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Kalle Kirsimäe

Kalle Kirsimäe

Kalle Kirsimäe publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kalle Kirsimäe sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Kalle Kirsimäe D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kalle Kirsimäe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kalle Kirsimäe is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in related subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main topics of investigation cover a range of geological and geochemical phenomena. These include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, as well as Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing.

Kirsimäe has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Their team collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as:

  • Aivo Lepland
  • Päärn Paiste
  • Anthony R. Prave
  • Kaarel Mänd
  • Mathieu Moussavou

Recent published papers by Kirsimäe include:

  • The grandest of them all: the Lomagundi-Jatuli Event and Earth's oxygenation, 2021, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Palaeoproterozoic oxygenated oceans following the Lomagundi-Jatuli Event, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Preparation and characterization of hot-melt extruded polycaprolactone-based filaments intended for 3D-printing of tablets, 2020, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • The Paleoproterozoic Francevillian succession of Gabon and the Lomagundi-Jatuli event, 2020, Geology
  • Stable and clumped isotope characterization of authigenic carbonates in methane cold seep environments, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Best Publications

  • Two-billion-year-old evaporites capture Earth's great oxidation.

    Clara Blättler;Mark Claire;Anthony Robert Prave;K. Kirsimäe

  • Ultrastructure and mineral composition of serpulid tubes (Polychaeta, Annelida)

    Olev Vinn;Harry A. Ten Hove;Harry Mutvei;Kalle Kirsimäe

  • Hydrated calcareous oil-shale ash as potential filter media for phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands.

    Ago Kaasik;Christina Vohla;Riho Mõtlep;Ülo Mander

  • The CO2 -binding by Ca-Mg-silicates in direct aqueous carbonation of oil shale ash and steel slag

    Mai Uibu;Rein Kuusik;Lale Andreas;Kalle Kirsimäe

  • Phosphorus removal using Ca-rich hydrated oil shale ash as filter material – The effect of different phosphorus loadings and wastewater compositions

    Margit Kõiv;Martin Liira;Ülo Mander;Riho Mõtlep

  • Electrospun nanofibers as a potential controlled-release solid dispersion system for poorly water-soluble drugs.

    Urve Paaver;Jyrki Heinämäki;Ivo Laidmäe;Andres Lust

  • The humidity buffer capacity of clay–sand plaster filled with phytomass from treatment wetlands

    Martin Maddison;Tõnu Mauring;Kalle Kirsimäe;Ülo Mander

  • Fluid source and methane-related diagenetic processes recorded in cold seep carbonates from the Alvheim channel, central North Sea

    Antoine Crémière;Aivo Lepland;Shyam Chand;Diana Sahy

  • Low-temperature diagenetic illite-smectite in Lower Cambrian clays in North Estonia

    K. Kirsimae;P. Jorgensen;V. Kalm

  • Potential influence of sulphur bacteria on Palaeoproterozoic phosphogenesis

    Aivo Lepland;Aivo Lepland;Lauri Joosu;Kalle Kirsimäe;Anthony R. Prave

  • Oil shale CFBC ash cementation properties in ash fields

    T. Pihu;H. Arro;A. Prikk;R. Rootamm

  • The grandest of them all: the Lomagundi–Jatuli Event and Earth’s oxygenation

    A.R. Prave;K. Kirsimäe;A. Lepland;A.E. Fallick

  • Boron isotope composition of secondary smectite in suevites at the Ries crater, Germany: Boron fractionation in weathering and hydrothermal processes

    Nele Muttik;Kalle Kirsimäe;Horton E. Newsom;Lynda B. Williams

  • Active filtration of phosphorus on Ca-rich hydrated oil shale ash: does longer retention time improve the process?

    Martin Liira;Margit Kõiv;Ülo Mander;Riho Mõtlep

  • Geochemical evolution of groundwater in the Cambrian–Vendian aquifer system of the Baltic Basin

    Valle Raidla;Valle Raidla;Kalle Kirsimäe;Rein Vaikmäe;Argo Jõeleht

  • Altered volcanic ash as an indicator of marine environment, reflecting pH and sedimentation rate : Example from the ordovician kinnekulle bed of baltoscandia

    Tarmo Kiipli;Enli Kiipli;Toivo Kallaste;Rutt Hints

  • Transformation of calcareous oil-shale circulating fluidized-bed combustion boiler ashes under wet conditions

    Martin Liira;Kalle Kirsimäe;Rein Kuusik;Riho Mõtlep

  • The performance of peat-filled subsurface flow filters treating landfill leachate and municipal wastewater.

    Margit Kõiv;Christina Vohla;Riho Mõtlep;Martin Liira

  • COMPOSITION OF OIL SHALE ASHES FROM PULVERIZED FIRING AND CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED-BED BOILER IN NARVA THERMAL POWER PLANTS, ESTONIA

    L Bityukova;R Mõtlep;K Kirsimäe

  • Palaeoproterozoic oxygenated oceans following the Lomagundi–Jatuli Event

    Kaarel Mänd;Kaarel Mänd;Stefan V. Lalonde;Leslie J. Robbins;Marie Thoby

  • Hornblende alteration and fluid inclusions in Kärdla impact crater, Estonia: Evidence for impact-induced hydrothermal activity

    Kalle Kirsimäe;Sten Suuroja;Juho Kirs;Aulis Kärki

Frequent Co-Authors

Enn Lust
Enn Lust University of Tartu
Anthony R. Prave
Anthony R. Prave University of St Andrews
Ülo Mander
Ülo Mander University of Tartu
Aivo Lepland
Aivo Lepland Tallinn University of Technology
Kurt O. Konhauser
Kurt O. Konhauser University of Alberta
Steven G. Driese
Steven G. Driese Baylor University
Tõnu Martma
Tõnu Martma Tallinn University of Technology
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Christian Koeberl
Christian Koeberl University of Vienna
Peter Steier
Peter Steier University of Vienna

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