Herbert Huppert ScD FRS

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• Curriculum vitae
• Research Interests
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• Grant Awards 1992-
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Contact Addresses

Present Positions 2013

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• Special paper prepared on the 50th anniversary of JFM
• Webcast of Bakerian Prize Lecture 24 March 2011
• Webcast of IGPP 50th Anniversary Lecture, UCSD, La Jolla, 21 October 2010
• Special Fluid Mechanics Seminar '1 October 1968 to 30 September 2011', 10 June 2011
• Talk given at the Sydney Institute, 12 July 2011 'Climate Change and Carbon Dioxide Storage'
• Article written for NOVA on Antarctic cruise onboard the James Clark Ross, January 2012
• CRASSH 'Climate Histories' Discussion Seminar, 6 June 2012
• Podcast and transcript of 'Summer in the Antarctic', broadcast on Ockham's Razor, ABC Radio National, 17 June 2012

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Research Interests

General fluid mechanics, in particular as applied to the Earth Sciences. Current areas of active research include: phase changes between fluid and solids (solidification and melting); formation of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic; propagation of gravity currents; particle-driven flows; turbidites and pyroclastic flows; flow of granular material; volcanic eruption dynamics; slow viscous motions; flow in porous media; carbon-dioxide sequestration; extreme natural hazards.

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Publications

• Huppert, H.E. and Miles, J.W. (1966) "A note on baroclinic instability of the zonal wind to short waves", J. Atmos. Sci. 23, 125-126. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Miles, J.W. (1968) "A note on shock diffraction by a supersonic wedge", J. Fluid Mech. 31, 455-458. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1968) "Numerical evaluation of the Tietjens function", Phys. Fluids 11, 673-674. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1968) "The excitation of lee waves in a stratified flow by semi-elliptical obstacles", Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, San Diego.


• Huppert, H.E. (1968) "On Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a rotating fluid", J. Fluid Mech. 33, 353-360. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1968) Appendix to: "Lee waves in a stratified flow. Part 2: Semi-circular obstacle", by J.W. Miles, J. Fluid Mech. 33, 803-814. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sclater, J.G. (1968) "On the in situ measurements of the thermal conductivity of deep sea sediments", MPL Technical Memorandum MPL-U-20/68, University of California, San Diego. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Miles, J.W. (1969) "Lee waves in a stratified flow. Part 3: Semi-elliptical obstacle", J. Fluid Mech. 35, 481-496. PDF


• Miles, J.W. and Huppert, H.E. (1969) "Lee waves in a stratified flow. Part 4: Perturbation approximations", J. Fluid Mech. 35, 497-526. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1971) "A note on the Howard-Malkus-Whitehead floating heat sources", Geophys. Fluid Dyn. 2, 317-322. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1971) "On the stability of a series of double-diffusive layers", Deep-Sea Res. 18, 1005-1021. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1972) "Double-diffusive convection and its implications for the temperature and salinity structure of the ocean and Lake Vanda", J. Phys. Oceanog. 2, 456-461. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1972) "Double-diffusive convection", Woods Hole Geophys. Fluid Dyn. Notes, 43-56.


• Huppert, H.E. (1973) "On Howard's technique for perturbing neutral solutions of the Taylor-Goldstein equation", J. Fluid Mech. 57, 361-368. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Manins, P.C. (1973) "Limiting conditions for salt-fingering at an interface", Deep-Sea Res. 20, 315-323. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1973) "Some effects of bottom topography in rotating stratified systems", Woods Hole Geophys. Fluid Dyn. Notes, 84-88.


• Huppert, H.E. and Stern, M.E. (1974) "Ageostrophic effects in rotating stratified flow", J. Fluid Mech. 62, 369-385. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Stern, M.E. (1974) "The effect of side walls on homogeneous rotating flow over two-dimensional obstacles", J. Fluid Mech. 62, 417-436. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1975) "Some remarks on the initiation of inertial Taylor Columns", J. Fluid Mech. 67, 397-412. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1975) "Cold water over Brontosaurus bump", MODE Hot Line News 77.


• Huppert, H.E. (1976) "Heat and salt transfer in double-diffusive systems", In: Proc. 25th HTFMI, Stanford University Press. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1976) "Transitions in double-diffusive convection", Nature 263, 20-22. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Bryan, K. (1976) "Topographically generated eddies", Deep-Sea Res. 23, 655-679. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Linden, P.F. (1976) "The spectral signature of saltfingers", Deep-Sea Res. 23, 909-914. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Moore, D.R. (1976) "Nonlinear double-diffusive convection", J. Fluid Mech. 78, 821-854. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Spiegel, E.A. (1977) "Penetration of the molecular weight barrier", Astrophys. J. 213, 157-164. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1977) "Thermosolutal convection", In: Problems of Stellar Convection, Springer.


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1978) "On melting icebergs", Nature 271, 46-48 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1978) "The mid-ocean dynamics experiment", with the MODE Group, Deep-Sea Res. 25, 859-910. PDF


• Farmer, D.M. and Huppert, H.E. (1979) "The oceanography of fjords", Nature 280, 273-274. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Linden, P.F. (1979) "On heating a stable salinity gradient from below", J. Fluid Mech. 95, 431-464. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Simpson, J.E. (1980) "The slumping of gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 99, 785-799. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1980) "Topographic effects in stratified fluids", In: Fjordal Oceanography, Plenum, pp. 117-140.


• Huppert, H.E. (1980) "Icebergs: technology for the future", Nature 285, 67-68 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1980) "Ice blocks melting into a salinity gradient", J. Fluid Mech. 100, 367-384. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Josberger, E.G. (1980) "The melting of ice in cold stratified water", J. Phys. Oceanog. 10, 953-960. PDF


• Holyer, J.Y. and Huppert, H.E. (1980) "Gravity currents entering a two-layer fluid", J. Fluid Mech. 100, 739-767. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1980) "Restrictions on the compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts: a fluid dynamical investigation", Nature 286, 46-48. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1980) "The fluid dynamics of a basaltic magma chamber replenished by influx of hot, dense ultrabasic magma", Contrib. Mineral. Petr. 75, 279-289. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1980) "The physical processes involved in the melting of icebergs", Ann. Glaciol. 1, 97-101. PDF


• Gould, W.J., Hendry, R. and Huppert, H.E. (1981) "An abyssal topographic experiment", Deep-Sea Res. 28, 409-440. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1981) "Double-diffusive convection", J. Fluid Mech. 106, 299-329. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1981) "A laboratory model of a replenished magma chamber", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 54, 144-152. PDF


• Jacobs, S.S., Huppert, H.E., Holdsworth, G. and Drewry, D. (1981) "Thermohaline steps induced by melting of the Erebus Glacial Tongue", J. Geophys. Res. 86, 6547-6555. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Turner, J.S. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1982) "Replenished magma chambers: effects of compositional zonation and input rates", Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 57, 345-357. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Turner, J.S. (1982) "Effects of volatiles on mixing in calc-alkaline magma systems", Nature 297, 554-557 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1982) "The propagation of two-dimensional and axisymmetric viscous gravity currents over a rigid horizontal surface", J. Fluid Mech. 121, 43-58. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Shepherd, J.B., Sigurdsson, H. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1982) "On lava dome growth, with application to the 1979 lava extrusion of the Soufriere of St. Vincent", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 14, 199-222. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1982) "Flow and instability of a viscous gravity current down a slope", Nature 300, 427-429 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1982) "Geothermal Systems", by J.W. Elder, Geophys. Astro. Fluid 22, 327-329.


• Huppert, H.E. and Britter, R.E. (1982) "The separation of hydraulic flow over topography", J. Hydraulics Div. ASCE 108, 1532-1539.


• Huppert, H.E. (1983) "Multicomponent convection: turbulence in Earth, Sun and Sea", Nature 303, 478-479. PDF


• Turner, J.S., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1983) "An experimental investigation of volatile exsolution in evolving magma chambers", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 16, 263-277. PDF


• Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1983) "Time dependent density profiles in a filling box", J. Fluid Mech. 132, 457-466. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Turner, J.S. (1983) "Laboratory investigations of viscous effects in replenished magma chambers", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 65, 377-381. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1984) "Density changes during the fractional crystallization of basaltic magmas: fluid dynamic implications", Contrib. Mineral. Petr. 85, 300-309. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1984) "The fluid dynamics of evolving magma chambers", Philos. T. Roy. Soc. A 310, 511-534. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J., Turner, J.S. and Arndt, N.T. (1984) "Emplacement and cooling of komatiite lavas", Nature 309, 19-22 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1984) "Double-diffusive convection due to crystallization in magmas", Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 12, 11-37. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Turner, J.S. (1984) "Some effects of viscosity on the dynamics of replenished magma chambers", J. Geophys. Res. 89, 6857-6877. PDF


• Tait, S.R., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1984) "The role of compositional convection in the formation of adcumulate rocks", Lithos 17, 139-146. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (1984) "Static and dynamic stability criteria during free diffusion in a ternary system", J. Phys. Chem. 88, 2902-2905. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Kerr, R.C. and Hallworth, M.A. (1984) "Heating or cooling a stable compositional gradient from the side", Int. J. Heat and Mass Tran. 27, 1395-1401. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1984) "Igneous Petrology: Old magma chambers replenished by new ideas", Nature 312, 200. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (1985) "Dynamic solidification of a binary melt", Nature 314, 703-707 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1985) "Komatiites I: Eruption and flow", J. Petrol. 26, 694-725. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1985) "Cooling and contamination of mafic and ultramafic magmas during ascent through continental crust", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 74, 371-386. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E., Kerr, R.C., McKenzie, D.P. and Tait, S.R. (1985) "Postcumulus processes in layered intrusions", Geol. Mag. 122, 555-568. PDF


• Turner, J.S., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1986) "Komatiites II: Experimental and theoretical investigations of post-emplacement cooling and crystallization", J. Petrol. 27, 397-437. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J., Whitehead, J.A. and Hallworth, M.A. (1986) "Replenishment of magma chambers by light inputs", J. Geophys. Res. 91, 6113-6122. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1986) "G.I. Taylor and his influence", Nature 322, 500. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1986) "Crystal Growth: From multi-branched snowflakes to precious minerals", Nature 323, 202-203. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Turner, J.S., Carey, S.N., Sparks, R.S.J. and Hallworth, M.A. (1986) "A laboratory simulation of pyroclastic flows down slopes", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 30, 179-199. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J., Wilson, J.R. and Hallworth, M.A. (1986) "Cooling and crystallization at an inclined plane", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 79, 319-328. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1986) "The intrusion of fluid mechanics into geology", J. Fluid Mech. 173, 557-594. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1986) "Multicomponent crystallization and convection beneath volcanoes",J. Cryst. Growth 79, 12-18. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1987) "Laboratory experiments with aqueous solutions modelling magma chamber processes. I: Discussion of their validity and geological application", Origins of Igeneous Layering (Reidel), 527-538. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J., Wilson, J.R., Hallworth, M.A. and Leitch, A.M. (1987) "Laboratory experiments with aqueous solutions modelling magma chamber processes. II: Cooling and crystallization along inclined planes", Origins of Igeneous Layering (Reidel), 539-568. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1987) "A laboratory simulation of basaltic lava flows", Modern Geology 11, 93-107. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1987) "The origins of granites", Nature 330, 207-208. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1987) Appendix to "The stability of large gas bubbles rising through liquid", by G.K. Batchelor, J. Fluid Mech. 184, 399-422. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1988) "Melting the roof of a magma chamber containing a hot, turbulently convecting fluid", J. Fluid Mech. 188, 107-131. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1988) "The generation of granitic magmas by intrusion of basalt into continental crust", J. Petrol. 29, 599-624. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1988) "The fluid dynamics of crustal melting by injection of basaltic sills", T. Roy. Soc. Edin.-Earth 79, 237-243. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1989) "Phase changes following the initiation of a hot turbulent flow over a cold solid surface", J. Fluid Mech. 198, 293-319. PDF


• Woods, A.W. and Huppert, H.E. (1989) "The growth of compositionally stratified solid above a horizontal boundary", J. Fluid Mech. 199 29-53. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1989) "Chilled margins in igneous rocks", Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 92, 397-405. PDF


• Kerr, R.C., Woods, A.W., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1989) "Disequilibrium and macrosegregation during solidification of a binary melt", Nature 340, 357-362. PDF


• Bruce, P.M. and Huppert, H.E. (1989) "Thermal control of basaltic fissure eruptions", Nature 342, 665-667 with front cover photograph. PDF


• Kerr, R.C., Woods, A.W., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1989) "Convection and disequilibrium during the solidification of a binary melt", 10th Australian Fluid Mech. Conference, ed. A.E. Perry, pp. 1429-1432.


• Koyaguchi, T., Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1990) "Sedimentation of particles from a convecting fluid", Nature 343, 447-450. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1990) "The fluid mechanics of solidification", J. Fluid Mech. 212, 209-240. PDF


• Kerr, R.C., Woods, A.W., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1990) "Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 1: Equilibrium growth", J. Fluid Mech. 216, 323-342. PDF


• Kerr, R.C., Woods, A.W., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1990) "Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 2: Non-equilibrium interfacial kinetics", J. Fluid Mech. 217, 331-348. PDF


• Kerr, R.C., Woods, A.W., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1990) "Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 3: Compositional stratification within the solid", J. Fluid Mech. 218, 337-354. PDF


• Bruce, P.M. and Huppert, H.E. (1990) "Solidification and melting along dykes by the laminar flow of basaltic magma'', In: Magma Transport and Storage, ed. M.P. Ryan. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 87-101. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E. and Wilson, C.J.N. (1990) "Comment of 'Evidence for long residence times of rhyolitic magma in The Long Valley magnetic system: the isotopic record in precaldera lavas of Glass Mountain' by A.N. Halliday et al." Earth Planet. Sci Lett 99, 387-389. PDF


• Worster, M.G., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1990) "Convection and crystallization in magma cooled from above", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 101, 78-89. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Kerr, R.C., Lister, J.R. and Turner, J.S. (1991) "Convection and particle entrainment driven by differential sedimentation", J. Fluid Mech. 226, 349-369. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Turner, J.S. (1991) "Comments on 'On convective style and vigor in sheet-like magma chambers' by Bruce D. Marsh", J. Petrol 32.4, 851-854. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (1991) "Vigorous motions in magma chambers and lava lakes", In: Chaotic Processes in the Geological Sciences, ed. D.A. Yuen, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Series, 41, pp. 160-173. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1991) "Buoyancy-driven motions in particle-laden fluids", In: Of Fluid Mechanics and Related Matters, eds. R. Salmon and D. Betts, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 91-94, pp. 141-160. PDF


• Shirtcliffe, T.G.L., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (1991) "Measurement of the solid fraction in the crystallization of a binary melt", J. Cryst. Growth 113, 566-574. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1991) "Heat and mass transfer in geology and geophysics", In: Proc. 4th International Conference on Heat and Mass Transfer, (Symposium Preprints), ed. J.A. Reizes, 5, pp. 1651-1664. PDF


• Buffett, B.A., Huppert, H.E., Lister, J.R. and Woods, A.W. (1992) "Analytical model for solidification of the Earth's core", Nature 356, 329-331. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1992) Book review of "Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rocks", by O.M. Phillips, J. Fluid Mech. 240, 687-690. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Buffett, B.A., Lister, J.R. and Woods, A.W. (1992) "Solidification and convection in the core of the Earth", In: Interactive Dynamics of Convection and Solidification, eds. S.H. Davis, H.E. Huppert, U. Müller and M.G. Worster, Kluwer Academic, pp. 265-267. PDF


• Davis, S.H., Huppert, H.E., Müller, U. and Worster, M.G. (1992) "Interactive Dynamics of Convection and Solidification", Proc. of a NATO Advanced Workshop, Chamonix, France, March 8-12, 1992, Kluwer Academic, p. 277.


• Turner, J.S. and Huppert, H.E. (1992) "Sedimentation and mixing at the top of a layer of suspended particles", In: Proc. 11th Australian Fluid Mech. Conf., ed. M.R. Davis, pp. 747-750. PDF


• Koyaguchi, T., Hallworth, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (1993) "An experimental study on the effects of phenocrysts on convection in magmas", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 55, 15-32. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E., Koyaguchi, T. and Hallworth, M.A. (1993) "Origin of modal and rhythmic igneous layering by sedimentation in a convecting magma chamber", Nature 361, 246-249. PDF


• Sparks, R.S.J., Bonnecaze, R.T., Huppert, H.E., Lister, J.R., Hallworth, M.A., Mader, H. and Phillips, J. (1993) "Sediment-laden gravity currents with reversing buoyancy", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 114, 243-257. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Turner, J.S. and Hallworth, M.A. (1993) "Sedimentation and mixing of a turbulent fluid suspension: a laboratory study", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 114, 259-267. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A., Phillips, J., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1993) "Entrainment in turbulent gravity currents", Nature 362, 829-831. PDF


• Bonnecaze, R.T., Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (1993) "Particle-driven gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 250, 339-369. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (1993) "Solidification of NH₄Cl and NH₄Br from aqueous solutions contaminated by CuSO₄: the extinction of chimneys", J. Cryst. Growth 130, 495-506. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1993) "Bulk Models of Solidification". In: The Handbook of Crystal Growth, ed. D.T.J Hurle, North Holland, Vol. 1b, pp. 741-783. PDF


• Worster, M.G., Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1993) "The crystallization of lava lakes", J. Geophys. Res. 98, 15891-15901. PDF


• Chiareli, A.O.P., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (1994) "Segregation and flow during the solidification of alloys", J. Cryst. Growth 139, 134-146. PDF


• Dade, W.B., Lister, J.R. and Huppert, H.E. (1994) "Fine-sediment deposition from gravity surges on uniform slopes", J. Sediment Res. A A64, 423-432. PDF


• Dade, W.B. and Huppert, H.E. (1994) "Predicting the geometry of channelized deep-sea turbidites", Geology 22, 645-648. PDF


• Dade, W.B. and Huppert, H.E. (1995) "A box model for non-entraining, suspension-driven gravity surges on horizontal surfaces", Sedimentology 42, 453-471. PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Huppert, H.E. and Soulsby, R.L. (1995) "The dynamics of particle-laden fluid elements", In: Proc. Euromech 310: Sediment transport mechanism in coastal environments of rivers, World Scientific 420, 64-78. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Turner, J.S. and Hallworth, M.A. (1995) "Sedimentation and entrainment in dense layers of suspended particles stirred by an oscillating grid", J. Fluid Mech. 289, 263-293. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (1995) "Gravity-driven flows in porous layers", J. Fluid Mech. 292, 55-69. PDF


• Spencer, B. and Huppert, H.E. (1995) "Steady-state solutions for an array of strongly interacting needle crystals in the limit of small undercooling", J. Cryst. Growth 148, 305-323. PDF


• Bonnecaze, R.T., Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (1995) "Axisymmetric particle-driven gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 294, 93-121. PDF


• Dade, W.B. and Huppert, H.E. (1995) "Runout and fine-sediment deposits of axisymmetric turbidity currents", J. Geophys. Res. 100, 18,597-18,609. PDF


• Jarvis, R.A. and Huppert, H.E. (1995) "Solidification of a binary alloy of variable viscosity from a vertical boundary", J. Fluid Mech. 303, 103-132. PDF


• Buffett, B.A., Huppert, H.E., Lister, J.R. and Woods, A.W. (1996) "On the thermal evolution of the Earth's core", J. Geophys. Res. 101, 7989-8006. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E., Phillips, J.C. and Sparks, R.S.J. (1996) "Entrainment into two-dimensional and axisymmetric turbulent gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 308, 289-311. PDF


• Dade, W.B. and Huppert, H.E. (1996) "Emplacement of the Taupo ignimbrite by a dilute turbulent flow", Nature 381, 509-512. PDF


• Dade, W.B., Hogg, A.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1996) "A model of an impinging jet on a granular bed, with application to turbulent, event-driven bedload transport", Coherent Flow Structures in Open Channels, eds. P.J. Ashworth, S.J. Bennett, J.L. Best & S.J. McLelland. Wiley, pp 101-124. PDF


• Bonnecaze, R.T., Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (1996) "Patterns of sedimentation from polydispersed turbidity currents", P. Roy. Soc. A. 452, 2247-2261. PDF


• Dade, W.B., and Huppert, H.E. (1997) "Emplacement of Taupo ignimbrite", Nature 385, 306-308. PDF


• Spencer, B.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1997) "On the solidification of dendritic arrays: an asymptotic theory for the directional solidification of slender needle crystals", Acta Mater. 45, No 4, pp 1535-1549. PDF


• Wettlaufer, J.S., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1997) "The phase evolution of young sea ice", Geophys. Res. Lett. 24, 1251-54. PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Huppert, H.E. and Dade, W.B. (1997) "Erosion by planar turbulent wall jets", J.Fluid Mech. 338, 317-340. PDF


• Wettlaufer, J.S., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (1997) "Natural convection during solidification of an alloy from above with appliction to the evolution of sea ice", J. Fluid Mech. 344, 291-316. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Dade, W.B. (1998) "Natural disasters: Explosive volcanic eruptions and gigantic landslides", Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn. 10, 201-212. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A., Hogg, A.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1998) "Effects of external flow on compositional and particle gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 359, 109-142. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (1998) "The effects of rotation on axisymmetric gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 362, 17-51. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (1998) "Abrupt transitions in high-concentration , particle-driven gravity currents", Phys. Fluids 10, 1083-1087. PDF


• Spencer, B.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1998) "On the solidification of dendritic arrays. Part II: Selection of the tip characteristics of slender needle crystals by array interactions", Acta Metall. 46, 2645-2662. PDF


• Huppert, H. E. (1998) "Cambridge Geophysics: extinct and active volcanoes". In: Cambridge Contributions, ed. S. Ormrod. Cambridge University Press, pp. 186-207. PDF


• Dade, W.B. and Huppert, H.E. (1998) "Long-runout rockfalls", Geology 26, 803-806. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (1998) "Quantitative modelling of granular suspension flows". Philos. T. Roy. Soc. A 356, 2471-2496. PDF


• Spencer, B.J. and Huppert, H.E. (1999) "The relationship between dendrite tip characteristics and dendrite spacings in alloy directional solidification", J. Cryst. Growth 200, 287-296. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and 8 others (1999) "Mobility of pyroclastic flows and surges at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat", Geophys. Res. Letters 26, 537-540 . PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (1999) "Reversing buoyancy of particle-driven gravity currents", Phys. Fluids 11, 2891-2900. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (1999) "Simple models of Coriolis-influenced axisymmetric particle-driven gravity currents", Int. J. Multiphase Flow 25, 715-737. PDF


• Wettlaufer, J.S., Worster, M.G. and Huppert, H.E. (2000) " Solidification of leads: Theory, experiment and field observations", J. Geophys. Res 105, 1123-1134. PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2000) "Particle-driven gravity currents: asymptotic and box model solutions", Eur. J. Mech. B-Fluid 19, 139-165. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (2000) "Geological Fluid Mechanics". In: Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics: A Collective Introduction to Current Research, eds. G. K. Batchelor, H.K. Moffatt and M.G. Worster. Cambridge University Press, pp. 447-506. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2000) "High-Reynolds-number gravity currents over a porous boundary: shallow-water solutions and box model approximations", J. Fluid Mech. 418, 1-23. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (2000) "George Keith Batchelor", J. Fluid Mech. 421, 1-14. PDF


• Hogg, A.J. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "Two-dimensional and axisymmetric models for compositional and particle-driven gravity currents in uniform ambient flows". In: Sediment Transport and Deposition by Particulate Gravity Currents. Spec. Publs. int. Ass. Sediment 31, 121-134. PDF


• Harris, T. C., Hogg, A. J. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "A mathematical framework for the analysis of particle-driven gravity currents", P. Roy. Soc. A 457, 1241-1272.


• Aitta, A., Huppert, H. E. and Worster, M. G. (2001) "Diffusion-controlled solidification of a ternary melt from a cooled boundary", J. Fluid Mech. 432, 201-217. PDF


• Acton, J.M., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2001) "Two-dimensional viscous gravity currents flowing over a deep porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 440, 359-380. PDF


• Aitta, A., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2001) "Solidification in ternary systems". In: Interactive Dynamics of Convection and Solidification, eds. P. Ehrhard, D S Riley and P H Steen. Kluwer Academic, pp. 113-122. PDF


• Ismail-Zadeh, A. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "Diapirism in a rheologically stratified medium", Doklady Earth Sciences 377A, 341-344. PDF


• Ismail-Zadeh, A, Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (2001) "Analytical modelling of viscous diapirism through a strongly non-Newtonian overburden subject to horizontal forces", J. Geodyn. 31, 447-458. PDF


• Hallworth, M. A., Huppert H. E. and Ungarish, M. (2001)"Axisymmetric gravity currents in a rotating system: experimental and numerical investigations", J. Fluid Mech. 447, 1-29. PDF


• Timmermans, M-L. E., Lister, J.R. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "Compressible particle-driven gravity currents, J. Fluid Mech. 445, 305-325. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Peake, N. (2001) "David George Crighton". In: Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society 47, pp. 205-123. PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "Effects of particle sedimentation and rotation on axisymmetric gravity currents", Phys. Fluids 13, 3687-3698. PDF


• Hogg, A.J. and Huppert, H.E. (2001) "Spreading and deposition of particulate matter in uniform flows", J. Hydraul. Res. 39(5), 505-518. PDF


• Ismail-Zadeh, A.T., Huppert, H.E., Lister, J.R. (2002) "Gravitational and buckling instabilities of a rheologically layered structure: implications for salt diapirism", Geophys. J. Int. 148, 288-302. PDF


• Clavero, J.E., Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E. and Dade, W.B (2002) "Geological constraints on the emplacement mechanism of the Parinacota debris avalanche, northern Chile", B. Volcanol. 64, 40-54. PDF


• Huppert. H.E. and Ungarish, M. (2002) "On gravity currents propagating at the base of a stratified ambient", J. Fluid Mech. 458, 283-301. PDF


• Harris, T.C., Hogg, A.J. and Huppert, H.E. (2002) "Polydisperse particle-driven gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 472, 333-371. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (2002) "The role of volatiles in magma chamber dynamics", Nature 420, 493-495. PDF


• Thompson, A.F., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2003) "A global conservation model for diffusion-controlled solidification of a ternary alloy", J. Fluid Mech. 483, 191-197. PDF


• Bloomfield, L.J. and Huppert, H.E. (2003) "Solidification and convection of a ternary solution cooled from the side", J. Fluid Mech. 489, 269-299. PDF


• Woods, A.W. and Huppert, H.E. (2003) "On magma chamber evolution during slow effusive eruptions", J. Geophys. Res. 108(B8), art. no. 2403. PDF


• Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Ungarish, M. (2003) "On inwardly propagating axisymmetric gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 494, 255-274. PDF


• Thompson, A.F., Huppert, H.E., Worster, M.G. and Aitta, A. (2003) "Solidification and compositional convection of a ternary alloy", J. Fluid Mech. 497, 167-199. PDF


• Slim, A.C. and Huppert, H.E. (2004) "Self-similar solutions of the axisymmetric shallow-water equations governing converging inviscid gravity currents", J. Fluid Mech. 506, 331-355. PDF


• Lube, G., Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Hallworth, M.A. (2004) "Axisymmetric collapses of granular columns", J. Fluid Mech. 508, 175-199. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Lube, G., Sparks, R.S.J. and Hallworth, M.A. "Granular Column Collapse", ICTAM 2004 Abstracts Book and CD-Rom Proceedings, IPPT PAN Warsaw.


• Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (2004) "Crystallization and layering induced by heating a reactive porous medium", Geophys. Res. Lett. 31(13), L13605. PDF


• Malki-Epshtein, L., Huppert, H.E. and Phillips, O.M. (2004) "The growth and structure of double-diffusive cells adjacent to a cooled sidewall in a salt-stratified environment", J. Fluid Mech. 518, 347-362. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2004) "On gravity currents propagating at the base of a stratified ambient: effects of geometrical constraints and rotation", J. Fluid Mech. 521, 69-104. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. "Gravity currents in nature and industry", 15th AFMC, Sydney 2004.


• Hallworth, M.A., Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (2005) "Dissolution-driven convection in a reactive porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 535, 255-285. PDF


• Monaghan, J.J., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2005) "Solidification using smoothed particle hydrodynamics", J. Comp. Phys. 206(2), 684-705. PDF


• Hogg, A.J., Hallworth, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2005) "On gravity currents driven by constant fluxes of saline and particle-laden fluid in the presence of a uniform flow", J. Fluid Mech. 539, 349-385. PDF


• Lyle, S., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A., Bickle, M. and Chadwick, A. (2005) "Axisymmetric gravity currents in a porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 543, 293-302. PDF


• Lube, G., Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Freundt, A. (2005) "Collapses of two-dimensional granular columns", Phys. Rev. E. 72, 041301. PDF


• Butler, S.M., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2006) "Numerical modelling of convection in a reactive porous medium with a mobile mush-liquid interface", J. Fluid Mech. 549, 99-130. PDF


• Aussillous, P., Sederman, A.J., Gladden, L.F., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2006) "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of structure and convection in solidifying mushy layers", J. Fluid Mech. 552, 99-125. PDF


• Huppert, H.E.(2006) "Gravity currents : a personal perspective", J. Fluid Mech. 554, 299-322. PDF


• Ribe, N.M., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A., Habibi, M. and Bonn, D. (2006) "Multiple coexisting states of liquid rope coiling", J. Fluid Mech. 555, 275-297. PDF


• Vella, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2006) "Gravity currents in a porous medium at an inclined plane", J. Fluid Mech. 555, 353-362. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (2006) "Extreme Natural Hazards: population growth, globalization and environmental change", Philos. T. Roy. Soc. A 364, 1875-1888. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2006) "Energy balances for propagating gravity currents: homogeneous and stratified ambients", J. Fluid Mech. 565, 363-380. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A. and Hogg, C. (2006) "Fluid exchange flows", 6th ISSF, Perth.


• Peppin, S.S.L., Aussillous, P., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2007) "Steady-state mushy layers: experiments and theory", J. Fluid Mech. 570, 69-77. PDF


• Thompson, E.L. and Huppert, H.E. (2007) "Granular column collapses: further experimental results", J Fluid Mech. 575, 177-186. PDF


• Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2007) "The effect of confining boundaries on viscous gravity currents". J. Fluid Mech. 577, 495-505. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (2007) "Bi-directional flows in constrained systems", J. Fluid Mech. 578, 95-112. PDF


• Bickle, M., Chadwick, A., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A. and Lyle, S. (2007) "Modelling carbon-dioxide accumulation at Sleipner: Implications for underground carbon storage", Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 255, 164-176. PDF


• Lube, G., Huppert, H. E., Sparks, R. S. J. and Freundt, A. (2007) "Static and flowing regions in granular collapses down channels", Phys. Fluids 19, 043301. PDF


• Hogg, C. and Huppert, H.E. (2007) "Transient evolution of buoyancy driven exchange flows", Roomvent 2007, Helsinki.


• Vella, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2007) "The waterlogging of floating objects", J. Fluid Mech. 585, 245-254. PDF


• Hogg, A.J, Hallworth, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2007) "The motion of saline intrusions in the presence of a uniform flow", 5th ISEH, ASU, 2007.


• Doyle, E.E., Huppert, H.E., Lube, G., Mader, H.M. and Sparks, R.S.J. (2007) "Static and flowing regions in granular collapses down channels: Insight from a sedimenting shallow water model", Phys. Fluids 19(10), 106601. PDF


• Peppin, S.S.L., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2008) "Steady-state solidification of aqueous ammonium chloride", J. Fluid Mech. 599, 465-476. PDF


• Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2008) "Viscous gravity currents inside confining channels and fractures", Phys. Fluids 20(2), 023104. PDF


• Slim, A.C. and Huppert, H.E. (2008) "Gravity currents from a line source in an ambient flow", J. Fluid Mech. 606, 1-26. PDF


• Whiteoak, S.H., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2008) "Conditions for defect-free solidification of aqueous ammonium choride in a quasi two-dimensional directional solidification facility", J. Cryst. Growth 310(15), 3545-3551. PDF


• Ungarish, M. and Huppert, H.E. (2008) "Energy balances for axisymmetric gravity currents in homogenous and linearly stratified ambients", J. Fluid Mech. 616, 303-326. PDF


• Neufeld, J.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2009) "Modelling carbon dioxide sequestration in layered strata", J. Fluid Mech. 625, 353-370. PDF


• Monaghan, J.J., Mériaux, C., Huppert, H.E. and Mansour, J. (2009) "Particulate gravity currents along V-shaped valleys", J. Fluid Mech. 631, 419-440. PDF


• Neufeld, J.A., Vella, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2009) "The effect of a fissure on storage in a porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 639, 239-259. PDF


• Monaghan, J.J., Mériaux, C., Huppert, H.E. and Monaghan, J.M. (2009) "High Reynolds number gravity currents down V-shaped valleys", Eur. J. Mech. B-Fluid. 28(5), 651-659. PDF


• Leahy, M.J., Ennis-King, J., Hammond, J., Huppert, H.E. and Neufeld, J. (2009) "Application of gravity currents to the migration of CO₂ in heterogeneous saline formations", Energy Procedia 1, 3331-3338. PDF


• Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2010) "Flow and instability of thin films on a cylinder and sphere", J. Fluid Mech. 647, 221-238. PDF


• Robison, R.A.V., Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2010) "Dynamics of viscous grounding lines", J. Fluid Mech. 648 363-380. PDF


• Golding, M.J. and Huppert, H.E. (2010) "The effects of confining impermeable boundaries on gravity currents in a porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 649 1-17. PDF


• Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2010) "Initial advance of long lava flows in open channels", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. 195(2-4), 121-126. PDF


• Neufeld, J.A., Hesse, M.A., Riaz, A., Hallworth, M.A., Tchelepi, H.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2010) "Convective dissolution of carbon dioxide in saline aquifers", Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L22404, doi:10.1029/2010GL044728. PDF


• Neufeld, J.A., Vella, D., Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (2011) "Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part I. A localized sink", J. Fluid Mech. 666, 391-413. PDF


• Vella, D., Neufeld, J.A., Huppert, H.E. and Lister, J.R. (2011) "Leakage from gravity currents in a porous medium. Part II. A line sink", J. Fluid Mech. 666, 414-427. PDF


• Takagi, D., McElwaine, J.N. and Huppert, H.E. (2011) "Shallow granular flows", Phys. Rev. E. 83, 031306. PDF


• Lube, G., Huppert, H.E., Sparks, R.S.J. and Freundt, A. (2011) "Granular column collapses down rough, inclined channels", J. Fluid Mech. 675, 347-368. PDF


• Slim, A.C and Huppert, H.E. (2011) "Axisymmetric, constantly supplied gravity currents at high Reynolds numbers", J. Fluid Mech. 675, 540-551. PDF


• Golding, M.J., Neufeld, J.A., Hesse, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2011) "Two-phase gravity currents in porous media", J. Fluid Mech. 678, 248-270. PDF


• Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2011) “Pouring viscous fluid out of a tipped container with minimal time”, Phys. Rev. E 84(3), 035303. PDF


• McElwaine, J.N., Takagi, D. and Huppert, H.E. (2012) "Surface curvature of steady granular flows", Granul. Matter 14(2), 229-234. PDF


• Boait, F.C., White, N.J., Bickle, M.J., Chadwick, R.A., Neufeld, J.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2012) “Spatial and temporal evolution of injected CO₂ at the Sleipner Field, North Sea”, J. Geophys. Res. 117, B03309. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. (2012) “Secrets of the ice”, Nova Magazine.


• Huppert, H.E., McElwaine, J.N. and Takagi, D. (2012) “Steady channels and avalanches of dense granular flow down a slope”, ICTAM 2012 CD-Rom Proceedings.


• Daniels, K.A., Huppert, H.E., Neufeld, J.A. and Reiner D. (2012) “The current state of CCS: Ongoing research at the University of Cambridge with application to UK policy framework”, EPRG Working Paper 1228, Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1257. PDF


• Huppert, H.E. and Worster, M.G. (2012) "Flows involving phase change". In: Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics. CRC Press. PDF


• MacMinn, C.W., Neufeld, J.A., Hesse, M.A. and Huppert, H.E. (2012) “Spreading and convective dissolution of carbon dioxide in vertically confined, horizontal aquifers”, Water Resources Research 48, doi:10.1029/2012WR012286. PDF


• Hogg, C.A.R., Marti, C.L., Huppert, H.E. and Imberger, J. (2013) "Mixing of an interflow into the ambient water of Lake Iseo", Limnology and Oceangraphy 58(2), 579-592. PDF


• Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W., Szulczewski, M.L., Neufeld, J.A., Huppert, H.E. and Juanes, R. (2013) “Interface pinning of immiscible gravity-exchange flows in porous media”, Phys. Rev. E 87, 023015. PDF


• Zheng, Z., Soh, B., Huppert, H.E. and Stone, H.A. (2013) "Fluid drainage from the edge of a porous reservoir", J. Fluid Mech. 718, 558-568. PDF


• Huppert, H.E., Neufeld, J.N. and Strandkvist, C. (2013) “ The competition between gravity and flow focusing in two-layered porous media”, J. Fluid Mech. 720, 5-14. PDF


• Wexler, J.S., Trinh, P.H., Bertthet, H., Quennouz, N., De Roure, O., Huppert, H.E., Linder, A. and Stone, H.A. (2013) “Bending of elastic fibres in viscous flows: the influence of confinement”, J. Fluid Mech. 720, 517-544. PDF


• Golding, M.J., Huppert, H.E. and Neufeld, J.A. (2013) “The effects of capillary forces on the axisymmetric propagation of two-phase, constant-flux gravity currents in porous media”, Phys. Fluids 25, 036602. PDF


• Pegler, S.S., Huppert, H.E. and Neufeld, J.A. “Topographic controls on gravity currents in porous media”, J. Fluid Mech. (sub judice).


• Slim, A.C. and Huppert, H.E. "Bilobate deposits from buoyant spreading of volcanic ash clouds", J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. (sub judice).


• Ramon, G.Z., Huppert, H.E. and Stone, H.A. “On the hydrodynamic interaction between a particle and a permeable surface”, Phys. Fluids (sub judice).

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Grant Awards 1992-

• 1.1.92 to 31.12.94 SERC. Three-dimensional colour graphics solutions to multi-disciplinary problems in mathematics. £57,821


• 1.1.92 to 30.9.93 ARC. Mathematical investigations of geological fluid mechanics. $AUS 14, 000


• 1.10.92 to 30.9.99 Isaac Newton Trust. Post-doctoral awards in theoretical geophysics. £100,000


• 1.10.93 to 30.9.96 EPSRC. Macroscopic modelling of solidification phenomena. £124,993


• 1.6.94 to 31.5.96 NERC. Initiation, evolution and transport of turbidity surges. £102,806


• 1.10.94 to 30.9.99 Isaac Newton Trust. Post-doctoral awards in theoretical geophysics. £50,000


• 15.1.95 to 14.1.98 EPSRC . Multi-dimensional nonlinear inverse problems and electromagnetic induction in the Earth. £122,367


• 1.5.95 to 31.8.96 NERC. Particle-driven gravity currents and the properties of oil reservoirs. £8,424


• 1.5.95 to 30.4.97 MAFF. The generation and collapse of a plume from an agitation dredger. £93,118


• 1.10.95 to 31.12.99 NERC/ROPA. Morphology and flow in sea ice. £81,146


• 1.5.96 to 30.4.97 British Council Alliance. Mechanics of fragmentation for basaltic eruptions. c£6,000.


• 1.9.96 to 31.8.99 Leverhulme Trust. Dynamics and deposits of catastrophic gravity currents. £107,880


• 1.9.96 to 31.8.97 EPSRC. Effects of rotation and polydispersion. £44,541


• 1.10.96 to 30.9.99 Yorkshire Water. Optimisation of sewage settling tanks. £227,604.


• 1.6.97 to 31.5.00 NERC. Ocean freezing: marrying theoretical, experimental and field studies. £10,134


• 1.1.98 to 31.12.02 Isaac Newton Trust. Systems Manager for Super Computing. £75,000.


• 1.2.98 to 1.10.98 EPSRC. Axisymmetric gravity currents. £7,892


• 1.6.98 to 31.8.98 NERC. Grain size dependent viscosity convection in the Earth's interior. £10,226


• 1.6.98 to 31.5.01 NERC The dynamics of black and white smokers. £25,189


• 15.6.98 to 14.9.98 EPSRC. Reactive fluid transport in stochastically heterogeneous porous media. £8,085


• 1.6.99 to 31.8.99 NERC Analysis of reaction and flow in stochastically heterogeneous porous media. £9,175


• 12.3.00 to 9.9.00 Royal SocietyVisit of Dr A T Ismail-Zadeh. £6,420


• 15.2.00 to 14.10.00 EPSRC Gravity current over porous surfaces. £4,670


• 1.7.99 to 31.8.01 UKAEA Sediment transport and fine particulate dispersion along the Dounreay coastline. £133,965


• 1.10.00 to 30.9.03 NERC Nonlinear dynamics of volcanic systems. £110,950


• 1.10.00 to 3.9.03 Isaac Newton Trust Additional appointment for Dr Lynn Bloomfield. £37,500


• 1.10.00 to 30.9.05 EPSRC MRes in quantitative modelling of industrial processes in the natural resources sector. £519,750


• 1.2.01 to 31.1.03 NERC Axisymmetric gravity currents in rotating stratified ambients. £22,692


• 2.6.01 to 19.1.02 EPSRC Structure and pattern formation in double-diffusive systems. £7,466


• 12.07.01 to 12.07.02 Royal Society Metasomatism of cumulates. £6,045


• 1.10.01 to 31.12.01 EPSRC A new mathematical approach to solidification. £5980


• 1.8.03 tio 31.7.04 EPSRC Gravity currents, intrusions and lenses in a rotating stratified ambient. £8,803


• 1.1.03 to 31.12.04 Isaac Newton Trust Controls and effects of reactive flows in hot porous media. £35,931


• 1.2.04 to 30.7.05 EPSRC Gravity currents and internal waves in a stratified ambient in two-dimensional and axisymmetric geometries. £9,234


• 1.10.04 to 30.6.05 NERC Flow of granular material. £28,377


• 1.10.04 to 30.9.06 Isaac Newton Trust Flow of granular material. £30,000


• 1.10.06 to 31.7.07 NERC Modelling of gravity currents in porous media: implications for the geological sequestration of carbon dioxide. £69,509


• 1.10.06 to 30.9.08 Isaac Newton Trust Fluid and geological modelling of carbon dioxide sequestration. £41,320.


• 15.7.07 to 31.8.07 Royal Society Axisymmetric intrusions into stratified ambients: theory and experiments. £2,952.


• 04.09.07 to 03.12.07 EPSRC Mathematical and experimental investigation of confined viscous gravity currents. £2,750.


• 1.10.08 to 30.9.11 Leverhulme Trust Multidisciplinary Exchange Flows. £138,389.


• 1.1.12 to 31.12.14 EC FP7 Collaborative Project PANACEA - Predicting and monitoring the long-term behavior of CO₂ injected in deep geological formations. £195,269.


• 1.11.12 to 31.10.17 EC FP7 Collaborative Project TRUST - High resolution monitoring, real time visualization and reliable modeling of highly controlled, intermediate and up-scalable size pilot injection tests of underground storage of CO₂. £193,548.

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Current and Previous Students

• 1973-77 ER Johnson: 'The effects of bottom topography in rotating flows', currently Professor, University College, London.


• 1974-77 MK Davey: 'Rotating flow over bottom topography', formerly Research Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and currently Climate Scientist, Met Office and Research Scientist, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.


• 1976-79 JY Holyer: 'The motion of stratified fluids', formerly Research Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge and one time Senior Lecturer, now Chaplain, Bristol University.


• 1978-82 AJ Roberts:: 'Nonlinear buoyancy effects in fluids', formerly Trinity College Prize Fellow and currently Professor, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.


• 1980-83 MG Worster: 'Convective flow problems in geological fluid mechanics', formerly Trinity College Prize Fellow, Cambridge and currently Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.


• 1981-84 RC Kerr: 'Crystallization and compositional convection in geological fluid mechanics', formerly Research Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge and Exhibition of 1851 Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge and currently Senior Fellow, Australian National University.


• 1984-87 JR Lister: ' Density driven flows in geological fluid mechanics', formerly Trinity College Prize Fellow and Royal Society 1983 Research Fellow and currently Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.


• 1985-88 PM Bruce: 'Thermal convection within the Earth's crust', currently Expert Systems Analyst, Shell International Ltd.


• 1986-89 AW Woods: 'Geophysical fluid flows', formerly Research Fellow and Lecturer, St John's College, Cambridge, and currently BP Professor of Petroleum Science, Cambridge, and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Breathing Buildings.


• 1987-91 R Jarvis: 'Numerical investigations of the fluid mechanics of solidification', formerly UCAR Research Fellow, Yale University, Assistant Professor, IPG, Paris and currently Merchant Banker.


• 1990-93 S Fitzgerald: 'Optimisation of geothermal systems' (with A Woods), formerly Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University and currently Research Fellow, BP Institute, Cambridge, and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Breathing Buildings.


• 1991-1995 A Hogg: 'Sedimentary fluid flows', currently Reader, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol.


• 1994- 1999 T Harris: 'Particle-driven fluid motions', currently Chief Technical Architect at Red Gate Software Limited.


• 1996-2000 M-L Timmermans: 'The fluid mechanics of foam', formerly Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and currently Assistant Professor, Yale University.


• 1999-2003 S Khan, : 'Gravity currents and volatile effects in magma chamber dynamics', currently at BBSRC Silsoe Research Institute.


• 2000-2004 L Malki-Epshtein: 'An analysis of double-diffusive convection phenomena', currently Lecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, University College London.


• 2002-2006 A Slim: 'High Reynolds number gravity currents', formerly Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia and currently at Schlumberger.


• 2004-2007 D Vella: 'The fluid mechanics of floating and sinking', currently Lecturer, University of Oxford.


• 2006-2010 C Cawthorn: 'Several applications of a model for dense granular flows', formerly Scientist in Hydrodynamics at HR Wallingford and currently Mathematical Consultant, Smith Institute.


• 2007-2010 D Takagi: 'Spreading of viscous fluids and granular materials on slopes', formerly Assistant Research Scientist, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York and currently Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii.


• 2008-2013 M Golding: 'Gravity currents in porous media'.


• 2009- C Hogg

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