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

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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.