Edwin Kite cv pic
"A long time has passed since the world was born, and periods of order have alternated with periods of chaos." - Mencius, 3B:9
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Earth & Planetary Science
307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, US
kite berkeley edu, 510-717-5205
Papers
- Kite, Manga and Gaidos, Geodynamics and rate of volcanism on massive Earth-like planets, Astrophysical Journal, 2009. pdf htm
- Chiang, Kite, Kalas, Graham and Clampin, Fomalhaut's debris disk and planet: Constraining the mass of Fomalhaut b using disk morphology, Astrophysical Journal, 2009. pdf
- Kite, Matsuyama, Manga, Perron and Mitrovica, True polar wander driven by late-stage volcanism and the distribution of paleopolar deposits on Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2009. pdf som
- Kalas, Graham, Chiang, Fitzgerald, Clampin, Kite, Stapelfeldt, Marois and Krist, Optical images of an exosolar planet 25 light years from Earth, Science, 2008 abstract
- Kite and Hindmarsh, Did ice streams shape the largest channels on Mars?, Geophysical Research Letters, 2007. pdf
- Kite, Jupiter exploration: high risks and high rewards, EoS, 2004. pdf
- Kite, Hovius, Besserer, Hillier, Conway, Mazzini, Barnie, and Le Mouélic, Characterization of Mars' Scandia Tholi moated domes: possible mud volcanism, in preparation.
- Kite, Perron and Manga, Evidence for past convection in deformed, layered rocks near the deepest point on Mars, draft available on request.
- Kite and Lekic, Feasibility of superplume power density measurements with geoneutrinos, in preparation.
Presentations
- Kite, Rafkin, Michaels and Manga, The snows of Juventae: Mesoscale simulation of atmospheric response to chaos formation, talk, AGU 2009. slides
- Kite, Manga and Gaidos, Magmatic activity on Super-Earths: What do we expect to see?, invited talk, AGU 2009. slides
- Kite, True Polar Wander and Climate on Late Hesperian/Amazonian Mars, SETI Institute Colloquium 2009. youtube ppt
- Kite, Manga and Perron, Evidence for past kilometer-scale overturn(s) in deformed, layered terrain near the deepest point on Mars, LPSC 2009. abstract
- Kite, Manga and Gaidos, Geodynamics and rate of volcanism on massive Earth-like planets, AGU 2008. poster
- Kite, Hovius, Hillier and Besserer, Candidate mud volcanoes in the northern plains of Mars, EMSEC 2007 & AGU 2007. abstract poster
- Kite, Palaeo-ice streams in the Equatorial Transition Zone, Mars, 19th UCL Astronomy Colloq., Windsor, 2006. poster
- Kite, Competing hypotheses for the Northwestern Slope Valleys, Mars, 3rd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobio., Madrid, 2003. abstract
Reviews, opinion pieces, and science for a general audience
- Kite, Massive Earths: modelling challenge, extraterrestrial diamond anvil, long-lived habitat?, Hubbert Prize 2006, winning essay. pdf
- Kite, Review of "Life's Solution" by Simon Conway Morris, 2003, unpublished. pdf
+ 6 popular science articles (see cv)
Research interests
Rocky planets. Long-term climate stability.
Driving questions (current sample)
What allowed early Mars to get above the freezing point? Did plate tectonics stop/start/stutter in the Precambrian? Are magma ponds on close-in rocky extrasolar planets close to isothermal? What happens to the atmosphere of a dry planet when release water to it from the deep subsurface? At what length scale (if any) are ancient carbonates provably biogenic?
