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  1. Dissolution of a vertical solid surface by turbulent compositional convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  2. Mathematical modeling of thermomechanical erosion beneath Proterozoic komatiitic basaltic sinuous rilles in the Cape Smith Belt, New Québec, Canada

    Article • Mineralium Deposita, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  3. Rayleigh–Taylor instability of an inclined buoyant viscous cylinder

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, February 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  4. Thermal erosion of felsic ground by the laminar flow of a basaltic lava, with application to the Cave Basalt, Mount St. Helens, Washington

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  5. Rise and deflection of mantle plume tails

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, October 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  6. The effect of a barrier on laminar convection in a box with differentially heated endwalls

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Graham O Hughes, Dr Ross C Kerr

  7. A laboratory model of surface crust formation and disruption on lava flows through non-uniform channels

    Article • Bulletin of Volcanology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  8. Structure and dynamics of sheared mantle plumes

    Article • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, December 2004, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  9. Patterns of solidification in channel flows with surface cooling

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, December 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  10. Inclined turbulent fountains

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  11. Thermal erosion by laminar lava flows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2001, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  12. Magma dynamics, crystallization, and chemical differentiation of the 1959 Kilauea Iki lava lake, Hawaii, revisited

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, October 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  13. Analytical/numerical modeling of komatiite lava emplacement and thermal erosion at Perseverance, Western Australia

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, September 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  14. A theoretical model of a turbulent fountain

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  15. Turbulent fountains in a confined stratified environment

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  16. Mixing and compositional stratification produced by natural convection: 1. Experiments and their application to Earth's core and mantle

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 1999, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  17. Mixing and compositional stratification produced by natural convection: 2. Applications to the differentiation of basaltic and silicic magma chambers and komatiite lava flows

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 1999, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  18. Emplacement and erosion by Archean komatiite lava flows at Kambalda: Revisited

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 1998, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  19. Turbulent fountains in a stratified fluid

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  20. Heat transfer and hydrothermal fluid flow at flanges on large seafloor sulphide structures

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  21. Particle settling through a diffusive-type thermohaline staircase in the ocean

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, March 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  22. Crystallization and gravitationally controlled ponding during the formation of mound springs, terraces, and “black smoker” flanges

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 1996, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  23. Convective crystal dissolution

    Article • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, September 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  24. Comment on “On the relationship between dike width and magma viscosity” by Yutaka Wada

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 1995, Wiley

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  25. Melting driven by vigorous compositional convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, December 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  26. Dissolving driven by vigorous compositional convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, December 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  27. The transient behaviour of alloys solidified from below prior to the formation of chimneys

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  28. The ascent of felsic magmas in dykes

    Article • Lithos, March 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  29. Dike transport of granitoid magmas: Comment and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 1994, Geological Society of America

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  30. Influence of cooling on lava-flow dynamics: Comment and Reply

    Article • Geology, January 1994, Geological Society of America

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  31. Dike transport of granitoid magmas

    Article • Geology, January 1993, Geological Society of America

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  32. On the use of electrical resistance and temperature as measures of the solid fraction in a mushy layer

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, December 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  33. Further results for convection driven by the differential sedimentation of particles

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  34. Porous sidewall and sloping floor crystallization experiments using a reactive mush: Implications for the self-channelization of residual melts in cumulates

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, July 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  35. Erosion of a stable density gradient by sedimentation-driven convection

    Article • Nature, October 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  36. The eruption of komatiites and picrites in preference to primitive basalts

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, July 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  37. Convection and particle entrainment driven by differential sedimentation

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  38. The Effects of Shape on Crystal Settling and on the Rheology of Magmas

    Article • The Journal of Geology, May 1991, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  39. Fluid-mechanical models of crack propagation and their application to magma transport in dykes

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 1991, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  40. Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 3. Compositional stratification within the solid

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor andrew w woods, Dr Ross C Kerr

  41. Solidification of an alloy cooled from above Part 2. Non-equilibrium interfacial kinetics

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, August 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor andrew w woods, Dr Ross C Kerr

  42. Solidification of an alloy cooled from above Part 1. Equilibrium growth

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, July 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor andrew w woods, Dr Ross C Kerr

  43. Disequilibrium and macrosegregation during solidification of a binary melt

    Article • Nature, August 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor andrew w woods, Dr Ross C Kerr

  44. The propagation of two-dimensional and axisymmetric viscous gravity currents at a fluid interface

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 1989, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  45. The effect of geometry on the gravitational instability of a buoyant region of viscous fluid

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 1989, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  46. Island arc and mid-ocean ridge volcanism, modelled by diapirism from linear source regions

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, April 1988, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  47. The spread of subducted lithospheric material along the mid-mantle boundary

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, September 1987, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  48. Crystallization and compositional convection in a porous medium with application to layered igneous intrusions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 1986, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  49. Convective exchange between pore fluid and an overlying reservoir of denser fluid: a post-cumulus process in layered intrusions

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 1985, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  50. Heating or cooling a stable compositional gradient from the side

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, August 1984, Elsevier

    Dr Ross C Kerr

  51. Mass transfer

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ross C Kerr