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
Cooling and contamination of mafic and ultramafic magmas during ascent through continental crust
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1985)
74,
371
Igneous petrology: Old magma chambers replenished by new ideas
– Nature
(1984)
312,
200
(doi: 10.1038/312200a0)
Density changes during the fractional crystallization of basaltic magmas: fluid dynamic implications
– Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
(1984)
85,
300
(doi: 10.1007/bf00378108)
Separation of hydraulic flow over topography
– Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
(1984)
110,
362
Heating or cooling a stable compositional gradient from the side
– International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
(1984)
27,
1395
(doi: 10.1016/0017-9310(84)90066-8)
Double-Diffusive Convection Due to Crystallization in Magmas
– Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Vol 12
(1984)
12,
11
The role of compositional convection in the formation of adcumulate rocks
– Lithos
(1984)
17,
139
(doi: 10.1016/0024-4937(84)90014-8)
Static and dynamic stability criteria during free diffusion in a ternary system
– Journal of Physical Chemistry
(1984)
88,
2902
(doi: 10.1021/j150657a047)
The fluid dynamics of evolving magma chambers
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
(1984)
310,
511
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.1984.0006)
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