David Rees Jones
Biography
I use mathematical analysis and computational simulations to understand a wide range of geophysical and environmental fluid flows. I focus on situations in which melting and solidification are significant, such as the generation and transport of molten magma from deep within the Earth, and the formation of sea ice in the Polar Oceans.
At St Andrews, I am part of the Vortex Dynamics Group at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Before moving to St Andrews in 2019, I moved between Cambridge and Oxford, working with Andrew Wells, Richard Katz and John Rudge (postdoctoral positions) and Grae Worster (PhD).
PhD Opportunties: please contact me to discuss possible project ideas. Details about applications (apply by mid-January to start in 2021) can be found on the School’s webpage.
Interests
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- Sea-ice formation, ice-ocean interaction
- Magma dynamics
Education
- PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2010-2014University of Cambridge
- MMath in Mathematics, 2006-2010University of Cambridge
Research interests
Ice–ocean interaction
Frazil ice dynamics in mixed layers and subglacial plumes
Reactive flow instabilities
in porous media; sea ice and magmatic systems
Melt ponds
Convection, effect on sub-ice light and ecology
Sea-ice formation
Mushy-layer models, thermodynamics and brine drainage
Glacial cycles and magmatism
Magmatic response to glacial cycles, feedbacks through carbon outgassing
Subduction–zone magmatism
Thermal structure, volatiles and the location of arc volcanoes
Publications
For a full list of publications, see: Dr David W. Rees Jones.
Physics of melt extraction from the mantle: speed and style
Katz, R. F., Rees Jones, D. W., Rudge, J. F. & Keller, T., May 2022, In: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 50, p. 508-540 34 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Magmatic channelization by reactive and shear-driven instabilities at mid-ocean ridges: a combined analysis
Rees Jones, D. W., Zhang, H. & Katz, R. F., Jul 2021, In: Geophysical Journal International. 226, 1, p. 582–609
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fast magma ascent, revised estimates from the deglaciation of Iceland
Rees Jones, D. W. & Rudge, J., 15 Jul 2020, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 542, 9 p., 116324.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effect of melt pond geometry on the distribution of solar energy under first-year sea ice
Horvat, C., Flocco, D., Rees Jones, D. W., Roach, L. & Golden, K. M., 17 Feb 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 4, e2019GL085956.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Consequences of glacial cycles for magmatism and carbon transport at mid-ocean ridges
Cerpa, N. G., Rees Jones, D. W. & Katz, R. F., 15 Dec 2019, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 528, 115845.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Devolatilization of subducting slabs, Part I: Thermodynamic parameterization and open system effects
Tian, M., Katz, R. F. & Rees Jones, D. W., Dec 2019, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20, 12, p. 5667-5690 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Devolatilization of subducting slabs, Part II: volatile fluxes and storage
Tian, M., Katz, R. F., Rees Jones, D. W. & May, D. A., Dec 2019, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20, 12, p. 6199-6222 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Frazil-ice growth rate and dynamics in mixed layers and sub-ice-shelf plumes
Rees Jones, D. W. & Wells, A. J., 8 Jan 2018, In: The Cryosphere. 12, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reaction-infiltration instability in a compacting porous medium
Rees Jones, D. W. & Katz, R. F., 10 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 852, p. 5-36 32 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Salinity control of thermal evolution of late summer melt ponds on Arctic sea ice
Kim, J. H., Moon, W., Wells, A. J., Wilkinson, J. P., Langton, T., Hwang, B., Granskog, M. A. & Rees Jones, D. W., 28 Aug 2018, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 16, p. 8304-8313 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermal impact of magmatism in subduction zones
Rees Jones, D. W., Katz, R. F., Tian, M. & Rudge, J. F., 1 Jan 2018, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 481, p. 73-79 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The frequency and extent of sub-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Arctic Ocean
Horvat, C., Rees Jones, D. W., Iams, S., Schroeder, D., Flocco, D. & Feltham, D., 29 Mar 2017, In: Science Advances. 3, 3, 8 p., e1601191.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sea-ice thermodynamics and brine drainage
Worster, M. G. & Rees Jones, D. W., Jul 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 373, 2045, 13 p., 20140166.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Solidification of a disk-shaped crystal from a weakly supercooled binary melt
Rees Jones, D. W. & Wells, A. J., 24 Aug 2015, In: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 92, 2, 022406.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A physically based parameterization of gravity drainage for sea-ice modeling
Rees Jones, D. W. & Worster, M. G., 1 Sept 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 9, p. 5599-5621 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the thermodynamic boundary conditions of a solidifying mushy layer with outflow
Rees Jones, D. W. & Grae Worster, M., 1 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 762
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A simple dynamical model for gravity drainage of brine from growing sea ice
Rees Jones, D. W. & Worster, M. G., 28 Jan 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 2, p. 307-311 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fluxes through steady chimneys in a mushy layer during binary alloy solidification
Rees Jones, D. W. & Worster, M. G., 10 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 714, p. 127-151
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Contact
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Mathematical Institute
North Haugh
St Andrews
Scotland
United Kingdom