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
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)
The role of compositional convection in the formation of adcumulate rocks
– Lithos
(1984)
17,
139
(doi: 10.1016/0024-4937(84)90014-8)
Multicomponent convection: Turbulence in Earth, Sun and Sea
– Nature
(1983)
303,
478
(doi: 10.1038/303478a0)
An experimental investigation of volatile exsolution in evolving magma chambers
– Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
(1983)
16,
263
(doi: 10.1016/0377-0273(83)90033-1)
Laboratory investigations of viscous effects in replenished magma chambers
– Earth and Planetary Science Letters
(1983)
65,
377
(doi: 10.1016/0012-821x(83)90175-9)
Effects of volatiles on mixing in calc-alkaline magma systems
– Nature
(1982)
297,
554
(doi: 10.1038/297554a0)
Flow and instability of a viscous current down a slope
– Nature
(1982)
300,
427
(doi: 10.1038/300427a0)
On lava dome growth, with application to the 1979 lava extrusion of the soufrière of St. Vincent
– Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
(1982)
14,
199
(doi: 10.1016/0377-0273(82)90062-2)
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