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Prof. Ian Jackson
Research School of Earth Sciences
The Australian National University
Canberra 0200
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6125 2498
Fax: +61 2 612 58253
E: Ian.Jackson@anu.edu.au |
Teaching
PHYS3070
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Research Interests
- The laboratory study of the physical properties of rocks and minerals
under conditions which reproduce as faithfully as possible those
which prevail within the Earth's interior - with particular current
emphasis upon the measurement under conditions of high pressure,
pore pressure and temperature of elastic wave speeds and attenuation;
- Aapplication of similar experimental methods in the characterisation
of non-geological materials such as ceramics and metals;
- The interpretation of such measurements in terms of the fundamental
physics and chemistry of crystalline and partially molten materials,
and fluid-saturated porous media;
- Application of well-understood laboratory data in the interpretation
of seismological models for the spatial variation of density,
elastic wave speeds and attenuation;
- Constraints imposed by such interpretation upon the constitution and
evolution of the Earth.
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