Benjamin Weiss: Publications

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Refereed:

Kopp, R. E., C. Z Nash, A. Kobayashi , B. P Weiss, D. A. Bazylinski, J. L. Kirschvink (2006) Ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy for assessment of magnetic anisotropy and magnetostatic interactions: a case study of mutant magnetotactic bacteria, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., submitted.

Maloof, A. C., G. P. Halverson, J. L. Kirschvink, D. P. Schrag, B. P. Weiss, P. F. Hoffman (2006) Combined paleomagnetic, isotopic and stratigraphic evidence for true polar wander from the Neoproterozoic Akademikerbreen Group, Svalbard, GSA Bulletin, in press.

Kopp, R. E., B. P Weiss, A. C Maloof, H. Vali, C. Z Nash, J. L. Kirschvink (2006) Chains, clumps, and strings: Magnetofossil taphonomy with ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 247, 10-26. PDF

Wieczorek, M. A., B. L. Jolliff, A. Khan, M. E. Pritchard, B. P. Weiss, J. Williams, L. L. Hood, K. Righter, C. R. Neal, C. K. Shearer, I.S. McCallum, S. Tompkins, B. R. Hawke, C. Peterson, J. J. Gillis, and B. Bussey (2005) The constitution and structure of the lunar interior, in New Views of the Moon, Rev. Mineral. Geochem., 60, 221-364. PDF

Gattacceca, J., M. Boustie, B. P. Weiss, P. Rochette, E. A. Lima, L. E. Fong, F. Baudenbacher (2005) Investigating impact demagnetization through laser impacts and SQUID microscopy, Geology, 34, 333-336 PDF.

Louzada, K. L., S. T. Stewart, B. P. Weiss (2005). Shock demagnetization of pyrrhotite (Fe1-xS, x≤0.13) and implications for the Martian crust and meteorites, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2005. PDF

Shuster, D. L. and B. P. Weiss (2005) Martian surface paleotemperatures from thermochronology of meteorites, Science, 309, 594-597. PDF

Storrs, A. D., C. Dunne, J.-M. Conan, L. Mugnier, B. P. Weiss, B. Zellner (2005) A closer look at Main Belt asteroids 1: WF/PC images, Icarus,73, 409-416. PDF

Vali, H., Weiss, B., Li, Y., Sears, S. K., Kim, S. S., Kirschvink, J. L., and Zhang, C. L. (2004) Formation of tabular single domain magnetite induced by Geobacter metallireducens GS-15, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 16121-16126. PDF

Weiss, B. P., S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili (2004) Ferromagnetic resonance and low-temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 224, 73-89. PDF

Weiss, B. P., S. S. Kim, J. L. Kirschvink, R. E. Kopp, M. Sankaran, A. Kobayashi, and A. Komeili (2004) Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 8281-8284. PDF

Weiss, B. P., D. L. Shuster, S. T. Stewart (2002) Temperatures on Mars from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of ALH84001, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 201, 465-472. PDF

Weiss, B. P., H. Vali, F. J. Baudenbacher, J. L. Kirschvink, S. T. Stewart, D. L. Shuster (2002) Records of an ancient Martian magnetic field in ALH84001, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 201, 449-464. PDF

Kirschvink, J. L. and B. P. Weiss (2002) Mars, panspermia, and the origin of life: Where did it all begin? Palaeontologia Electronica, 4, 2, editorial 2: 8p. online, PDF

Weiss, B. P., F. J. Baudenbacher, J. P. Wikswo, and J. L. Kirschvink (2001) Magnetic microscopy promises a leap in sensitivity and resolution, Eos Trans. AGU, 82, 513 & 518. PDF

Weiss, B. P., J. L. Kirschvink, F. J. Baudenbacher, H. Vali, N. T. Peters, F. A. Macdonald, and J. P. Wikswo (2000) A low temperature transfer of ALH84001 from Mars to Earth, Science, 290, 791-795. PDF

Weiss, B. P. and A. P. Ingersoll (2000) Cold spots in the martian polar regions: Evidence for carbon dioxide depletion?, Icarus, 144, 432-435. PDF

Weiss, B. P., Y. L. Yung, and K. H. Nealson (2000) Atmospheric energy for subsurface life on Mars? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97, 1395-1399. PDF

Storrs, A., B. Weiss, B. Zellner, W. Burleson, R. Sichitiu , E. Wells, C. Kowal, D. Tholen (1999) Imaging observations of asteroids with Hubble Space Telescope, Icarus, 137, 260-268. PDF


Other:

Warmflash, D. and Weiss, B. (2005) Did life come from another world?, Scientific American, November, 2005, 64-71. PDF

Moore, J. M., L. A. Leshin, D. D. Bogard, C. K. Shearer, N. G. Barlow, A. F. C. Haldemann, R. J. Wilson, B. P. Weiss, A. H. Treiman, R. N. Clark, S. M. Clifford (2002) Mars: Its place in the solar system, in The Future of Solar System Exploration, 2003-2013: Community Contributions to the NRC Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey, Ed. M. V. Sykes (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco) p. 155-158. PDF

Eiler, J. M., B. P. Weiss, B. C. Clarke (2002) Expected speciation and fluxes of magmatic and hydrothermal volatiles on Mars, Proc. Mars Atmospheric Chemistry and Astrobiology Conference, Caltech, Dec. 17-18, 2002

Weiss, B. P. and J. L. Kirschvink (2000) Life from space? Testing panspermia with martian meteorite ALH84001, The Planetary Report, 20, 6, 8-11. PDF