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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering experiments and theoretical analysis in geophysical fluid dynamics, including ocean modeling, earth mantle convection and lava flows, and for scientific leadership and service to the fluid dynamics community
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Ross W. Griffiths is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research encompasses several interconnected fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Griffiths has contributed to scientific literature with papers published in recognized venues. Notably, their recent publication titled "Rotating Horizontal Convection" appeared in the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics in 2021. This work was authored in collaboration with Bishakhdatta Gayen.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bishakhdatta Gayen

Their work has appeared primarily in:

  • Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Throughout their career, Griffiths has been recognized with professional honors including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2001 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014. The latter award citation notes contributions to pioneering experiments and theoretical analysis in geophysical fluid dynamics, specifically relating to ocean modeling, earth mantle convection, and lava flows, as well as scientific leadership and community service within fluid dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Implications of mantle plume structure for the evolution of flood basalts

    Ian H. Campbell;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Stirring and structure in mantle starting plumes

    Ross W. Griffiths;Ian H. Campbell

  • Melting in an Archaean mantle plume: heads it's basalts, tails it's komatiites

    I. H. Campbell;R. W. Griffiths;R. I. Hill

  • The Dynamics of Lava Flows

    Ross W. Griffiths

  • Mantle plumes and continental tectonics.

    R. I. Hill;I. H. Campbell;G. F. Davies;R. W. Griffiths

  • Interaction of mantle plume heads with the Earth's surface and onset of small‐scale convection

    R. W. Griffiths;I. H. Campbell

  • The Changing Nature of Mantle Hotspots through Time: Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Mantle

    I. H. Campbell;R. W. Griffiths

  • Laboratory models of the thermal evolution of the mantle during rollback subduction

    C. Kincaid;R. W. Griffiths

  • The stability of vortices in a rotating, stratified fluid

    R. W. Griffiths;P. F. Linden

  • Solidification and Morphology of Submarine Lavas: A Dependence on Extrusion Rate

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • Morphology, eruption rates, and rheology of lava domes - Insights from laboratory models

    Jonathan H. Fink;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Radial spreading of viscous-gravity currents with solidifying crust

    Jonathan H. Fink;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Gravity Currents in Rotating Systems

    R W Griffiths

  • The stability of buoyancy-driven coastal currents

    R.W. Griffiths;P.F. Linden

  • Ageostrophic instability of ocean currents

    R. W. Griffiths;Peter D. Killworth;Melvin E. Stern

  • Effects of surface cooling on the spreading of lava flows and domes

    Ross W. Griffiths;Jonathan H. Fink

  • A laboratory investigation of effects of trench migration on the descent of subducted slabs

    Ross W. Griffiths;Ronald I. Hackney;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Compositional and thermal convection in magma chambers

    Daniel Martin;Ross W. Griffiths;Ian H. Campbell

  • Laboratory experiments on fronts: Part I: Density-driven boundary currents

    R. W. Griffiths;P. F. Linden

  • Deflection of plumes by mantle shear flow: experimental results and a simple theory

    Mark A. Richards;Ross W. Griffiths

  • Convection driven by differential heating at a horizontal boundary

    Julia C. Mullarney;Ross W. Griffiths;Graham O. Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross C. Kerr
Ross C. Kerr Australian National University
Jonathan H. Fink
Jonathan H. Fink Portland State University
Ian H. Campbell
Ian H. Campbell Australian National University
Andrew McC. Hogg
Andrew McC. Hogg Australian National University
Katharine V. Cashman
Katharine V. Cashman University of Bristol
Paul Linden
Paul Linden University of Cambridge
Mark A. Richards
Mark A. Richards University of California, Berkeley
Andrew J. Hogg
Andrew J. Hogg University of Bristol
George G. Ganf
George G. Ganf University of Adelaide
Justin D. Brookes
Justin D. Brookes University of Adelaide

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