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Faculty of Mathematics

 

Career

  • 1989- Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge
  • 1970- Fellow, King's College, Cambridge
  • 1988-1989 Reader in Geophysical Dynamics
  • 1981-1988 University Lecturer
  • 1970-1981 Assistant Director of Research in DAMTP, Cambridge
  • 1968-1969 ICI Research Fellow at Cambridge University

At various times visiting scientist at the Australian National University, University of California at San Diego, Canterbury University, Caltech, MIT, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Tata Institute at Mumbai, University of Western Australia, the Weizmann Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Research

  • Carbon dioxide sequestration
  • The flow of granular media
  • Constrained lava flows
  • Exchange flows
  • The fluid mechanics of solidification
  • The sinking of pumice

Selected Publications

  • 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.
  • Huppert, H.E. (2000) "George Keith Batchelor". J. Fluid Mech. 421, 1-14.
  • Huppert, H.E. and Woods, A.W. (2002) "The role of volatiles in magma chamber dynamics", Nature 420, 493-495.
  • 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.
  • Lyle, S., Huppert, H.E., Hallworth, M.A. and Chadwick, A. (2005) "Axisymmetric gravity currents in a porous medium", J. Fluid Mech. 543, 293-302.
  • Huppert, H.E. (2006) "Gravity currents: a personal perspective", J. Fluid Mech. 554, 299-322.
  • Huppert, H.E. and Sparks, R.S.J. (2006) "Extreme Natural Hazards: population growth, globalisation and environmental change", Phil.Trans. R. Soc. A 364, 1875-1888.
  • 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.
  • Huppert, H.E. and Hallworth, M.A. (2007) "Bi-directional flows in constrained systems", J. Fluid Mech. 578, 95-112.
  • 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.Sci.Lett. 255, 164-176.
  • 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.

Publications

The crystallization of lava lakes
MG Worster, HE Huppert, RSJ Sparks
– Journal of Geophysical Research
(1993)
98,
15891
Solidification of NH4Cl and NH4Br from aqueous solutions contaminated by CuSO4: the extinction of chimneys
HE Huppert, MA Hallworth, SG Lipson
– Journal of Crystal Growth
(1993)
130,
495
An experimental study on the effects of phenocrysts on convection in magmas
T Koyaguchi, MA Hallworth, HE Huppert
– Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
(1993)
55,
15
Entrainment in turbulent gravity currents
MA Hallworth, JC Phillips, HE Huppert, RSJ Sparks
– Nature
(1993)
362,
829
Origin of modal and rhythmic igneous layering by sedimentation in a convecting magma chamber
RS Sparks, HE Huppert, T Koyaguchi, MA Hallworth
– Nature
(1993)
361,
246
Bulk Models of Solidification
HE Huppert
(1993)
1b,
741
Sediment-laden gravity currents with reversing buoyancy
RSJ Sparks, RT Bonnecaze, HE Huppert, JR Lister, MA Hallworth, H Mader, J Phillips
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1993)
114,
243
Sedimentation and mixing of a turbulent fluid suspension: a laboratory study
HE Huppert, JS Turner, MA Hallworth
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1993)
114,
259
Analytical model for solidification of the Earth's core
BA Buffett, HE Huppert, JR Lister, AW Woods
– Nature
(1992)
356,
329
Solidification and convection in the core of the Earth
HE Huppert, BA Buffett, JR Lister, AW Woods
(1992)
265
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Research Group

Theoretical Geophysics