Dr. Christof Sager

Publications

Sager, C., Airo, A., Mangelsdorf, K., Arens, F. L., Karger, C., & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2023). Habitability of Polygonal Soils in the Hyper-arid Atacama Desert after a Simulated Rain Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2022JG007328; doi: 10.1029/2022JG007328

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L., Schulze-Makuch, S. (2022) Eolian erosion of polygons in the Atacama Desert as a proxy for hyper-arid environments on Earth and beyond. Scientific Reports 12, 12394; doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16404-y

Arens, F.L., Airo, A., Feige, J., Sager, C., Wiechert, U., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2021). Geochemical proxies for water-soil interactions in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile. Catena, 206 (105531); doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105531 

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L., Schulze-Makuch, S. (2021) New types of sand wedge polygons in the salt cemented soils in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert . Geomorphology, Volume 373; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107481

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L.,Rabethge, C., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2020) New types of boulder accumulations in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert. Geomorphology, Volume 350; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106897

Projects

NoSHADE - Projekt

Tasks

• Scientific researcher in the impact and meteorite research department of the NoSHADE project
• Geochemical and sedimentological processing and analysis of soil and rock samples
• Analysis of micrometeorites and traces of cosmic dust from sediments of the Atacama Desert
• Photogrammetry, remote sensing and morphometric study of sedimentary depositional environments in the Atacama Desert

Research

I am currently involved in this project:

NoSHADE (Novel perspectives on our Solar System History recorded in the Atacama Desert)

Publications (selection)

Sager, C., Airo, A., Mangelsdorf, K., Arens, F. L., Karger, C., & Schulze-Makuch, D. (2023). Habitability of Polygonal Soils in the Hyper-arid Atacama Desert after a Simulated Rain Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2022JG007328; doi: 10.1029/2022JG007328

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L., Schulze-Makuch, S. (2022) Eolian erosion of polygons in the Atacama Desert as a proxy for hyper-arid environments on Earth and beyond. Scientific Reports 12, 12394; doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16404-y

Arens, F.L., Airo, A., Feige, J., Sager, C., Wiechert, U., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2021). Geochemical proxies for water-soil interactions in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, Chile. Catena, 206 (105531); doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105531 

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L., Schulze-Makuch, S. (2021) New types of sand wedge polygons in the salt cemented soils in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert . Geomorphology, Volume 373; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107481

Sager, C., Airo, A., Arens, F.L.,Rabethge, C., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2020) New types of boulder accumulations in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert. Geomorphology, Volume 350; doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106897