Dr Ross C Kerr
Australian National University
Reader, Earth And Planetary Sciences
Australia
My co-authors include
Dr Graham O Hughes
Professor andrew w woods
My Publications
Dissolution of a vertical solid surface by turbulent compositional convection
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
January 2015
Mathematical modeling of thermomechanical erosion beneath Proterozoic komatiitic basalt...
Mineralium Deposita
May 2011
Rayleigh–Taylor instability of an inclined buoyant viscous cylinder
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
February 2011
Thermal erosion of felsic ground by the laminar flow of a basaltic lava, with applicati...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
September 2009
Rise and deflection of mantle plume tails
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
October 2008
The effect of a barrier on laminar convection in a box with differentially heated endwalls
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
August 2006
A laboratory model of surface crust formation and disruption on lava flows through non-...
Bulletin of Volcanology
January 2006
Structure and dynamics of sheared mantle plumes
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
December 2004
Patterns of solidification in channel flows with surface cooling
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
December 2003
Inclined turbulent fountains
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
January 2002
Thermal erosion by laminar lava flows
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
November 2001
Magma dynamics, crystallization, and chemical differentiation of the 1959 Kilauea Iki l...
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
October 2001
Analytical/numerical modeling of komatiite lava emplacement and thermal erosion at Pers...
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
September 2001
A theoretical model of a turbulent fountain
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
November 2000
Turbulent fountains in a confined stratified environment
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
June 1999
Mixing and compositional stratification produced by natural convection: 1. Experiments ...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
April 1999
Mixing and compositional stratification produced by natural convection: 2. Applications...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
April 1999
Emplacement and erosion by Archean komatiite lava flows at Kambalda: Revisited
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
November 1998
Turbulent fountains in a stratified fluid
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
March 1998
Heat transfer and hydrothermal fluid flow at flanges on large seafloor sulphide structures
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
November 1997
Particle settling through a diffusive-type thermohaline staircase in the ocean
Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
March 1997
Crystallization and gravitationally controlled ponding during the formation of mound sp...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
November 1996
Convective crystal dissolution
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
September 1995
Comment on “On the relationship between dike width and magma viscosity” by Yutaka Wada
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
August 1995
Melting driven by vigorous compositional convection
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
December 1994
Dissolving driven by vigorous compositional convection
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
December 1994
The transient behaviour of alloys solidified from below prior to the formation of chimneys
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
June 1994
The ascent of felsic magmas in dykes
Lithos
March 1994
Dike transport of granitoid magmas: Comment and Reply
Geology
January 1994
Influence of cooling on lava-flow dynamics: Comment and Reply
Geology
January 1994
Dike transport of granitoid magmas
Geology
January 1993
On the use of electrical resistance and temperature as measures of the solid fraction i...
Journal of Crystal Growth
December 1992
Further results for convection driven by the differential sedimentation of particles
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
October 1992
Porous sidewall and sloping floor crystallization experiments using a reactive mush: Im...
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
July 1992
Erosion of a stable density gradient by sedimentation-driven convection
Nature
October 1991
The eruption of komatiites and picrites in preference to primitive basalts
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
July 1991
Convection and particle entrainment driven by differential sedimentation
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
May 1991
The Effects of Shape on Crystal Settling and on the Rheology of Magmas
The Journal of Geology
May 1991
Fluid-mechanical models of crack propagation and their application to magma transport i...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
January 1991
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 3. Compositional stratification with...
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
September 1990
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above Part 2. Non-equilibrium interfacial kinetics
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
August 1990
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above Part 1. Equilibrium growth
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
July 1990
Disequilibrium and macrosegregation during solidification of a binary melt
Nature
August 1989
The propagation of two-dimensional and axisymmetric viscous gravity currents at a fluid...
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
June 1989
The effect of geometry on the gravitational instability of a buoyant region of viscous ...
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
May 1989
Island arc and mid-ocean ridge volcanism, modelled by diapirism from linear source regions
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
April 1988
The spread of subducted lithospheric material along the mid-mantle boundary
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
September 1987
Crystallization and compositional convection in a porous medium with application to lay...
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
March 1986
Convective exchange between pore fluid and an overlying reservoir of denser fluid: a po...
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
October 1985
Heating or cooling a stable compositional gradient from the side
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
August 1984
Mass transfer