A NIR session was arranged during the Nordic Geological Wintermeeting in Oulu, January 2006.

Below is a list of the contributions:

Oral presentations - Session 7. Room L7 Jouko Raitala

9.10-9.50 Ori, G.G. Keynote The geological history of a large lacustrine body on Mars: the Juventae Chasma

10.20-10.40 Dypvik, H. et al. Did the Mjølnir asteroid impact ignite Barents Sea hydrocarbon source rocks?

10.40-11.00 Kalleson, E. et al Post impact deposits in the Gardnos impact structure, Norway

11.00-11.20 Bäckström, A. et al. ESIR at Ilumetsa – an example of international student cooperation in impact crater research

11.20-11.40 Plado, J & the ESIR Working Group The Ilumetsa meteorite crater field, SE Estonia – results of the geophysical campaign

11.40-12.00 Kohonen, J. & Vaarma, M. Sedimentary rocks in Finnish impact structures - pre-impact or post-impact?

13.30-13.50 Öhman, T. et al. Polygonal craters of Argyre region, Mars – Clues to cratering mechanics?

13.50-14.10 Ormö, J. et al. Influence of target on the cratering process: Laboratory experiments, field observations and numerical simulations

14.10-14.30 Ruotsalainen, H.E. et al. Gravity survey of the Keurusselkä meteorite impact structure

14.30-14.50 Tuisku, P. & Hanski, E. Planar deformation features in quartz phenocrysts from Palaeoproterozoic felsic tuffs at Pechenga, Kola Peninsula, Russia

14.50-15.10 Versh, E. et al. Development of potential ecological niches in IHT systems: the small-to-medium size impacts

15.10-15.30 Salminen, J. et al. New data for calibrating Kaapvaal craton’s apparent polar wander path - Vredefort impact crater, South Africa

16.00-16.20 Kohout, T. et al. Magnetic record of ordinary chondrite chondrules

16.20-16.40 Korteniemi, J. et al. HRSC mapping of crater floor depressions in Hellas region, Mars

16-40-17.00 Kostama, V.-P. et al. Analysis of the Reull Vallis fluvial system, Mars.

17.00-17.20 Sharkov, E.V. & Bogatikov, O.A. Comparative study of tectonomagmatic evolution of the Earth and the Moon

17.20-17.40 Raitala, J. et al. Alluvial fan in Icaria Planum, Mars.

17.40-18.00 Rice, J.W. jr. & Athena Science Team Spirit’s Exploration into the Origin and Evolution of the Columbia Hills, Mars

Poster presentations Wednesday 11.01.206

49-7.1   Badjukov, D.D. & Raitala, J. 

50-7.1   Bäckström, A. et al.

51-7.1   Dypvik, H. et al. 

52-7.1   Elbra, T. & Pesonen, L.J. 

53-7.1   Frisk, Å.M. et al. The aftermath of marine impacts: Faunal recovery and sedimentation in the Ordovician Tvären crater, Sweden

54-7.1   Vishnevsky, S. et al.  

55-7.1   Öhman, T. 

56-7.2   Aittola, M. et al. 

57-7.2   Bondarenko, N.V. et al. Roughness anisotropy of Venus surface.

58-7.2   Gurgurewicz, J. 

59-7.2   Kreslavsky, M.A. et al. Impact Craters on the Northern Lowlands of Mars.

60-7.2   Lahtela, H. et al.  

61-7.2   Leitner, J.J. & Firneis, M.G. 

62-7.2   Törmänen, T.T. et al.

Photos from the NIR-meeting

	Above: From the NIR meeting in assocciation with The Nordic Geological Wintermeeting in Oulu.   Left: Impact researchers discussing during the poster session.
	From the NIR meeting.