Barringer Medal
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| Barringer Medal | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding work in the field of impact cratering |
| Sponsor | Barringer Crater Company |
| Presented by | Meteoritical Society |
| Reward | Medal |
| First awarded | 1984 |
| Official website | Script error: No such module "Template link general". |
The Barringer Medal recognizes outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. [1] The Barringer Medal and Award were established to honor the memory of D. Moreau Barringer Sr. and his son D. Moreau Barringer Jr. and are sponsored by the Barringer Crater Company. The medal is awarded by the Meteoritical Society. The senior Barringer was the first to seriously propose an impact origin for the crater that now bears his name.
Barringer Medal Winners
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Eugene M. Shoemaker |
| 1985 | Robert S. Dietz |
| 1986 | Donald E. Gault |
| 1987 | Wolf J. von Engelhardt |
| 1988 | Michael R. Dence |
| 1989 | Virgil E. Barnes |
| 1990 | Richard A. F. Grieve |
| 1991 | Victor L. Masaitis |
| 1992 | Edward C. T. Chao |
| 1993 | Dieter Stoffler |
| 1994 | D. W. Roddy |
| 1995 | William A. Cassidy |
| 1996 | F. Hörz |
| 1997 | T. Ahrens |
| 1998 | B. A. Ivanov |
| 1999 | H. Jay Melosh |
| 2000 | Ralph Belknap Baldwin |
| 2001 | Alexander T. Basilevsky |
| 2002 | Bevan M. French |
| 2003 | Graham Ryder |
| 2004 | Peter H. Schultz |
| 2005 | Billy P. Glass |
| 2006 | Robert M. Schmidt |
| 2007 | Christian Koeberl |
| 2008 | Frank T. Kyte |
| 2009 | Wolf Uwe Reimold |
| 2010 | William K. Hartmann |
| 2011 | Bruce F. Bohor |
| 2012 | Jan Smit |
| 2013 | Walter Alvarez |
| 2014 | Alex Deutsch |
| 2015 | Natalia Artemieva |
