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Martin P. A. Jackson is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, predominantly within engineering and materials science, with additional contributions to earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study focus on:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

Martin P. A. Jackson's primary research topics cover:

  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological formations and processes

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on both geological and materials science topics. These include:

  • Growth and evolution of salt canopies on a salt-detached slope: Insights from physical models (2023), published in AAPG Bulletin
  • Addfast: A Hybrid Technique for Tailoring Microstructures in Titanium-Titanium Composites (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Understanding the Influence of Thermal Gradients during Large-Scale FAST/SPS on Final Microstructure after Secondary Hot Rolling of Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr (FAST-roll) (2025), published in Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy
  • Exploitation of FAST/SPS to Recycle Surplus Titanium Alloy Particulates for Sustainable Solutions and near Net Shape Components (2025), published in Key engineering materials
  • High-velocity fragmentation of titanium alloy rings and cylinders produced using Field-Assisted Sintering Technology (2025), published in International Journal of Fracture

Frequent publication venues include:

  • AAPG Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy
  • Key engineering materials
  • International Journal of Fracture

Martin P. A. Jackson collaborates with a number of coauthors, most notably:

  • Michael R. Hudec
  • Samuel Lister
  • Tim P. Dooley
  • D. D. Adams
  • Tiago M. Alves

Best Publications

  • Terra infirma: Understanding salt tectonics

    Michael R. Hudec;Martin P.A. Jackson

  • The fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension

    B. C. Vendeville;Martin P Jackson

  • Crustal Evolution of Southern Africa: 3.8 Billion Years of Earth History

    A. J. Tankard;M. P A Jackson;K. A. Eriksson;D. K. Hobday

  • External shapes, strain rates, and dynamics of salt structures

    Martin P Jackson;C. J. Talbot

  • Crustal Evolution of Southern Africa

    A. J. Tankard;M. P. A. Jackson;K. A. Eriksson;D. K. Hobday

  • Rheological and tectonic modeling of salt provinces

    R. Weijermars;Martin P Jackson;B. Vendeville

  • Regional extension as a geologic trigger for diapirism

    Martin P Jackson;B. C. Vendeville

  • Salt Tectonics: Principles and Practice

    Martin P. A. Jackson;Michael R. Hudec

  • Raft tectonics in the Kwanza Basin, Angola*

    Bernard Duval;Carlos Cramez;M.P.A. Jackson

  • Salt-Related Fault Families and Fault Welds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

    Mark G. Rowan;Martin P. A. Jackson;Bruce D. Trudgill

  • Salt Tectonics: A Global Perspective

    M.P.A. Jackson;D.G. Roberts;S. Snelson

  • Kinematics and Dynamics of Salt Tectonics Driven by Progradation

    Hongxing Ge;Martin P. A. Jackson;Bruno C. Vendeville;Bruno C. Vendeville

  • Salt Diapirs of the Great Kavir, Central Iran

    Martin P Jackson;R. R. Cornelius;C. H. Craig;A. Gansser

  • Structural Dynamics of Salt Systems

    Martin P. A. Jackson;Bruno C. Vendeville;Daniel D. Schultz-Ela

  • Role of subaerial volcanic rocks and mantle plumes in creation of South Atlantic margins: implications for salt tectonics and source rocks

    Martin P.A Jackson;Carlos Cramez;Jean-Michel Fonck

  • Mechanics of active salt diapirism

    D. D. Schultz-Ela;M. P. A. Jackson;Bruno C. Vendeville

  • Advance of allochthonous salt sheets in passive margins and orogens

    Michael R. Hudec;Martin P. A. Jackson

  • Regional restoration across the Kwanza Basin, Angola: Salt tectonics triggered by repeated uplift of a metastable passive margin

    Michael R. Hudec;Martin P. A. Jackson

  • Jurassic evolution of the Gulf of Mexico salt basin

    Michael R. Hudec;Ian O. Norton;Martin P. A. Jackson;Frank J. Peel

  • The paradox of minibasin subsidence into salt: Clues to the evolution of crustal basins

    Michael R. Hudec;Martin P.A. Jackson;Daniel D. Schultz-Ela

  • Salt tectonics : a global perspective : based on the Hedberg International Research Conference, Bath, U.K., September 1993

    M. P. A. Jackson;D. G. Roberts;S. Snelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Hudec
Michael R. Hudec The University of Texas at Austin
William E. Galloway
William E. Galloway The University of Texas at Austin
Tim P. Dooley
Tim P. Dooley The University of Texas at Austin
Bruno C. Vendeville
Bruno C. Vendeville University of Lille
Christopher A.-L. Jackson
Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London
Kenneth A. Eriksson
Kenneth A. Eriksson Virginia Tech
Ruud Weijermars
Ruud Weijermars King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Christopher J. Talbot
Christopher J. Talbot Uppsala University
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
David R. Montgomery
David R. Montgomery University of Washington

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