Mark Cintala
Planetary Scientist | NASA
Mark Cintala
Planetary Scientist
NASA
Phone
281.483.5032
Phone
281.483.5032
Biography
Mark J. Cintala is a space scientist within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center and currently serves as the manager of the Experimental Impact Laboratory.
Education
Ph.D.
Geological Sciences
Brown University
1980
M.S.
Geological Sciences
Brown University
1976
B.S.
Physics
University of Bridgeport
1974
Education
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 1980
Brown University
M.S., Geological Sciences, 1976
Brown University
B.S., Physics, 1974
University of Bridgeport
Select Publications
Plescia, J. B. and M. J. Cintala (2012). "Impact melt in small lunar highland craters." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 117.
Grieve, R. A. F., et al. (2007). Planetary Impacts. Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Second Edition. L. A. McFadden, P. R. Weissman and T. V. Johnson. San Diego, CA, Academic Press: 813-828.
Cintala, M. J. and R. A. F. Grieve (1998). "Scaling impact-melt and crater dimensions: Implications for the lunar cratering record." Meteoritics and Planetary Science 33: 889-912.
Cintala, M. J. and K. M. McBride (1995). Block distributions on the lunar surface: A comparison between measurements obtained from surface and orbital photography. Tech. Mem. 104804, Washington, DC, NASA: 44.
Grieve, R. A. F. and M. J. Cintala (1992). "An analysis of differential impact melt-crater scaling and implications for the terrestrial impact record." Meteoritics 27: 526-538.
Cintala, M. J. (1992). "Impact-induced thermal effects in the lunar and mercurian regoliths." Journal of Geophysical Research 97: 947-974.
Grieve, R. A. F. and M. J. Cintala (1992). "An analysis of differential impact melt-crater scaling and implications for the terrestrial impact record." Meteoritics 27: 526-538.
Cintala, M. J. (1992). "Impact-induced thermal effects in the lunar and mercurian regoliths." Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets 97: 947-974.
Cintala, M. J. and F. Hörz (1990). "Regolith evolution in the laboratory: Scaling dissimilar comminution experiments." Meteoritics 25: 27-40.
Cintala, M. J., F. Hörz, and T.H. See (1989). Impact cratering in low-gravity environments: Results of reconnaissance experimentation on the NASA KC-135A Reduced Gravity Aircraft. Proceedings of the 19th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 629-639.
Hörz, F., M.J. Cintala, T.H. See, F. Cardenas, and T.D. Thompson (1984). Grain size evolution and fractionation trends in an experimental regolith. Proceedings of the 15th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, in Journal of Geophysical Research, v.89. 89: C183-C196.
Cintala, M. J. (1981). "Meteoroid impact into short-period comet nuclei." Nature 291: 134-136.
Cintala, M. J., J.W. Head III, and L. Wilson (1979). The nature and effects of impact cratering on small bodies. Asteroids. T. Gehrels. Tucson, AZ, The University of Arizona Press: 579-600.