
  8. Hibbard S. M., Osinski G. R., Godin E., Andres C., Kukko A., Chartrand S., Grau Galofre A., Jellinek A. M., Boucher W. 2025. Glacial ring forms on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada. The Cryosphere 19:1695–1716. View article
  9. Svensson M. J. O., Osinski G. R., Longstaffe F. J., Goudge T. A., and Sapers H. M. 2025. Impact crater lake evolution and concomitant hydrothermal mineralization recorded by the Wörnitzostheim drill core at the Ries impact structure, Germany. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 60:795–822. View article
  10. Li Y., McCausland P. J. A., Flemming R. L. and Osinski G. R. 2025. Petrology and shock history of hybrid lunar feldspathic-troctolitic breccia Northwest Africa 11515. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60:347–370. View article
  11. MacKenzie S. M., Pontefract A., Daly R. T., Buffo J. J., Osinski G. R., Cline II C. J., Cintala M. J., Craft K. L., Kinczyk M. J., Hedgepeth J. 2025. Impacts on ocean worlds are sufficiently frequent and energetic to be of astrobiological importance. The Planetary Science Journal 5: doi:10.3847/PSJ/ad656b. View article
2024 (7 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R. and Grieve R. A. F. 2024. The “suevite” conundrum, Part 2: Re‐examining the type locality at the Ries impact structure, Germany. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59: 2622–2650. View article
  2. Wolak Luna J., Iqbal W., Bernhardt H., El Bilali H., Krasilnikov S., Krasilnikov A., van der Bogert C., Pondrelli M., Frigeri A., Massironi M., Ivanov M., Basilevsky A., Senthil Kumar P., Dhingra D., Ruj T., Xiao L., Ji J., Aharonson O., Rothery D., Hiesinger H., Skinner Jr J.A., Head J., Ernst R., Osinski G. R. 2024. Planetary geologic maps: Essential tools for scientific inquiry and space exploration. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 129: e2024JE008442. View article
  3. Ruso S. F., Grau Galofre A., and Osinski G. R. 2024. Geomorphological and morphometric characterization of subglacial channels on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. Geomorphology 462: 109345. View article
  4. Trowbridge A. J., Marchi S., Osinski G. R., Taron J. M. 2024. Modeling of the impact-generated hydrothermal system at the Haughton impact structure. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 129: e2023JE008267. View article
  5. Noblet A., Conway S J. and Osinski G. R. 2024. A global map of gullied hillslopes on Mars. Icarus 116147. View article
  6. Chinchalkar N. S., Osinski G. R., Erickson T. M. and Cayron C. 2024. Zircon microstructures record high temperature and pressure conditions during impact melt evolution at the West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 636: 118714. View article
  7. Ryan C. H., Schmidt M. E., Osinski G. R., and Massey E. A. 2024. A global database of Mars-relevant hydrovolcanic environments on Earth with potential biosignature preservation. Geosphere 20: 547–576. View article
2023 (8 publications)
  1. Rangarajan V. G., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., Dundas C. M., Beyer R., Herkenhoff K. E., Byrne S., Heyd R., Seelos F. P., Munaretto G., Dapremont A. 2023. Novel quantitative methods to enable multispectral identification of high-purity water ice exposures on Mars using High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment images. Icarus 115849. View article
  2. Chartrand S. M., Jellinek A. M., Kukko A., Galofre A. G., Osinski G. R., Hibbard S. 2023. High Arctic channel incision modulated by climate change and the emergence of polygonal ground. Nature Communications 14:5297. View article
  3. Caudill C.M, Osinski G. R., F.J. Longstaffe F. J., McCarty D. K., L.L. Tornabene, Sapers H. M. 2023. Pre- and syn-impact formation of clay minerals at the Ries impact structure, Germany: Implications for clay minerals on Mars. Geological Society of America Bulletin doi.org/10.1130/B36699.1. View article
  4. Garroni N. and Osinski G. R. 2023. The origin of carbonates in impact melt-bearing breccias from Site M0077 at the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58: 834–854. View article
  5. Osinski G. R., Coulter A. B., Flemming R. L., Ozaruk A., Pickersgill A. E., Singleton A. C. 2023. Revisiting the Gow Lake impact structure, Saskatchewan, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58: 775–788. View article
  6. Rangarajan V. G., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., Conway S. J., Seelos F. P. Silvestroe S., Salese F., Pajola M., Lucchetti A., Munaretto G., Bickel V. T., Thomas N., Cremonese G. 2023. Change detection and monitoring of active Martian surface phenomena with the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). Icarus 394: 115443. View article
  7. Bamber E. R., Goudge T. A., Fassett C. I., Osinski G. R., Stucky de Quay G. 2023. Paleolake inlet valley formation: Factors controlling which craters breached on early Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 49: e2022GL101097. View article
  8. Pilles E. A., Osinski G. R., and Grieve R. A. F. 2023. The Offset Dykes in the North and East Range of the Sudbury impact structure, Canada: A synthesis. Earth-Science Reviews 235: 104268. View article
2022 (8 publications)
  1. Tolometti G. D., Neish C. D., Hamilton C. W., Osinski G. R., Kukko A., and Voigt J. R. C. 2022. Differentiating fissure-fed lava flow types and facies using RADAR and LiDAR: An example from the 2014-2015 Holuhraun lava flow-field. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth 127: e2021JB023419. View article
  2. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Ferrière L., Losiak A., Pickersgill A. E., Cavosie A. J., Hibbard S. M., Hill P. J. A., Jaimes Bermudez J., Marion C. L., Newman J. D., and Simpson S. L. 2022. Impact Earth: A review of the terrestrial impact record. Earth-Science Reviews 232: 104112. View article
  3. Laughton J., Osinski G. R., Yakymchuk C. 2022. Late Neoarchean terrane and Paleoproterozoic HT-UHT metamorphism on southern Devon Island, Canadian Arctic. Precambrian Research 377: 106718. View article
  4. Tolometti G. D., Erickson T. M., Osinski G. R., Cayrond C., Neish C. D. 2022. Hot rocks: Constraining the thermal conditions of the Mistastin Lake impact melt deposits using zircon grain microstructures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584:117523. View article
  5. González-Flores A. L., Jin J., Osinski G. R., and Tsujita C. J. 2022. Acritarch-like microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga old Gunflint Chert, Canada. Astrobiology 22: 568–578. View article
  6. Bamber E. R., Goudge T. A., Fassett C. I., Osinski G. R. 2022. Constraining the formation of paleolake inlet valleys across crater rims. Icarus 378:114945. View article
  7. Sacks L. E., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., Sopoco R. 2022. Hargraves Crater, Mars: Insights into the internal structure of layered ejecta deposits. Icarus 375:114854. View article
  8. Simpson S. L., Longstaffe F. J., Osinski G. R., Caudill C. M., and Kring D. A. 2022. A low-temperature, meteoric water-dominated origin for smectitic clay minerals in the Chicxulub impact crater upper peak ring, as inferred from their oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions. Chemical Geology 588:120639. View article
2021 (14 publications)
  1. Hibbard S. M., Osinski G. R., and Godin E. 2021.Vermicular Ridge Features on Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut. Geomorphology 395:107947. View article
  2. Xie T., Osinski G. R., and Shieh S. 2021. Raman study of shock effects in lunar anorthite from the Apollo missions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56:1633–1651. View article
  3. Morse Z. R., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Bourassa M., Zanetti M., Hill P. J. A., Pilles E. Cross M., King D. and Tolometti G. 2021. Detailed morphologic mapping and traverse planning for a rover-based lunar sample return mission to Schrödinger Basin. The Planetary Science Journal 2:167. View article
  4. Moreras-Marti A., Fox-Powell M., Stueeken E., Di Rocco T., Galloway T., Osinski G. R., Cousins C. R., and Zerkle A. L. 2021. Quadruple sulfur isotope biosignatures from terrestrial Mars analogue systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 308:157–172. View article
  5. Bina A. and Osinski G. R. 2021. Decameter-scale rimmed depressions in Utopia Planitia: Insight into the glacial and periglacial history of Mars. Icarus 204:105253. View article
  6. Cockell C., Schaeffer B., Wuchter C., Coolen M. J. L., Grice K., Schneiders L., Morgan J., Gulick S., Wittman A., Lofi J., Christeson G., Kring D., Whalen M., Bralower T., Osinski G. R., Claeys P., Kaskes P., de Graaff S., Dehais T., Goderis S., Hernandez N., Nixon S. 2021. Shaping of the present-day deep biosphere at Chicxulub by the impact catastrophe that ended the Cretaceous Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.668240. View article
  7. Zhao J., Xiao L., Xiao Z., Morgan J. V., Osinski G. R., Neal C. R., Gulick S. P. S., Riller U., Claeys P., Zhao S., Prieur N. C., Nemchin A., Yu S. and IODP 364 Science Party. 2021. Shock-deformed zircon from the Chicxulub impact crater and implications for cratering process. Geology 49: 755–760. View article
  8. Morse Z. R., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., and Neish C. D. 2021. Morphologic mapping and interpretation of ejecta deposits from Tsiolkovskiy Crater. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56:767–793. View article
  9. Schulte F. M., Wittmann A., Jung S., Morgan J. V., Gulick S. P. S., Kring D. A., Grieve R. A. F., Osinski G. R., Riller U., and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Science Party. 2021. Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico. International Journal of Earth Sciences 110: 2619–2636. View article
  10. Hibbard S. M., Williams N. R. Golombek M. P., Osinski G. R., Godin E. 2021. Evidence for widespread glaciation in Arcadia Planitia, Mars. Icarus 359:114298. View article
  11. Caudill C., Osinski G. R., Greenberger R. N., Tornabene L. L., Longstaffe F. J., Flemming R L., B. L. and Ehlmann B. 2021. Origin of the degassing pipes at the Ries impact structure and implications for impact-induced alteration on Mars and other planetary bodies. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56:404–422. View article
  12. Pilles E. A., Tornabene L. L., and Osinski G. R. 2021. Impactite dykes in impact crater central uplifts: Insights from Negril crater, Mars. Icarus 355:114153. View article
  13. Osinski G. R., Ferrière L., Hill P. J. A., Prave A. R., Preston L. J., Singleton A., and Pickersgill A. E. 2021. The Mesoproterozoic Stac Fada Member, NW Scotland: An impact origin confirmed but refined. Journal of the Geological Society 178:jgs2020-056. View article
  14. Devillepoix H. A. R., Cupák M., Bland P.A., Sansom E. K., Towner M. C., Howie R. M., Hartig B. A. D., Jansen-Sturgeon T., Shober P. M., Anderson S.L., Benedix G. K., Busan D., Sayers R., Jenniskens P., Herd , P. Carlson C. D. K., Hill P. J. A., Brown P. G., Krzeminski Z. Osinski G. R., Chennaoui Aoudjehan H., T. Shisse, Z. Benkhaldoun, A. Jabiri, M. Guennoun, A. Barka, H. Darhmaoui, L. Daly, G. S. Collins, S. McMullan, M. D. Suttle, T. Ireland, G. Bonning, L. Baeza, T. Y. Alrefay, J. Horner, T. D. Swindle, C. W. Hergenrother, M. D. Fries, A. Tomkins, A. Langendam, T. A. Rushmer, C. O’Neill, D. Janches, J. L. Hormaechea, C. Shaw J., S. Young, M. Alexander and A. D. Mardon. 2021. A Global Fireball Observatory. Planetary and Space Science 191: 105036. View article
2020 (16 publications)
  1. Greenberger R. N., Ehlmann B. L., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Green R. O. 2020. Compositional heterogeneity of impact melt rocks at the Haughton impact structure, Canada: Implications for planetary processes and remote sensing. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 125: e2019JE006218. View article
  2. Osinski G. R., Cockell C. S., Pontefract A., and Sapers H. M. 2020. The role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life. Astrobiology 20:1121–1149. View article
  3. Grau Galofre A., Jellinek A. M., and Osinski G. R. 2020. Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion. Nature Geoscience 13:663–668. View article
  4. Simpson S. L., Osinski G. R., Longstaffe F. J., Kring D. A., Schmieder M. 2020. Hydrothermal alteration associated with the Chicxulub impact crater upper peak-ring breccias. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 547:116425. View article
  5. Grieve R. A. F. and Osinski G. R. 2020. The Upper Contact Unit of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) in the Garson region: Constraints on the depth of origin of a peak-ring at the Sudbury impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13542. View article
  6. Tolometti G. D., Neish C. D., Osinski G. R., Hughes S. S., Kobs Nawotniak S. E., Sehlke A. 2020. Interpretations of lava flow properties from radar remote sensing data. Planetary and Space Science 190:104991. View article
  7. Xie T., Osinski G. R., and Shieh S. 2020. Raman study of shock features in plagioclase feldspar from the Mistastin Lake impact structure, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55:1471–1490. View article
  8. Pittarello L., Ferrière L., Feignon J-C., Osinski G. R., Koeberl C. 2020. Preferred orientation distribution of shock-induced planar microstructures in quartz and feldspar. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55:1082–1092. View article
  9. Kring D. A., Tikoo S. M., Schmieder M., Riller U., Rebolledo-Vieyra M., Simpson S. L., Osinski G. R., Gattacceca J., Wittmann A., Verhagen C. M., Cockell C. S., Coolen M. J. L., Longstaffe F. J., Gulick S. P. S., Morgan J. V., Bralower T. J., Chenot E., Christeson G. L., Claeys P., Ferrière L., Gebhardt C., Goto K,, Green S. L., Jones H., Lofi J., Lowery C. M., Ocampo-Torres R., Perez-Cruz L., Pickersgill A. E., Poelchau M. H., Rae A. S. P, Rasmussen C., Sato H., Smit J., Tomioka H., Urrutia-Fucugauchi J., Whalen M. T., Xiao L., and Yamaguchi K. E. 2020. Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater. Science Advances 6:eaaz3053. View article
  10. Cockell C. S., Osinski G. R., Sapers H., Pontefract A. and Parnell J. 2020. Microbial life in impact craters. Current Issues in Molecular Biology 38:75–102. View article
  11. Hill P. J. A., Osinski G. R., and Banerjee N. R. 2020. Through the impact glass: Insight into the evolution of melt at the Mistastin Lake impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55:591–621. View article
  12. Pickersgill A. E., Mark D. F., Lee M. R., and Osinski G. R. 2020. 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Gow Lake impact structure, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 274:317–332. View article
  13. Quesnel Y., Zylberman W., Rochette P., Uehara M., Gattacceca J., Osinski G. R., Dussouillez, P., Lepaulard C., and Champollion C. 2020. Geophysical Signature of the Tunnunik Impact Structure, Northwest Territories, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55:480–495. View article
  14. Anders D., Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Pilles E. A., Péntek A., Smith D. 2020. Origin and formation of Metabreccia in the Parkin Offset Dike, Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 57:1324–1336. View article
  15. Choe B-H., Osinski G. R., Neish C., and Tornabene L. L. 2020. A modified semi-empirical radar scattering model for weathered rock surfaces. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 43:1–14. View article
  16. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Hill P. J. A., Simpson S. L., Cockell C. S., Christeson G. L., Ebert M., Gulick S., Melosh H. J., Riller U., Tikoo S. M., and Wittmann A. 2020. Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event. Geology 48:108–112. View article
2019 (27 publications)
  1. O’Callaghan J. W. and Osinski G. R. 2019. Geochemical and petrographic variations in pseudotachylyte along the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society 177:50–65. View article
  2. Choe B-H., Osinski G. R., Neish C., and Tornabene L. L. 2019. Polarimetric SAR signatures for characterizing geological units in the Canadian Arctic. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 12: 4,406–4,414. View article
  3. Gulick S. P. S., Bralower T., Ormö J., Hall B., Grice K., Schaefer B., Lyons S., Freeman K. H., Morgan J. V, Artemieva N., Kaskes P., de Graaf S., Whalen M., Collins G. S., Tikoo S., Verhagen, C., Christeson G., Claeys P., Coolen M., Goderis S., Goto K., Grieve R. A. F., McCall N., Osinski G. R., Rae A. S. P., Riller U., Smit J., Vajda V., Wittmann A., 2019. The first day of the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:19,342–19,351. View article
  4. Gattacceca J., Zylberman W., Coulter A. B., Demory F., Quesnel Y., Rochette P., Osinski G. R., Edwige B. 2019. Paleomagnetism and rock magnetism of East and West Clearwater Lake impact structures. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 56: 983–993. View article
  5. Rae A. S. P., Collins G. S., Morgan J. V., Salge T., Christeson G. L., Leung J., Lofi J., Gulick S. P. S., Poelchau M., Riller U., Gebhardt C., Grieve R. A. F., Osinski G. R., and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists. 2019. Impact-induced porosity and micro-fracturing at the Chicxulub impact structure. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 124:1960–1978. View article
  6. Caudill C., Osinski G. R., Pilles E., Sapers H. M., Pontefract A., Francis R., Duff S., Laughton J., O’Callaghan J., Sopoco R., Tolometti G., Tuite M., Williford K., and Xie T. 2019. Field and laboratory validation of remote rover operations Science Team findings: The CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission. Planetary and Space Science 176:104682. View article
  7. Innis L. R. J. and Osinski G. R. 2019. Near-Earth asteroid resources: A review. Geoscience Canada 46:85–100. View article
  8. Hill P. J. A., Banerjee N. R., Ali A., Jabeen I.,. Osinski G. R., and Longstaffe F. J. 2019. Coupled Si and O isotope measurements of meteoritic material by laser fluorination isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 54:667–675. View article
  9. Harrington E. M., Shaposhnikova M., Neish C. D., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., Choe B-H., and Zanetti M. 2019. A polarimetric SAR and multispectral remote sensing approach for mapping salt diapirs: Axel Heiberg Island, NU, Canada. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 45:54–72. View article
  10. Bednar D., Hawkswell J., King D., Battler M., Kerrigan M., and Osinski G. R. 2019. Documentation of science and planning deliberation and decision making processes during the CanMars 2016 mission: Observations and recommendations for future missions. Planetary and Space Science 174:14–20. View article
  11. Tornabene L. L., Battler, M., Choe B. H., and Osinski G. R. 2019. An orbit-based remote sensing geological assessment of the CanMars Mars Sample Return Analogue Deployment (MSRAD) landing site situated in the Henry Mountains Basin, near Hanksville, Utah. Planetary and Space Science 173:14–34. View article
  12. Caudill C. M., Pontefract A., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Xie T., Mittelholz A., Poitras J., Simpson S., Svensson M. Grau Galofre A., Godin E., Pilles E., Francis R., Williford K., Tuite M., Battler M., Hipkin V., Haltigin T. 2019. CanMars mission Science Team operational results: Implications for operations and the sample selection process for Mars Sample Return (MSR). Planetary and Space Science 172:43–56. View article
  13. Fox-Powell M. G., Osinski G. R., Applin D., Stromberg J. M., Gázquez F., Cloutis E., Allender E., Cousins C. R. 2019. Natural analogue constraints on Europa’s non-ice surface material. Geophysical Research Letters 46:5759–5767. View article
  14. Rae A. S. P., Collins G. S., Poelchau M., Riller U., Davison T. M., Grieve R. A. F., Osinski G. R., Morgan J. V., IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 Scientists. 2019. Stress-strain evolution during peak-ring formation: A case study of the Chicxulub impact structure. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 124:396–417. View article
  15. Francis R., Pilles E. A., Osinski G. R., McIsaac K. Gaines D., and Kissi J. 2019. Utility and applications of rover science autonomy capabilities: Outcomes from a high-fidelity analogue mission simulation. Planetary and Space Science 170:52–60. View article
  16. Hopkins R., Osinski G. R., Collins G. 2019. Formation of complex craters in layered targets with material anisotropy. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 124:349–373. View article
  17. Morse Z., Harrington E., Hill P. J. A., Christoffersen P., Newman J., Choe B-H., Tornabene L. L., Caudill C. and Osinski G. R. 2019. The use of GIS, mapping, and immersive technologies in the CanMars Mars Sample Return analogue mission: Advantages for science interpretation and operational decision-making. Planetary and Space Science 168: 15–26. View article
  18. Rochette P., Alac, R., Beck P., Brocard, G., Cavosie, Debaille, V., Devouard, B., Jourdan F., Mougel B., Moustard F., Moynier F., Nomade S., Osinski G. R., Cornec J. 2019. Pantasma: Evidence for a Pleistocene circa 14 km diameter impact crater in Nicaragua Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54:880–901. View article
  19. Hill P. J. A., Osinski G. R., Banerjee N. R., Korotev R. L., Nasir S. J., and Herd C. D. K. 2019. Petrography and geochemistry of lunar meteorites Dhofar 1673, 1983, and 1984. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54:300–320. View article
  20. Osinski G. R., Battler M., Caudill C. M., Francis R., Haltigin T., Hipkin V. J., Kerrigan M., Pilles E., Pontefract A., Tornabene L. L., Allard P., Bakambu J. N., Balachandran K., Beaty D., Bednar D., Bina A., Bourassa M., Cao F., Christoffersen P., Choe B-H., Cloutis E., Cote K., Cross M., D’Aoust B., Draz O., Dudley B., Duff S., Dzamba T., Fulford P., Godin E., Goordial J., Grau A., Haid T., Harrington E., Harrison T., Hawkswell J., Hickson D., Hill P., Innis L., King D., Kissi J., Laughton J., Li Y., Lymer B., Maggiori C., Maloney M., Marion C. L., Maris J., Mcfadden S., McLennan S. M., Mittelholz A., Morse Z., Newman J., O'Callaghan J., Pascual A., Patel P., Picard M., Pritchard I., Poitras J., Ryan C., Sapers H., Silber E. A., Simpson S., Sopoco R., Svensson M., Tolometti G., Uribe D., Wilks R., Williford K., Xie T., Zylberman W. 2019. The CanMars Mars Sample Return Analogue Mission. Planetary and Space Science 166:110–130. View article
  21. Balme M., Curtis-Rouse M.C., Banham S., Barnes D., Barnes R., Bauer A., Bedford C., Bridges J., Butcher F. E. G., Caballo P., Caldwell A., Coates A., Cousins C., Davis J. M., Dequaire J., Edwards J., Fawdon P., Furuya K., Gadd M., Get P., Griffiths A., Grindrod P. M., Gunn M., Gupta S., Hansen R., Harris J. K., Holt J., Huber B., Huntly C., Hutchinson I., Jackson L., Kay S., Kyberd S., Lerman H. N., McHugh M., McMahon W., Muller J-P., Osinski G. R., Paar G., Preston L. J., Schwenzer S., Stabbins R., Tao Y., Traxler C., Turner S., Tyler L., Venn S., Walker H., Wilcox T., Wright J., Yeomans B. 2019. The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI). Planetary and Space Science 165:31–56. View article
  22. Bourassa M., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Caudill C., Christoffersen P., Daly M., Godin E., Pilles E. A., and Ryan C. 2019. TEMMI, a Three-dimensional Exploration Multispectral Microscope Imager for planetary-exploration missions. Planetary and Space Science 165:57–74. View article
  23. Pilles E. A., Cross M., Caudill C., Francis R., Newman J., Bourassa M., Hipkin V., Battler M., Silber E., McLennan S., Williford K., Haltigin T., Kerrigan M., and Osinski G. R. 2019. Exploring new models for improving planetary rover operations efficiency through the 2016 CanMars Mars Sample Return (MSR) Analogue Deployment. Planetary and Space Science 165:250–259. View article
  24. Lepaulard C., Gattacceca J., Swanson-Hysell N., Quesnel Y., Demory F., Osinski G. R. 2019. A Paleozoic age for the Tunnunik impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54:740–751. View article
  25. Godin E., Osinski G. R., Harrison T. N., Pontefract A., Zanetti M. 2019. Geomorphology of gullies at Thomas Lee Inlet, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 30:19–34. View article
  26. Osinski G. R., Silber E. A., Clayton J., Grieve R. A. F., Hansen K., Johnson C. L., Kalynn J., Tornabene L. L. 2019. Transitional impact craters on the Moon: Insight into the effect of target lithology on the impact cratering process. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54:573–591. View article
  27. Choe B-H., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., and Newman J. D. 2019. Remote predictive mapping of the Tunnunik impact structure in the Canadian Arctic using multispectral and polarimetric SAR data fusion. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 44:513–531. View article
2018 (14 publications)
  1. Shu L., Osinski G. R., McIsaac K., and Dong W. 2018. An automatic methodology for analyzing sorting level of rock particles. Computers & Geosciences 120:97–104. View article
  2. Caudill C. M., Osinski G. R., and Tornabene. L. L. 2018. Ejecta deposits of Bakhuysen Crater, Mars. Icarus 314:175–194. View article
  3. Mader M. M. and Osinski G. R. 2018. Impactites of the Mistastin Lake impact structure: Insights into impact ejecta emplacement. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53:2492–2518. View article
  4. Pilles E. A., Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Smith D., and Bailey J. 2018. Formation of large-scale impact melt dikes: A case study of the Foy Offset Dike at the Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 495:224–233. View article
  5. Shu L., McIsaac K., and Osinski G. R. 2018. Hyperspectral image classification with stacking spectral patches and convolutional neural networks. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 56:5975–5984. View article
  6. Grau Galofre A., Jellinek A. M., Osinski G. R., Zanetti M., and Kukko A. 2018. Subglacial drainage patterns of Devon Island, Canada: Detailed comparison of river and tunnel valleys. The Cyrosphere 12:1461–1478. View article
  7. Shu L., McIsaac K., and Osinski G. R. 2018. Learning spatial-spectral features for hyperspectral image classification. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 56: 5138–5147. View article
  8. Ali A., Jabeen I., Banerjee N. R., Osinski G. R., Nicklin I., Gregory D., Herrmann P. 2018. The oxygen isotope compositions of olivine in main group (MG) pallasites: New measurements by adopting an improved laser fluorination approach. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53:1223–1237. View article
  9. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Bleacher J. E., Neish C. D., Pilles E. A. and Tornabene L. L. 2018. Igneous rocks formed by hypervelocity impact. Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research 353:25–54. View article
  10. Zhang F., Zhua M.-H., Bugiolacchia R., Huang Q., Osinski G. R., Xiao L., Zou Y. L. 2018. Diversity of basaltic lunar volcanism associated with buried impact structures: Implications for intrusive and extrusive events Icarus 307:216–234. View article
  11. Morse Z. R., Osinski G. R., and Tornabene L. L. 2018. New morphological mapping and interpretation of ejecta deposits from Orientale Basin on the Moon. Icarus 299: 253–271. View article
  12. Tornabene L. L., Watters W. A., Osinski G. R., Boyce J. M., Harrison T. N., Ling V., McEwen A. S. 2018. A depth versus diameter scaling relationship for the best-preserved melt-bearing complex craters on Mars. Icarus 299:68–83. View article
  13. Pilles E. A., Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Coulter A. B., Smith D., and Bailey J. 2018. The Pele Offset Dykes, Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 55: 230–240. View article
  14. Weitz N., Zanetti M., Osinski G. R., and Fastook J. L. 2018. Modeling concentric crater fill in Utopia Planitia, Mars, with an ice flow line model. Icarus 308: 209–220 .÷. View article
2017 (15 publications)
  1. Sapers H. M., Ronholm J., Raymond-Bouchard I., Comery R., Osinski G. R., and Whyte L. 2017. Biological characterization of microenvironments in a hypersaline cold spring Mars analogue. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02527. View article
  2. Pilles E. A., Osinski G. R. Grieve R. A. F., Smith D., and Bailey J. 2017. Chemical variations and genetic relationships between the Hess and the Foy Offset Dikes at the Sudbury impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52:2647–2671. View article
  3. O’Callaghan J. W., Linnen R. L. Lightfoot P. C. and Osinski G. R. 2017. Contrasting mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of Sudbury breccia adjacent to footwall Cu-Ni-PGE sulfide in the Creighton and Coleman Deposits. Canadian Mineralogist 55:909–943. View article
  4. Ali A., Nasir S. J., Jabeen I., Al Rawas, Banerjee N. R., and Osinski G. R. 2017. Chemical and oxygen isotopic properties of ordinary chondrites (H5, L6) from Oman: Signs of isotopic equilibrium during thermal metamorphism. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52: 2097–2112. View article
  5. Ali A., Nasir S. J., Jabeen I., Al Rawas, Banerjee N. R., and Osinski G. R. 2017. Geochemical and oxygen isotope perspective of a new R chondrite Dhofar 1671: Affinity with ordinary chondrites Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52:1991–2003. View article
  6. Zylberman W., Quesnel Y., Rochette P., Osinski G. R., Marion C., and Gattacceca J. 2017. Hydrothermally-enhanced magnetization at the center of the Haughton impact structure? Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52: 2147–2165. View article
  7. Hui H., Guan Y., Chen Y., Peslier A. H., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Flemming R. L., Rossman G. R., Eiler J. M., Neal C. R., Osinski G. R. 2017. A heterogeneous lunar interior for hydrogen isotopes as revealed by the lunar highlands samples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 473:14–23. View article
  8. Shu L., McIssac K., Osinski G. R., Francis R. 2017. Unsupervised feature learning for autonomous rock image classification. Computers & Geosciences 106:10–17. View article
  9. Silber E. A., Osinski G. R., Johnson B. C., Grieve R. A. F. 2017. Effect of impact velocity and acoustic fluidization on the simple-to-complex transition of lunar craters. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets doi. 2016JE005236RR. View article
  10. Rae A. S. P., Collins G. S., Grieve R. A. F., Osinski G. R., Morgan J. V. 2017. Complex crater formation: Insights from combining observations of shock pressure distribution with numerical models at the West Clearwater Lake impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52: 1330–1350. View article
  11. McCraig M. A., Osinski G. R., Cloutis E. A., Flemming R. L., Izawa M. R. M., Reddy V., Fieber-Beyere S. K., Pompilio L., van der Meerg F., Abell P. A., Kelley M. S., Bergera J. A., Bramble M. S. and Applin D. M. 2017. Fitting the curve in Excel®: Systematic curve fitting of laboratory and remotely sensed planetary spectra. Computers & Geosciences 100:103–114. View article
  12. Hopkins R. T., Tornabene L. L., and Osinski G. R. 2017. The central uplift of Elorza Crater: Insights into its geology and possible relationships to the Valles Marineris and Tharsis regions. Icarus 284:284–304. View article
  13. Sapers H. M., Osinski G. R., Flemming R. L., Buitenhuis E., Banerjee N. R., Tornabene L. L., Blain S., and Hainge J. 2017. Evidence for a spatially extensive hydrothermal system at the Ries impact structure, Germany. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52:351–371. View article
  14. Coates A. J., Jaumann R., Griffiths A. D., Leff C. E., Schmitz N., Josset J. L., Paar G., Gunn M., Hauber E., Cousins C. R., Cross R. E., Grindrod P., Bridges J. C., Balme M., Gupta S., Crawford I. A., Irwin P., Stabbins R., Tirsch D., Vago J. L., Theodorou T., Caballo-Perucha M., Osinski G. R., and the PanCam team. 2017. The PanCam instrument for the ExoMars rover. Astrobiology 17: 511–541. View article
  15. Neish C. D., Hamilton C. W., Hughes S. S., Kobs Nawotniak S., Garry W. B., Skok J. R., Elphic R. W., Schaefer E., Carter L. M., Bandfield J. L., Osinski G. R., Lim D., Heldmann J. L. 2017. Terrestrial analogues for lunar impact melt flows. Icarus 281:73–89. View article
2016 (8 publications)
  1. Morgan J., Gulick S., Bralower T., Chenot E., Christeson G., Claeys P., Cockell C., Collins G. S., Coolen M. J. L., Ferrière L., Gebhardt C., Goto K., Jones H., Kring D. A., Le Ber E., Lofi J., Long X., Lowery C., Mellett C., Ocampo-Torres R., Osinski G. R., Perez-Cruz L., Pickersgill A., Pölchau M., Rae A., Rasmussen C., Rebolledo-Vieyra M., Riller U., Sato H., Schmitt D. R., Smit J., Tikoo S., Tomioka N., Urrutia-Fucugauchi J., Whalen M., Wittmann A., Yamaguchim K., and Zylberman W. 2016. The formation of peak rings in large impact craters. Science 354:878–882. View article
  2. Stuurman C. M., Osinski G. R., Holt J. W., Levy J. S., Brothers T. C., Kerrigan M., and Campbell B. A. 2016. SHARAD detection and characterization of subsurface water ice deposits in Utopia Planitia, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 43:9,484–9,491. View article
  3. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Chanou A., and Sapers H. M. 2016. The “suevite” conundrum, Part 1: The Ries suevite and Sudbury Onaping Formation compared. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51:2,316–2,333. View article
  4. Osinski G. R. and Ferrière L. 2016. Shatter cones: (Mis)understood? Science Advances 2:e1600616. View article
  5. Greenberger R. N., Mustard J. F., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Pontefract A. J., Marion C. L., Flemming R. L., Wilson J. H., and Cloutis E. A. 2016. Hyperspectral mapping of alteration assemblages within a hydrothermal vug at the Haughton impact structure, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51:2,274–2,292. View article
  6. O’Callaghan J. W., Osinski G. R., Lightfoot P. C., Linnen R. L. and Weirich J. R. 2016. Reconstructing the geochemical signature of Sudbury Breccia, Ontario, Canada: Implications for its formation and trace metal content. Economic Geology 111:1705–1729. View article
  7. Pontefract A., Osinski G. R., Cockell C. S., Southam G., McCausland P. J. A., Umoh J., Holdsworth D. A. 2016. Microbial diversity of impact-generated habitats. Astrobiology 16:775–786. View article
  8. Jones E., Caprarelli G., and Osinski G. R. 2016. Insights into complex layered ejecta emplacement and subsurface stratigraphy in Chryse Planitia, Mars, through an analysis of THEMIS brightness temperature data. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 121:986–1015. View article
2015 (11 publications)
  1. Cohen B. A., Lim D. S. S., Young K. E., Brunner A., Elphic R. C., Horne A., Kerrigan M. C., Osinski G. R ., Skok J. R., Squyres S. W., Saint-Jacques D., and Heldmann J. L. 2015. Pre-mission input requirements to enable successful sample collection by a remote field/EVA team. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments: 12: Article 7. View article
  2. Osinski G. R., Bunch T. E., Flemming R., Buitenhuis E., and Wittke J. H. 2015. Impact melt- and projectile-bearing ejecta at Barringer Crater, Arizona. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 432:283–292. View article
  3. Sears D. W. G., Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., Hughes S. S. and Heldmann J. L. 2015. Formation of the “ponds” on asteroid (433) Eros by fluidization. Planetary and Space Science 117:106–118. View article
  4. Pickersgill A. E., Flemming R. L., and Osinski G. R. 2015. Toward quantification of strain-related mosaicity in shocked lunar and terrestrial plagioclase by in situ micro-X-ray diffraction. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50:1851–1862. View article
  5. Sapers H. M., Banerjee N. R., and Osinski G. R. 2015. Potential for impact glass to preserve microbial metabolism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 430:95–104. View article
  6. Pickersgill A. E., Osinski G. R., and Flemming R. L. 2015. Shock effects in plagioclase feldspar from the Mistastin Lake impact structure, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50:1546–1561. View article
  7. Anders D., Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., and Brillinger D. T. M. 2015. The Basal Onaping Intrusion in the North Range: Roof rocks of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50:1577–1594. View article
  8. Hervéa G., Gildera S. A., Marion C. L., Osinski G. R., Pohl J., Petersen N., and Sylvester P. 2015. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study of the Mistastin Lake impact structure (Labrador, Canada): Implications for geomagnetic perturbation and shock effects. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 417:151–163. View article
  9. Harrison T. N., Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., and Jones E. 2015. Global documentation of gullies with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera and implications for their formation. Icarus 252: 236–254. View article
  10. Jones E. and Osinski G. R. 2015. Using Martian single and double layered ejecta craters to probe subsurface stratigraphy. Icarus 247:260–278. View article
  11. Schmieder M., Schwarz, W. H., Trieloff M., Tohver E., E. Buchner, Hopp J., and Osinski G. R. 2015. New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) - Not the binary asteroid impact it seems? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 148:304–324. View article
2014 (9 publications)
  1. Sapers H. M., Banerjee N. R., Osinski G. R., and Preston L. and Ferrière L. 2014. Enigmatic tubular features in impact glass: REPLY. Geology 42:e348 doi: 10.1130/G36073Y.1. View article
  2. Sapers H. M., Osinski G. R., Banerjee N. B., Ferrière L., Lambert P., Izawa M. R. M. 2014. Revisiting the Rochechouart impact structure, France. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49:2152–2168. View article
  3. Neish C. D., Madden J., Carter L. M., Hawke B. R., Giguere T., Bray V. J., Osinski G. R., and Cahill J. T. S. 2014. Global distribution of lunar impact melt flows. Icarus 239:105–117. View article
  4. Pontefract A., Osinski G. R., Cockell C. S., McCausland P. J. and Southam G. 2014. Impact-generated endolithic habitats within crystalline rocks of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canada. Astrobiology 14:522–533. View article
  5. Sapers H. M., Osinski G. R., Banerjee N. R., and Preston L. 2014. Enigmatic tubular features in impact glass. Geology 42:471–474. View article
  6. Bramble M., Flemming R., Hutter J., Battler M. M., Osinski G. R., and Banerjee N. R. 2014. A temperature-controlled sample stage for in situ micro-X-ray diffraction: Application to Mars analogue mirabilite-bearing perennial cold spring precipitate mineralogy. American Mineralogist 99:943–947. View article
  7. Chanou A., Osinski G. R., and Grieve R. A. F. 2014. A methodology for the semi-automatic digital image analysis of fragmental impactites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49:621–635. View article
  8. Haltigin T. W., Pollard W. H., Dutilleul P., Osinski G. R., and Koponen L. 2014. Co-evolution of polygonal and scalloped terrains, southwestern Utopia Planitia, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 387:1:44–54. View article
  9. Francis R., Moores J., McIsaac K., Choi D., and Osinski G. R. 2014. Observations of wind direction by automated analysis of images from Mars and the MSL rover. Acta Astronautica 94:776–783. View article
2013 (9 publications)
  1. Thomson L. I., Osinski G. R., and Pollard W. H. 2013. Application of the Brewster angle to quantify the dielectric properties of ground ice formations. Journal of Applied Geophysics 99:12–17. View article
  2. Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., McEwen A. S., Wray J. J. and Christensen P. R. 2013. An impact origin for hydrated silicates on Mars: A synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 118:994–1012. View article
  3. Quesnel Y., Gattacceca J., Osinski G. R., and Rochette P. 2013. Origin of the central magnetic anomaly at the Haughton impact structure, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 367:116–122. View article
  4. Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., Banerjee N. R., Cockell C. S., Flemming R., Izawa M. R. M., McCutcheon J., Parnell J., Preston L., Pickersgill A. E., Pontefract A., Sapers H. M., and Southam G. 2013. Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars. Icarus 224:347 - 363. View article
  5. Battler M. M., Osinski G. R., and Banerjee N. R. 2013. Mineralogy of saline perennial cold springs on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada and implications for spring deposits on Mars. Icarus 224:364–381. View article
  6. Battler M. M., Osinski G. R., Lim D. S. S., Davila A. F., Michel F., Craig M. A., Izawa M. R. M., Leoni L., Slater G. F., Fairén A. G., Banerjee N. R., and Preston L. P. 2013. Characterization of the acidic cold seep emplaced jarositic Golden Deposit, NWT, Canada, as an analogue for jarosite deposition on Mars. Icarus 224:382–398. View article
  7. Antonenko I., Osinski G. R., Battler M., Beauchamp M., Cupelli L., Chanou A., Francis R., Mader M. M., Marion C., McCullough E., Pickersgill A. E., Preston L. J., Shankar B., Unrau T., and Veillette D. 2013. Issues of geologically-focused situational awareness in robotic planetary missions: Lessons from an analogue mission at Mistastin Lake impact structure, Labrador, Canada. Advances in Space Research 52:272–284. View article
  8. Kalynn K., Johnson C. L., Osinski G. R., Barnouin O. 2013. Topographic characterization of lunar complex craters. Geophysical Research Letters 40:38–42. View article
  9. Shankar B., Osinski G. R., Antonenko I., and Neish C. A. 2013. A multispectral geological study of the Schrödinger impact basin. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:44–63. View article
2012 (8 publications)
  1. Pontefract A., Osinski G. R., Lindgren P., Parnell J., Cockell C. S., and Southam G. 2012. The effects of meteorite impacts on the availability of bioessential elements for endolithic organisms. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 47:168–1691. View article
  2. Fernández-Remolara D. C., Preston L. J., Sánchez-Romána M., Izawa M. R. M., Huang L., Southam G., Banerjee N. R., Osinski G. R., Flemming R., Gómez-Ortíz D., Prieto Ballesterosa O., Rodrígueza N., Amilsa R., M. D. Dyar. 2012. Carbonate precipitation under bulk acidic conditions as a potential biosignature for searching life on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 351–352:13–26. View article
  3. Thomson L. I., Osinski G. R., and Pollard W. H. 2012. Factors controlling the dielectric signature of terrestrial ground ice and considerations for planetary exploration using ground-penetrating radar. Journal of Geophysical Research 117:E09003:doi:10.1029/2012JE004053. View article
  4. Haltigin T. W., Pollard W. H., Dutilleul P., and Osinski G. R. 2012. Geometric evolution of polygonal terrain networks in the Canadian High Arctic: evidence of increasing regularity over time. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 23:178–186. View article
  5. Tornabene L. L., Osinski G. R., McEwen A. S., Boyce J. M., Bray V. J., Caudill C. M., Grant J. A., Mattson S., Mouginis-Mark P. J. 2012. Widespread crater-related pitted materials on Mars: Further evidence for the role of target volatiles during the impact process. Icarus 220:348–368. View article
  6. Moores J. E., Francis R., Mader M., Osinski G. R., Barfoot T., Barry N., Basic G., Battler M., Beauchamp M., Blain S., Bondy M., Capitan R. D., Chanou A., Clayton J., Cloutis E., Daly M., Dickinson C., Dong H., Flemming R., Furgale P., Gammel J., Ghafoor N., Hussein M., Grieve R. A. F., Henry H., Jaziobedski P., Lambert A., Leung K., Marion C., McCullough E., McManus C., Neish C., Ng H. K., Ozaruk A., Pickersgill A., Preston L. J., Redman D., Sapers H., Shankar B., Singleton A., Souders K., Stenning B., Stooke P., Sylvester P., and Tornabene L. L. 2012. A mission control architecture for robotic lunar sample return as field tested in an analogue deployment to the Sudbury impact structure. Advances in Space Research 50:1666–1686. View article
  7. Parnell J., Boyce A., Osinski G. R., Izawa M. R., Banerjee N., Flemming R., and Lee P. 2012. Evidence for life in the isotopic analysis of surface sulphates in the Haughton impact structure, and potential application on Mars. International Journal of Astrobiology 11:93–101. View article
  8. Collins G., Melosh H. J., and Osinski G. R. 2012. The impact cratering process. Elements 8:25–30. View article
2011 (9 publications)
  1. Singleton A. C., Osinski G. R., Moser D., and McCausland P. J. A. 2011. Shock induced changes in density and porosity in shock metamorphosed crystalline rocks, Haughton impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46:1774–1786. View article
  2. Thomson L. I., Osinski G. R., and Ommanney S. L. 2011. Glacier change on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Glaciology 57:1079–1086. View article
  3. Izawa M. R. M., Banerjee N. R., Osinski G. R., Flemming R. L., Parnell J., and Cockell C. S. 2011. Weathering of post-impact hydrothermal deposits from the Haughton impact structure: implications for microbial colonization and biosignature preservation. Astrobiology 11:537–550. View article
  4. Osinski G. R., Tornabene L. L., and Grieve R. A. F. 2011. Impact ejecta emplacement on terrestrial planets. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 310:167–181. View article
  5. Ferrière L., Lubala F. R. T., Osinski G. R., and Kaseti P. K. 2011. The newly-confirmed Luizi impact structure, Democratic Republic of Congo – Insights into central uplift formation and post-impact erosion. Geology 39:851–854. View article
  6. Barfoot T. D., Furgale P. T., Stenning B., Carle P., Thomson L., Osinski G. R., Daly M., and Ghafoor N. 2011. Field testing of a rover guidance, navigation, and control architecture to support a ground-ice prospecting mission to Mars. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 59:472–488. View article
  7. Preston L. J., Shuster J., Fernández-Remolar D., Banerjee N., Osinski G. R., and Southam G. 2011. The preservation and degradation of filamentous bacteria and biomolecules within iron oxide deposits at Rio Tinto, Spain. Geobiology 9:233–249. View article
  8. Antonenko I. and Osinski G. R. 2011. Automated identification of basalt spectra in Clementine lunar data. Planetary and Space Science 59:715–721. View article
  9. Pearce G., Osinski G. R., and Soare R. J. 2011. Intra-crater glacial processes in central Utopia Planitia, Mars. Icarus 212:86–95. View article
2010 (12 publications)
  1. Lim D. S. S., Warman G. L., Gernhardt M. L., Mckay C. P., Fong T., Marinova M. M., Davila A. F., Andersen D., Brady A. L., Cardman Z., Cowie B., Delaney M. D., Fairèn A. G., Forrest A. L., Heaton J., Laval B. E., Arnold R., Nuytten P., Osinski G. R., Reay M., Reid D., Schulze-Makuch D., Shepard R., Slater G. F. and Williams D. 2010. Scientific field training for human planetary exploration. Planetary and Space Science 58:920-930. View article
  2. Cockell C. S., Osinski G. R., Banerjee N R., Howard K., Gilmour I., Watson J. S. 2010. The microbe-mineral environment and gypsum neogenesis in a weathered polar evaporite. Geobiology 8:293–308. View article
  3. Furgale P. T., Barfoot T. D., Osinski G. R., Williams K., and Ghafoor N. 2010. Field testing of an integrated surface/subsurface modeling technique for planetary exploration. International Journal of Robotics Research 29:1529-1549. View article
  4. Renne P. R., Schwarcz H. P., Kleindienst M. R., Osinski G. R., and Donovan J. J. 2010. Age of the Dakhleh impact event and implications for Middle Stone Age archeology in the Western Desert of Egypt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 291:201–206. View article
  5. Ferrière L., Raiskila S., Osinski G. R., Pesonen L., and Lehtinen M. 2010. The Keurusselkä impact structure, Finland – Impact origin confirmed by characterization of planar deformation features in quartz grains. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45:3:434–446. View article
  6. Parnell J., Taylor C., Thackrey S., Osinski G. R., and Lee P. 2010. Permeability data for impact breccias imply focussed hydrothermal fluid flow. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 106:171–175. View article
  7. Parnell J., Boyce A., Thackrey S., Muirhead D., Lindgren P., Mason C., Taylor C., Still J., Bowden S., Osinski G. R., and Lee P. 2010. Sulfur isotope signatures for rapid colonization of an impact crater by thermophilic microbes. Geology 38:3:271-274. View article
  8. Osinski G. R., Lee P., Cockell C. S., Snook K., Lim D. S. S., and Braham S. 2010. Field geology on the Moon: Some lessons learned from the exploration of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Planetary and Space Science 58:646–657. View article
  9. Barfoot T., Furgale P., Osinski G. R., Ghafoor N., Williams K. 2010. Field testing of a mission concept to robotically prospect for ground ice in Martian polygonal terrain. Planetary and Space Science 58:671–681. View article
  10. Singleton A. C., Osinski G. R., Samson C., Williamson M-C., Holladay S. 2010. Electromagnetic characterization of polar ice wedge polygons: Implications for periglacial studies on Mars and Earth. Planetary and Space Science 58:472–481. View article
  11. Cloutis E. A, Grasby S. E., Last W. M., Léveillé R., Osinski G. R., and Sherriff B. L. 2010. Spectral reflectance properties of carbonates from terrestrial analogue environments: Implications for Mars. Planetary and Space Science 58:522–537. View article
  12. Osinski G. R., Barfoot T. D., Ghafoor N., Izawa M., Banerjee N., Jasiobedzki P., Tripp J., Richards R., Auclair S., Sapers H., Thomson L., and Flemming R. 2010. Lidar and the mobile Scene Modeler (mSM) as scientific tools for planetary exploration. Planetary and Space Science 58:691–700. View article
2009 (3 publications)
  1. Soare R. J. and Osinski G. R. 2009. Stratigraphical evidence of late Amazonian periglaciation and glaciation in the Astapus Colles region of Mars. Icarus 202:17–21. View article
  2. Smith J. R., Kleindienst M. R., Schwarcz H. P., Churcher C. S., Kieniewicz J. M., Osinski G. R., Haldemann A. F. C. 2009. Potential consequences of a Mid-Pleistocene impact event for the Middle Stone Age occupants of Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Quaternary International 195:138–149. View article
  3. Lindgren P., Parnell J., Bowden S., Taylor C., Osinski G. R., and Lee P. 2009. Preservation of biological markers in clasts within impact melt breccias from the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island. Astrobiology 9:4:391–400. View article
2008 (9 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R., Kieniewicz J. M., Smith J. R., Boslough M. B. E., Eccleston M., Schwarcz H. P., Kleindienst M. R., Haldemann A. F. C., Churcher C. S. 2008. The Dakhleh Glass: Product of an impact airburst or cratering event in the Western Desert of Egypt? Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43:12: 2089–2107. View article
  2. Muttik N., Kirsimäe, K., Somelar P., Osinski G. R. 2008. Post-impact alteration of surficial suevites in Ries crater, Germany: Hydrothermal modification or weathering processes? Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43:11:1827–1840. View article
  3. Collins G. S., Kenkmann T., Osinski G. R., and Wünnemann K. 2008. Mid-size complex crater formation in mixed crystalline–sedimentary targets: Insight from modeling and observation. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43:12:1955–1977. View article
  4. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., Collins G. S., Marion C., and Sylvester P. 2008. The effect of target lithology on the products of impact melting. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43:12:1939–1954. View article
  5. Soare R. J., Osinski G. R., and Roehm C. L. 2008. Thermokarst lakes and ponds on Mars in the very recent (late Amazonian) past. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272:382–393. View article
  6. Wünnemann K., Collins G. S., and Osinski G. R. 2008. Numerical modeling of impact melt production in porous rocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269:3–4:530–539. View article
  7. Motto-Ros V., Koujelev A. S., Osinski G. R., and Dudelzak A. E. 2008. Quantitative multi-elemental laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using artificial neural networks. Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid Publications 3:08011. View article
  8. Brack A., Brandstätter F., Baglioni P., Cockell C., Demets R., Edwards H., Kurat G., Osinski G. R., Pillinger J., Roten C-A., Sancisi-Frey S. 2008. Mineralogical alteration of artificial meteorites during atmospheric entry. The STONE-5 experiment. Planetary and Space Science 56:7: 976–984. View article
  9. Parnell J., Bowden S., Osinski G. R., Taylor C. W., and Lee P. 2008. The transfer of organic signatures from bedrock to sediment. Chemical Geology 247:242–252. View article
2007 (6 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R. 2007. Impact metamorphism of CaCO3-bearing sandstones at the Haughton structure, Canada. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42:11:1945–1960. View article
  2. Cockell C. S. and Osinski G. R. 2007. Impact-induced impoverishment and transformation of a sandstone habitat for lithophytic microorganisms. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42:11:1985–1993. View article
  3. Parnell J., Bowden S. A., Osinski G. R., Lee P., Green P., Taylor C., and Baron M. 2007. Organic geochemistry of impactites from the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71:7:1800–1819. View article
  4. Soare R. J., Kargel J. S., Osinski G. R., and Costard F. 2007. Gully formation, periglacial processes and evidence of near-surface ground-ice in Utopia and western Elysium Planitia. Icarus 191:1:95–112. View article
  5. Cockell C. S., Brack A., Wynn-Williams D. D., Baglioni P., Brandstätter F., Demets R., Edwards H., Gronstal A., Kurat G., Lee P., Osinski G. R., Pearce D., Pillinger J., Roten C., Sancisi-Frey S. 2007. A Selective dispersal filter in planetary island biogeography. Astrobiology 7:1:1–9. View article
  6. Osinski G. R., Schwarcz H. P., Smith J., Kleindienst M. R., Haldemann A. F. C., and Churcher C. S. 2007. Evidence for a 100–200 ka meteorite impact in Western Egypt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 253:3–4:378–388. View article
2006 (3 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R., Léveillé R., Berinstain A., Lebeuf M., and Bamsey M. 2006. Terrestrial analogues to Mars and the Moon: Canada's role. Geoscience Canada 33:4: 175–188. View article
  2. Osinski. G. R. 2006. Effect of volatiles and target lithology on the generation and emplacement of crater-fill and ejecta deposits on Mars. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 41:10:1571–1586. View article
  3. Eglinton L. B., Lim D. S. S., Slater G., Osinski G. R., Whelan J. K., and Douglas M. 2006. Geochemical characterization of a Miocene core sample from the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Organic Geochemistry 37:6:688–710. View article
2005 (11 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R., Lee P., Spray J. G., Parnell J., Lim D., Bunch T. E., Cockell C. S., and Glass B. 2005. Geological overview and cratering model for the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1759–1776. View article
  2. Sherlock S., Kelley S., Parnell J., Green P., Lee P., Osinski G. R., and Cockell C. S. 2005. Re-evaluating the age of the Haughton impact event. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1777–1788. View article
  3. Tornabene L. L., Moersch J. E., Osinski G. R., Lee P., and Wright S. P. 2005. Spaceborne remote-sensing and mapping of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, High Canadian Arctic: Applications to Mars. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1835–1858. View article
  4. Cockell C. S., Lee P., Broady P., Lim D. S. S., Osinski G. R., Parnell J., Koeberl C., and Pesonen L. 2005. Effects of asteroid and comet impacts on lithophytic habitats – A synthesis. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1901–1914. View article
  5. Osinski G. R. and Lee P. 2005. Intra-crater sedimentary deposits at the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1887–1900. View article
  6. Osinski G. R. 2005. Hydrothermal activity associated with the Ries impact event, Germany. Geofluids 5:202–220. View article
  7. Osinski G. R. and Spray J. G. 2005. Tectonics of complex crater formation as revealed by the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1813–1834. View article
  8. Parnell J., Osinski G. R., Lee P., Green P. F., and Baron M. J. 2005. Thermal alteration of organic matter in an impact crater and the duration of post-impact heating. Geology 33:5:373–376. View article
  9. Osinski G. R., Spray J. G., and Lee P. 2005. Impactites of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1789–1812. View article
  10. Osinski G. R., Parnell J., Lee P., Spray J. G., and Baron M. J. 2005. A case study of impact-induced hydrothermal activity: The Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1859–1878. View article
  11. Parnell J., Bowden S., Osinski G. R., Lee P., and Cockell C. S. 2005. Application of organic geochemistry to detect signatures of organic matter in the Haughton impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40:12:1879–1886. View article
2004 (3 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R. 2004. Impact melt rocks from the Ries impact structure, Germany: An origin as impact melt flows? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 226:3–4:529–543. View article
  2. Osinski G. R., Grieve R. A. F., and Spray J. G. 2004. The nature of the groundmass of surficial suevites from the Ries impact structure, Germany, and constraints on its origin. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 39:10:1655–1684. View article
  3. Parnell J., Lee P., Cockell C. S., and Osinski G. R. 2004. Microbial colonization in impact-generated hydrothermal sulphate deposits, Haughton impact structure, and implications for sulphates on Mars. International Journal of Astrobiology 3:247–256. View article
2003 (3 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R. 2003. Impact glasses in fallout suevites from the Ries impact structure, Germany: An analytical SEM study. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38:11:1641–1668. View article
  2. Osinski G. R. and Spray J. G. 2003. Evidence for the shock melting of sulfates from the Haughton impact structure, Arctic Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 215:3–4:357–370. View article
  3. Cockell C. S., Osinski G. R., and Lee P. 2003. The impact crater as a habitat: Effects of impact alteration of target materials. Astrobiology 3:181–191. View article
2002 (1 publication)
  1. Cockell C. S., Lee P., Osinski G. R., Horneck G., and Broady P. 2002. Impact-induced formation of microbial endolithic habitats. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37:1287–1298. View article
2001 (3 publications)
  1. Osinski G. R. and Spray J. G. 2001. Impact-generated carbonate melts: Evidence from the Haughton structure, Canada. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 194:1–2:17–29. View article
  2. Osinski G. R., Spray J. G., and Lee P. 2001. Impact-induced hydrothermal activity in the Haughton impact structure, Canada: Generation of a transient, warm, wet oasis. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 36:731–745. View article
  3. Osinski G. R., Alsop G. I., and Oliver G. J. H. 2001. Extensional tectonics of the Outer Hebrides Fault Zone, NW Scotland. Geological Magazine 138:325–344. View article