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Jennifer M. Jackson is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work in Geophysics. Their contributions extend to related subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The main research topics covered by Jennifer M. Jackson include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Jennifer has published extensively in a range of scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • American Mineralogist
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • European Journal of Mineralogy

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Jennifer M. Jackson are:

  • "The magmatic web beneath Hawai'i" (2022, Science)
  • "The First Detection of an Earthquake From a Balloon Using Its Acoustic Signature" (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Strong ULVZ and Slab Interaction at the Northeastern Edge of the Pacific LLSVP Favors Plume Generation" (2022, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • "The influence of δ-(Al,Fe)OOH on seismic heterogeneities in Earth's lower mantle" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Periclase deforms more slowly than bridgmanite under mantle conditions" (2023, Nature)

Collaborations have been an important part of Jennifer's research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • W. Sturhahn
  • Vasilije V. Dobrosavljevic
  • T. S. Toellner
  • Olivia S. Pardo
  • Jiyong Zhao

Their work engages with the study of geophysical processes at high pressures, seismic behavior of Earth's interior, and geochemical characteristics relevant to planetary sciences. This cross-disciplinary approach incorporates materials chemistry and crystallography methods in addressing questions related to Earth's mantle and seismic activity.

Best Publications

  • The role of oceanic plateau subduction in the Laramide orogeny

    Lijun Liu;Michael Gurnis;Maria Seton;Jason Saleeby

  • Toward Quantifying the Increasing Role of Oceanic Heat in Sea Ice Loss in the New Arctic

    Eddy Carmack;Igor V. Polyakov;Laurie Padman;Ilker Fer

  • Identification, characterization, and change of the near-surface temperature maximum in the Canada Basin, 1993-2008

    J. M. Jackson;E. C. Carmack;F. A. McLaughlin;S. E. Allen

  • Geophysical investigations of habitability in ice-covered ocean worlds

    Steven D. Vance;Mark P. Panning;Simon Stähler;Simon Stähler;Fabio Cammarano

  • Very low sound velocities in iron-rich (Mg,Fe)O: Implications for the core-mantle boundary region

    J. K. Wicks;J. M. Jackson;W. Sturhahn;W. Sturhahn

  • Mechanisms of Pacific Summer Water variability in the Arctic's Central Canada Basin

    Mary-Louise Timmermans;Andrey Proshutinsky;Elena Golubeva;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • A synchrotron Mössbauer spectroscopy study of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite up to 120 GPa

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Wolfgang Sturhahn;Guoyin Shen;Jiyong Zhao

  • Geometry and seismic properties of the subducting Cocos plate in central Mexico

    Y. Kim;R. W. Clayton;J. M. Jackson

  • The spin state of iron in minerals of Earth's lower mantle

    Wolfgang Sturhahn;Jennifer M. Jackson;Jung Fu Lin

  • Mushy magma beneath Yellowstone

    Risheng Chu;Don V. Helmberger;Daoyuan Sun;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Sound velocities and elastic properties of γ-Mg2SiO4 to 873 K by Brillouin spectroscopy

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Jay D. Bass

  • Sound velocities and single-crystal elasticity of orthoenstatite to 1073 K at ambient pressure

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Jay D. Bass

  • Winter sea‐ice melt in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Jennifer M. Jackson;William J. Williams;Eddy C. Carmack

  • The magmatic web beneath Hawai‘i

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  • Sound velocities of ferropericlase in the Earth's lower mantle

    Jung Fu Lin;Steven D. Jacobsen;Steven D. Jacobsen;Wolfgang Sturhahn;Jennifer M. Jackson;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Elasticity and equation of state of orthoenstatite, MgSiO3

    Ross J. Angel;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Melting of compressed iron by monitoring atomic dynamics

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Wolfgang Sturhahn;Michael Lerche;Jiyong Zhao

  • Pressure effect on the electronic structure of iron in (Mg,Fe)(Si,Al)O 3 perovskite: a combined synchrotron Mossbauer and X-ray emission spectroscopy study up to 100 GPa

    Jackie Li;W. Sturhahn;J. M. Jackson;J. M. Jackson;V. V. Struzhkin

  • Elasticity of MgSiO3 orthoenstatite

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Jay D. Bass

  • A geodynamic and mineral physics model of a solid-state ultralow-velocity zone

    Dan J. Bower;June K. Wicks;Michael Gurnis;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Changes to the near-surface waters in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean from 1993-2009 : a Basin in transition.

    Jennifer Martine Jackson;Jennifer Martine Jackson;Susan E. Allen;F. A. McLaughlin;R. A. Woodgate

  • Geophysical tests for habitability in ice-covered ocean worlds

    Steven D. Vance;Mark P. Panning;Simon Stähler;Fabio Cammarano

  • Warming From Recent Marine Heatwave Lingers in Deep British Columbia Fjord

    Jennifer M. Jackson;Gregory C. Johnson;Hayley V. Dosser;Tetjana Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Attila Komjathy
Attila Komjathy California Institute of Technology
Raphaël F. Garcia
Raphaël F. Garcia National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Jay D. Bass
Jay D. Bass University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Victor C. Tsai
Victor C. Tsai Brown University
Vitali B. Prakapenka
Vitali B. Prakapenka University of Chicago
Patrick Cordier
Patrick Cordier Institut Universitaire de France
Michael Gurnis
Michael Gurnis California Institute of Technology
Christophe Sotin
Christophe Sotin Jet Propulsion Lab
Zhongwen Zhan
Zhongwen Zhan California Institute of Technology

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