Publications:

underlined authors represent student (co-)authors


Direct estimates of pedogenic magnetite as a tool to reconstruct past climates from buried soils.
Christoph E. Geiss, Ramon Egli, C. William Zanner,
J. Geophys. Res., 113, B11102, doi:10.1029/2008JB005669

Time dependent IRM acquisition as a tool to quantify the abundance of ultra-fine superparamagnetic magnetite in loessic soils.
Tamara A. Machac, C. William Zanner and Christoph E. Geiss,
Geophys. J. Int. (2007) 169, 483–489 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03355.x

Sediment magnetic signature of climate in modern loessic soils from the Great Plains
Christoph E. Geiss and C. William Zanner, Quaternary International,
doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.035

How abundant is pedogenic magnetite? Abundance and grain-size estimates for loessic soils based on rock-magnetic analyses.
Christoph E. Geiss and C. William Zanner, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, B12S21, doi:10.1029/2006JB004564.

Rock-magnetic, chemical and bacterial community analysis of a modern soil from Nebraska
Yohan Guyodo, Timothy M. LaPara, Amy J. Anschutz, R. Lee Penn, Subir K. Banerjee, Christoph E. Geiss, C. William Zanner, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 251, p. 168-178, 2006
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Asymmetric vegetation responses to mid-Holocene aridity at the prairie–forest ecotone in south-central Minnesota
Charles E. Umbanhowar Jr., Philip Camill , Christoph E. Geiss , Rebecca Teed, Quaternary Research, 66, p. 53-66, 2006

Signature of magnetic enhancement in a loessic soil in Nebraska, United States of America
Christoph E. Geiss, C. William Zanner, Subir K. Banerjee, Joanna Minott, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 228, p. 355-367, 2004

Sediment-Magnetic Signature of Land-use and Drought as Recorded in lake Sediment from South-Central Minnesota, U.S.A.
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, Philip Camill, Charles E. Umbanhowar Jr., Quaternary Research, 62 (2), p. 117-125, 2004
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Late Glacial and Holocene Climatic Effects on Fire and Vegetation Dynamics at the Prairie-Forest Ecotone in South-Central Minnesota.
Philip Camill, Charles E. Umbanhowar, Jr., Rebecca Teed, Christoph E. Geiss, Leah Dvorak, Jon Kenning, Kristina Walkup, and Jessica Aldinger, Journal of Ecology, 91, p. 822-836, 2003

A Holocene - late Pleistocene Geomagnetic Inclination Record from Grandfather Lake, SW Alaska
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, Geophysical Journal International, 153, p. 497 - 507, 2003
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Sediment Magnetic Properties Reveal Holocene Climate Change Along the Minnesota
Prairie-Forest Ecotone.

Christoph E. Geiss, Charles E. Umbanhowar, Phil Camill, Subir K. Banerjee, J. of Paleolimnology, 30 (2), p. 151 - 166, 2003

The use of Mineral Magnetic Parameters to Characterise Archaeological Ochres
Mooney, S.D, C. Geiss and M. A. Smith,  J. of Archeol. Sci.,
30, p. 511-523, 2002

Comparison of two Interglacial Records from the Midwestern U.S.A.
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 24, p.793-798, 1999

A Multi-Parameter Rock Magnetic Record of the Last Glacial-Interglacial Paleoclimate From South-Central Illinois, USA
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 152, p.203-216, 1997

Magnetic domain observations on magnetite and titanomagnetite grains (0.5 - 10 mm)
Geophysical Journal International, 124, p. 75-88, 1996

Rock magnetic investigations of basalts from the southern Kerguelen plateau
Heider, F., C.E. Geiss, D.J. Dunlop, H. Inokuchi, Proceedings of the Ocean drilling program, Scientific Results, 120, 79-87, 1992


(Some) Abstracts:


How small is pedogenic magnetite? Size estimates for loessic soils based on remanence and hysteresis measurements,
GEISS Christoph E., MACHAC Tamara A.,
Eos Trans. AGU,
86
(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP13A-0020

Using the sediment-magnetic properties of soils as indicators of past climates,
GEISS Christoph E., ZANNER C. William, MACHAC Tamara A.
, Christoph In: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, May 2005, Vol. 37, Issue 5, pp.35

Multi-proxy analysis of lake sediments reveals paleo-environmental change in western Connecticut throughout the Holocene, GEISS Christoph E., ABRAMS Jeffrey L., SULTAN Ryan S., RODRIGUEZ Elizabeth A.,  In: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, May 2005, Vol. 37, Issue 5, pp.72

Multi-proxy Analysis of Lake Sediments from Western Connecticut Reveals Changes in Past Environments and Land-use,
GEISS
Christoph E., ABRAMS Jeffrey L., SULTAN Ryan S.,
Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract  GP41B-05, 2005

Magnetic Grain-size Proxies in Loessic Soils and Their Potential use in Paleorainfall Reconstruction
MACHAC Tamara A., GEISS Christoph E., ZANNER C.W., E
os Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GP13B-13, 2005

Chemical, morphological, and magnetic properties of loessic soils and the development of a multiproxy model to reconstruct paleorainfall
ZANNER, C. William, GEISS Christoph E.,
 Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract  GP41B-06, 2005

A record of land-use change and climate from north-western Connecticut,
ABRAMS Jeffrey L., CONOLLY Megan, GEISS Christoph E., In: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, March 2004, Vol. 36, Issue 2, pp.150

Sediment magnetic analyses reveal paleoclimatic history of Hanging Lake, Yukon ,
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS
. In: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, November 2003, Vol. 35, Issue 6, pp.61

Climate change and ecosystem response at the boundaries of the mid-Holocene dry period based on sediments from two lakes in the Big Woods of Minnesota,
UMBANHOWAR, CHARLES E., CAMILL, Phil, TEED Becky, GEISS, Christoph E.,  In: Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, November 2003, Vol. 35, Issue 6, pp.212

Sediment Magnetic Signature of Climate in Modern Loessic Soils From the Great Plains
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, C. William Zanner, James H. Bisbee
Poster presented at 2003 INQUA meeting, Reno, NV

Holocene Record of Secular Variation from Grandfather Lake, SW Alaska
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Jeffrey A. Dorale, Subir K. Banerjee
Poster presented at 2002 AMQUA meeting, Anchorage, AK, in Program and Abstracts - American Quaternary Association. Conference, August 2002, Vol. 17, pp.47

Climate, fire, and vegetation change over the past 10000 years at two sites along the prairie-forest border in south central Minnesota.
UMBANHOWAR, Charles E. Jr, CAMILL, Phil, TEED, Becky, GEISS, Christoph E,  DVORAK, Leah, KENNING, Jon,, LIMMER, Jacob, WALKUP, Kristina
Poster presented at 2002 Ecological Society of America meeting

Impacts of Climate Change and Euroamerican Agriculture on Magnetic Properties of Sediments From 18 Lakes in Southern Minnesota.
UMBANHOWAR, Charles. E. and GEISS, Christoph. E.

Poster presented at 2002 AGU Fall Meeting
Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP71A-0983, 2002

Multi proxy study of lake sediments reveals high resolution record of mid-Holocene aridity variations in the midwestern United States
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Charles E. Umbanhowar, Phil Camill,
Talk presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Boston, MA

Magnetic Properties of Varved Lake Sediments as Indicators of Paleoclimate Change
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee

Talk given at 2001 IAGA meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam

The use of Mineral Magnetic Parameters to Characterize Archeological Ochres
Mooney, S.D, GEISS, CHRISTOPH E.
Talk given at 2001 IAGA meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam

Challenges and Answers for Environmental Magnetism in the new Century
SUBIR BANERJEE, Brian Carter-Stiglitz, Christoph Geiss,
Talk given at 2001 IAGA meeting, Hanoi, Vietnam

Influence of Owens (dry) Lake Sediment on Magnetic Properties of Dust Samples from Southern California
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee, Marith C. Reheis,
Poster given at the 2000 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Society

The rock-magnetic properties of varved sediments and their use in paleoclimate reconstruction
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.32, p.470, 2000
Talk presented at 2000 annual meeting of the American Geological Society

Holocene record of eolian dust deposition from a small volcanic lake in SW Alaska
Christoph E. Geiss, Subir K. Banerjee, EOS suppl., v.80, p.F486, 1999
Poster presented at 1999 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Society

Climatic Influence on Sediment Magnetic Properties of Small Kettle Lakes: Processes that Link Paleoenvironmental Change to Rock-Magnetic Variations
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee
Presentation given at the 1998 spring meeting of the American Geophysical Society

Sediment-magnetic record from Pittsburg Basin, Illinois, indicates climatic variability during the last interglacial
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee
Presentation given at the 1998 meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Climate variability as seen in two interglacial records from the midwestern USA
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee
Presentation given at the 1998 meeting of the European Geophysical Society

Advantages of a Multi Parameter Approach for the Interpretation of Magnetic Records From Small Lakes
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee
Presentation given at the 1997 meeting of the European Geophysical Society

Magnetic Properties Of the Sangamon Paleosol and its Implications for Paleoclimate Reconstruction 
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee
Presentation given at the 1996 meeting of the European Geophysical Society.

Environmental Change as Seen in Lake Sediments From South Central Illinois
CHRISTOPH E. GEISS, Subir K. Banerjee, R. Teed
Presented at the 1995 spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union

Thesis

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