MARS CRATER CONSORTIUM
The Mars Crater Consortium (MCC) was founded in 1997
when David Roddy, Joseph Boyce, and Nadine Barlow began discussing the
potential value of combining all the Martian impact crater datasets which
had been compiled from Viking data. Investigators interested in Martian
impact craters from observational, experimental, and theoretical perspectives
were invited to attend the first MCC meeting at the US Geological Survey
in Flagstaff in 1998. The Consortium membership continues to grow as new
crater data are obtained from Mars spacecraft and theoretical/experimental
advances are made in understanding the processes involved in Martian crater
formation.
Some of the participants at the 11th MCC
meeting, Sept. 29-30, 2008. From left to right: Trent Hare (USGS),
Tom Stepinski (LPI), Ken Tanaka (USGS), Larry Soderblom (USGS), Nadine Barlow
(NAU), Dan Berman (PSI), Ken Herkenhoff (USGS), Andrea Philippoff (UAz),
Veronica Bray (UAz), Don Barker (NASA/JSC), Audrey Rager (UNLV), Joe Boyce (U.
HI), Livio Tornabene (UAz), Don Burt (ASU), and Stuart Robbins (UCo).
UPCOMING MARS CRATER CONSORTIUM MEETING:
12th Mars Crater Consortium Meeting, Sept. 29-30, 2009, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
The Meteor Crater field trip on Sunday, Sept. 27, is now full.
The 12th annual Mars Crater Consortium will follow the 1st Lunar Crater Consortium meeting (Sept. 28, 2009), also to be held at USGS.