Selected Technical Publications and Reports

Holliday, Vance T., Tyrone L. Daulton, Patrick J. Bartlein, Mark B. Boslough, Ryan P. Breslawski, Abigail E. Fisher, Ian A. Jorgeson et al. "Comprehensive refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH)." Earth-Science Reviews 247 (2023): 104502. Link

Hainaut, Olivier R., Jan T. Kleyna, Karen J. Meech, Mark Boslough, Marco Micheli, Richard Wainscoat, Marielle Dela Cruz, Jacqueline V. Keane, Devendra K. Sahu, and Bhuwan C. Bhatt. “Disintegration of active asteroid P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS).” Astronomy & Astrophysics 628 (2019): A48. Link

Unsalan, Ozan, Peter Jenniskens, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Ersin Kaygisiz, Jim Albers, David L. Clark, Mikael Granvik et al. “The Sariçiçek howardite fall in Turkey: Source crater of HED meteorites on Vesta and impact risk of Vestoids.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, no. 5 (2019): 953-1008. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Uncertainty and risk at the catastrophe threshold.” Planetary Defense: Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets (2019): 205-215. Link

Bowman, Daniel, Jonathan Lees, James Cutts, Attila Komjathy, Eliot Young, Kayla Seiffert, Mark Boslough, and Stephen Arrowsmith. “Geoacoustic observations on drifting balloon-borne sensors.” Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric Studies: Challenges in Middle Atmosphere Dynamics and Societal Benefits (2019): 125-171. Link

Silber, Elizabeth A., Mark Boslough, Wayne K. Hocking, Maria Gritsevich, and Rodney W. Whitaker. “Physics of meteor generated shock waves in the earth’s atmosphere–a review.” Advances in Space Research 62, no. 3 (2018): 489-532. Link

Boslough, Mark, Stewart A Silling, Susan H Fischer, David E Cox, William B Vandermolen.”Shock-Induced Solid-State reactions in Powders: An Experimentally-Based Reassessment.” SAND2017-5297. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories (2017). Link

Boslough, Mark. “Autonomous dynamic soaring.” In 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-20. IEEE, 2017. Link

Spalding, Richard, John Tencer, William Sweatt, Benjamin Conley, Roy Hogan, Mark Boslough, GiGi Gonzales, and Pavel Spurný. “Photoacoustic sounds from meteors.” Scientific reports 7, no. 1 (2017): 41251. Link

Boslough, Mark, Paul Chodas, Souheil Ezzedine, Barbara Jennings, and Bill Fogleman. “Physical and infrastructure modeling for the 2015 PDC asteroid threat exercise.” In 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-18. IEEE, 2016.  Link

Young, Eliot F., Courtney Ballard, Kyle Garner, Michael Von Hendy, Peter Brown, Emily Dougherty, Martin Heaney et al. “Detection of infrasound disturbances from the Earth's stratosphere.” In 2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-9. IEEE, 2016. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Opportunity Knocks into Jupiter at 60 km/s.” Impactful Times: Memories of Shock Wave Research at Sandia National Laboratories (2016): 329-340. Link

Boslough, Mark, Barbara Jennings, Brad Carvey, and William Fogleman. “FEMA asteroid impact tabletop exercise simulations.” Procedia Engineering 103 (2015): 43-51. Link

Seery, Bernard, Brent Barbee, Joseph Nuth, Luke Oman, Mark Boslough, Paul Miller, Catherine Plesko, and Robert Weaver. “Investigations of short warning time response options for hazardous near-Earth objects.” In 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-12. IEEE, 2015. Link

Boslough, Mark, Peter Brown, and Alan Harris. "Updated population and risk assessment for airbursts from near-earth objects (NEOs)." In 2015 IEEE aerospace conference, pp. 1-12. IEEE, 2015.

Harris, Alan W., Mark Boslough, Clark R. Chapman, Line Drube, and Patrick Michel. “Asteroid impacts and modern civilization: Can we prevent a catastrophe?.” Asteroids IV (2015): 835-854. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Impact decision support diagrams.” Acta Astronautica 103 (2014): 358-361. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Airburst warning and response.” Acta Astronautica 103 (2014): 370-375. Link

Holliday, Vance T., Todd Surovell, David J. Meltzer, Donald K. Grayson, and Mark Boslough. “The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: a cosmic catastrophe.” Journal of Quaternary Science 29, no. 6 (2014): 515-530. Link

Kring, David A., and Mark Boslough. “Chelyabinsk: Portrait of an asteroid airburst.” Physics Today 67, no. 9 (2014): 32-37. Link

Field Jr, Richard V., Paul Constantine, and Mark Boslough. "Statistical surrogate models for prediction of high-consequence climate change." International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification 3, no. 4 (2013).

Boslough, Mark. “Greenland Pt anomaly may point to noncataclysmic Cape York meteorite entry." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, no. 52 (2013): E5035-E5035.  Link

Boslough, Mark. “Impact conclusions are a restatement of assumptions with literature misinterpretations.” SAND2013-10324J. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories (2013). Link

Brown, P.G., Assink, J.D., Astiz, L., Blaauw, R., Boslough, M.B., Borovička, J., Brachet, N., Brown, D., Campbell-Brown, M., Ceranna, L. and Cooke, W.D., 2013. “A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors.” Nature, 503(7475), pp.238-241. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Faulty protocols yield contaminated samples, unconfirmed results.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, no. 18 (2013): E1651-E1651. Link

Boslough, Mark, Alan W. Harris, Clark Chapman, and David Morrison. “Younger Dryas impact model confuses comet facts, defies airburst physics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences110, no. 45 (2013): E4170-E4170. Link

Boslough, Mark. “Inconsistent impact hypotheses for the Younger Dryas.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109, no. 34 (2012): E2241-E2241. Link

Boslough, Mark, Kathleen Nicoll, Vance Holliday, T. L. Daulton, D. Meltzer, N. Pinter, A. C. Scott et al. “Arguments and evidence against a Younger Dryas impact event.” Climates, landscapes, and civilizations 198 (2012): 13-26. Link

Hueso, Ricardo, A. Wesley, C. Go, S. Pérez-Hoyos, M. H. Wong, L. N. Fletcher, A. Sánchez-Lavega et al. "First Earth-based detection of a superbolide on Jupiter." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 721, no. 2 (2010): L129.

de Pater, Imke, Leigh N. Fletcher, Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, Heidi B. Hammel, Glenn S. Orton, Michael H. Wong, Statia Luszcz-Cook, Agustin Sánchez-Lavega, and Mark Boslough. "A multi-wavelength study of the 2009 impact on Jupiter: Comparison of high resolution images from Gemini, Keck and HST." Icarus 210, no. 2 (2010): 722-741.

Jenniskens, Pet al, Muawia H. Shaddad, D. Numan, S. Elsir, A. M. Kudoda, Michael E. Zolensky, L. Le et al. "The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC3." Nature 458, no. 7237 (2009): 485-488.

Boslough, M. B. E., and D. A. Crawford. "Low-altitude airbursts and the impact threat." International Journal of Impact Engineering 35.12 (2008): 1441-1448. Link

Osinski, G.R., Kieniewicz, J., Smith, J.R., Boslough, M.B., Eccleston, M., Schwarcz, H.P., Kleindienst, M.R., Haldemann, A.F. and 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), pp.2089-2107.

Boslough, Mark BE. Autonomous dynamic soaring platform for distributed mobile sensor arrays. No. SAND2002-1896. Sandia National Lab.(SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab.(SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States), 2002. Link

Fawcett, Peter J., and Mark BE Boslough. "Climatic effects of an impact‐induced equatorial debris ring." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 107, no. D15 (2002): ACL-2.

Myers, S. A., R. T. Cygan, R. A. Assink, and M. B. Boslough. "29 Si MAS NMR relaxation study of shocked Coconino sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona." Physics and chemistry of minerals 25 (1998): 313-317.

Boslough, Mark BE, and David A. Crawford. "Shoemaker‐Levy 9 and Plume‐forming Collisions on Earth." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 822.1 (1997): 236-282. Link

Boslough, Mark BE, and G. Randall Gladstone. "An impact plume model for atmospheric holes in the FUV dayglow." Geophysical research letters 24, no. 24 (1997): 3117-3120.

Boslough, M. B., E. P. Chael, T. G. Trucano, D. A. Crawford, and D. L. Campbell. "Axial focusing of impact energy in the Earth's interior: A possible link to flood basalts and hotspots." New Developments Regarding the KT Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History, GSA Special Paper 307 (1996): pp 541-550. Link

Boslough, Mark B., David A. Crawford, Timothy G. Trucano, and Allen C. Robinson. "Numerical modeling of Shoemaker‐Levy 9 impacts as a framework for interpreting observations." Geophysical research letters 22, no. 13 (1995): 1821-1824.

Furnish, M. D., M. B. Boslough, G. T. Gray III, and J. L. Remo. "Dynamical properties measurements for asteroid, comet and meteorite material applicable to impact modeling and mitigation calculations." International Journal of Impact Engineering 17, no. 1-3 (1995): 341-352.

Boslough, M. B., E. P. Chael, T. G. Trucano, and D. A. Crawford. "Axial focusing of energy from a hypervelocity impact on Earth." International journal of impact engineering17, no. 1-3 (1995): 99-108.

Boslough, Mark B., David A. Crawford, Allen C. Robinson, and Timothy G. Trucano. "Mass and penetration depth of Shoemaker‐Levy 9 fragments from time‐resolved photometry." Geophysical research letters 21, no. 14 (1994): 1555-1558.

Boslough, Mark B., David A. Crawford, Allen C. Robinson, and Timothy G. Trucano. "Watching for fireballs on Jupiter." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 75, no. 27 (1994): 305-310.

Crawford, David A., Mark B. Boslough, Timothy G. Trucano, and Allen C. Robinson. "The impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter." Shock waves 4 (1994): 47-50.

Konrad, C. H., L. C. Chhabildas, M. B. Boslough, A. J. Piekutowski, K. L. Poormon, S. A. Mullin, and D. L. Littlefield. "Dependence of debris cloud formation on projectile shape." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 309, no. 1, pp. 1845-1848. American Institute of Physics, 1994.

Chhabildas, L. C., M. B. Boslough, W. D. Reinhart, and C. A. Hall. "Debris cloud characterization at impact velocities of 5 to 11 km/s." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 309, no. 1, pp. 1841-1844. American Institute of Physics, 1994.

Boslough, M. B., and J. R. Asay. "Basic principles of shock compression." High-pressure shock compression of solids (1993): 7-42. Link

Boslough, M. B., J. A. Ang, L. C. Chhabildas, W. D. Reinhart, C. A. Hall, B. G. Cour-Palais, E. L. Christiansen, and J. L. Crews. "Hypervelocity testing of advanced shielding concepts for spacecraft against impacts to 10 km/s." International Journal of Impact Engineering 14, no. 1-4 (1993): 95-106.

Cygan, Randall T., Mark B. Boslough, and R. James Kirkpatrick. "NMR spectroscopy of experimentally shocked quartz and plagioclase feldspar powders." In IN: Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Science, Volume 22; Conference, Houston, TX, Mar. 18-22, 1991 (A92-30851 12-91). Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1992, p. 127-136. Research supported by DNA., vol. 22, pp. 127-136. 1992.

Boslough, M. B. "Shock modification and chemistry and planetary geologic processes." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 19, no. 1 (1991): 101-130.

Boslough, Mark B. "A thermochemical model for shock‐induced reactions (heat detonations) in solids." The Journal of chemical physics 92, no. 3 (1990): 1839-1848.

Cygan, R. T., M. B. Boslough, and R. J. Kirkpatrick. "NMR spectroscopy of experimentally shocked quartz-Shock wave barometry." In IN: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 20th, Houston, TX, Mar. 13-17, 1989, Proceedings (A90-33456 14-91). Houston, TX, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1990, p. 451-457., vol. 20, pp. 451-457. 1990.

Cygan, Randall T., William H. Casey, Mark B. Boslough, Henry R. Westrich, Martin J. Carr, and George R. Holdren Jr. "Dissolution kinetics of experimentally shocked silicate minerals." Chemical geology 78, no. 3-4 (1989): 229-244.

Boslough, Mark B., and Thomas J. Ahrens. "A sensitive time‐resolved radiation pyrometer for shock‐temperature measurements above 1500 K." Review of scientific instruments 60, no. 12 (1989): 3711-3716.

Boslough, M. B. "A thermochemical model for shock-induced chemical reactions in porous solids: analogs and contrasts to detonation." In Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on Detonation, pp. 1199-1209. 1989.

Boslough, Mark B. "Shock-induced chemical reactions in nickel-aluminum powder mixtures: radiation pyrometer measurements." Chemical physics letters 160, no. 5-6 (1989): 618-622.
Boslough, M. B. "Postshock temperatures in silica." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 93, no. B6 (1988): 6477-6484. Link

Boslough, Mark B., and Randall T. Cygan. "Shock-enhanced dissolution of silicate minerals and chemical weathering on planetary surfaces." In IN: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 18th, Houston, TX, Mar. 16-20, 1987, Proceedings (A89-10851 01-91). Cambridge and New York/Houston, TX, Cambridge University Press/Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1988, p. 443-453., vol. 18, pp. 443-453. 1988.

Holdren, G. R., W. H. Casey, H. R. Westrich, M. Carr, and M. Boslough. "Bulk dislocation densities and dissolution rates in a calcic plagioclase." Chemical Geology 70, no. 1-2 (1988): 79.

Boslough, M. B. "Shock-induced solid-state chemical reactivity studies using time-resolved radiation pyrometry." International Journal of Impact Engineering 5, no. 1-4 (1987): 173-180.

Boslough, M. B., S. M. Rigden, and T. J. Ahrens. "Hugoniot equation of state of anorthite glass and lunar anorthosite." Geophysical Journal 84 (1986).

Boslough, Mark B., Thomas J. Ahrens, and Arthur C. Mitchell. "Shock temperatures in anorthite glass." Geophysical Journal International 84, no. 3 (1986): 475-489.

Graham, R. A., B. Morosin, Y. Horie, E. L. Venturini, M. Boslough, M. J. Carr, and D. L. Williamson. "Chemical synthesis under high pressure shock loading." Shock Waves in Condensed Matter (1986): 693-711.

Boslough, Mark B., and Thomas J. Ahrens. "Shock wave properties of anorthosite and gabbro." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90, no. B9 (1985): 7814-7820.

Boslough, Mark B. "A model for time dependence in shock‐induced thermal radiation of light." Journal of applied physics 58, no. 9 (1985): 3394-3399.

Boslough, Mark B., Thomas J. Ahrens, and Arthur C. Mitchell. "Shock temperatures in CaO." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 89, no. B9 (1984): 7845-7851.

Boslough, M. B., and R. A. Graham. "Submicrosecond shock-induced chemical reactions in solids: first real-time observations." Chemical physics letters 121, no. 4-5 (1985): 446-452.

Nellis, W. J., Fo H. Ree, R. J. Trainor, A. C. Mitchell, and M. B. Boslough. "Equation of state and optical luminosity of benzene, polybutene, and polyethylene shocked to 210 GPa (2.1 Mbar)." The Journal of chemical physics 80, no. 6 (1984): 2789-2799.

Lange, Manfred A., Thomas J. Ahrens, and Mark B. Boslough. "Impact cratering and spall failure of gabbro." Icarus 58, no. 3 (1984): 383-395.

Boslough, M. B., and T. J. Ahrens. Particle velocity experiments in anorthosite and gabbro. No. NASA-CR-174158. 1984.

Boslough, Mark Bruce. Shock-wave properties and high-pressure equations of state of geophysically important materials. California Institute of Technology, 1984.

Weldon, Ray J., Warren M. Thomas, Mark B. Boslough, and Thomas J. Ahrens. "Shock‐induced color changes in nontronite: Implications for the Martian fines." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 87, no. B12 (1982): 10102-10114.

Boslough, Mark B., Thomas J. Ahrens, Joana Vizgirda, Richard H. Becker, and Samuel Epstein. "Shock-induced devolatilization of calcite." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 61, no. 1 (1982): 166-170.

Boslough, M. B., R. J. Weldon, and T. J. Ahrens. "Impact-induced water loss from serpentine, nontronite and kernite." In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1980.

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