Jennifer M. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Mineral Physics, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
Have you ever wondered what the deep interior of our planet looks like? Devices such as diamond-anvil cells and high-power infrared lasers can be used on minerals to recreate the crushing pressures and flaming temperatures suspected to exist deep within Earth, while extremely brilliant synchrotron x-radiation probes the minerals’ properties. Join us in this non-fiction tale as we descend into the depths of Earth using experimental and geophysical observations as our guide posts.
