Department of Geology and Geophysics
Selected Publications
Scientific Drilling, Surtsey Volcano, Iceland
Jackson, M. D., M. T. Gudmundsson, W. Bach, P. Cappelletti, N. J. Coleman, M. Ivarsson, K. Jónasson, S.
L. Jørgensen, V. Marteinsson1, J. McPhie, J. G. Moore, D. Nielson, J. M. Rhodes, C. Rispoli, P.
Schiffman, A. Stefánsson, A. Türke, T. Vanorio, T. B. Weisenberger, J. D. L. White, R. Zierenberg,
B. Zimanowski, 2015, Time-lapse characterization of hydrothermal seawater and microbial
interactions with basaltic tephra at Surtsey volcano: Scientific Drilling, 20, 51-58,
doi:10.5194/sd-20-51-2015
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Jackson, M. D., 2014, New proposed drilling at Surtsey Volcano, Iceland: Eos Transactions American
Geophysical Union, 95[51], 488,
doi:10.1002/2014EO510006.
Roman Harbor Concretes
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Jackson, M. D., S. R. Mulcahy, H. Chen, Y. Li, Q. Li, P. Cappelletti, H.-R. Wenk, in press, Phillipsite and Altobermorite
produced by cementitious water-rock reactions in Roman marine concrete: American Mineralogist.
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Jackson, M. D., 2014, Seawater Concretes and their Material Characteristics: In Building for Eternity the
History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea, edited by J. P. Oleson,
Oxbow Books, Oxford. p. 141-187.
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Jackson, M. D., S. R. Chae, S. R. Mulcahy, C. Meral, R. Taylor, P. Li, J. Moon, S. Yoon, A.-H. Emwas, G.
Vola, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2013, Unlocking the secrets of Al-tobermorite in Roman
seawater concrete: American Mineralogist, 98, 1669-1687.
doi.org/10.2138/am.2013.4484
Highlights and Breakthroughs Article 2013:
Elsen, J., O. Cozer, R. Snellings, 2013, Lessons from a lost technology: The secrets of Roman
concrete, American Mineralogist, 98, 1917-1918.
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Jackson, M. D., J. Moon, E. Gotti, R. Taylor, S. R. Chae, M. Kunz, A.-H. Emwas, C. Meral, P. Guttmann, P.
Levitz, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2013, Material and elastic properties of Al-tobermorite in
ancient Roman seawater concrete: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 96[8], 2598-2606.
doi: 10.1111/jace.12407
Featured article 2013.
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Jackson, M., G. Vola, J. P. Oleson, B. Scheetz, C. Brandon, R. Hohlfelder, 2012, Cement microstructures
and durability in ancient Roman seawater concretes: Historic Mortars, Characteristics and
Tests, edited by J. Valek, C. Groot, and J. Hughes. Springer – RILEM, p. 49-76.
doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-4635-0_5
Roman Stone Masonry and Architectural Concretes
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Jackson, M. D., Y. Zhang, H. Chen, J. Moon, in press, Autogenous mineral textures in micropores and microcracks, Roman architectural concrete, Markets of Trajan, Rome: Proceedings 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium, 29-31 May 2017.
Jackson, M. D., E. N. Landis, P. F. Brune, M. Vitti, H. Chen, Q. Li, M. Kunz, H.-R. Wenk, P. J. M. Monteiro,
A. R. Ingraffea, 2014, Mechanical resilience and cementitious processes in imperial Roman
architectural mortar: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111[52], 18484-18489.
doi: www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1417456111
Brune, P., Ingraffea, A. R., Jackson, M. D., Perucchio, R., 2013, The fracture toughness of an Imperial
Roman mortar: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 102, 65-76.
doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2013.02.007
Jackson, M., J. Logan, F. Marra, B. Scheetz, D. Deocampo, C. Cawood, 2010, Composizione e
caratteristiche meccaniche dei calcestruzzi della Grande Aula, a cura di L. Ungaro, M.P. Paola,
M. Vitti, Mercati di Traiano restituiti. Studi e restauri 2005-2007, p. 145-153, Rome, Palombri
Editore.
Bianchi, E, R. Meneghini, M. Jackson, P. Brune, F. Marra, 2011, Archaeological, structural, and
compositional observations of the concrete architecture of the Basilica Ulpia and Trajan’s
Forum: Comm. Hum. Litt. 128, 72-93.
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Jackson, M. D., P. Ciancio Rossetto, C. K. Kosso, M. Buonfiglio, F. Marra, 2011, Building materials of the Theater of Marcellus, Rome: Archaeometry, 4[4], 728-742.
Jackson, M. D., D. Deocampo, F. Marra, and B. E. Scheetz, 2010, Mid-Pleistocene volcanic ash in ancient Roman concretes,
Geoarchaeology, 25, 36-74.
doi: 10.1002/gea.20295
Award, 25 best articles in 25 years, 2010.
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Jackson, M. D., J. M. Logan, B. E. Scheetz, D. M. Deocampo, C. G. Cawood, F. Marra, M. Vitti, L. Ungaro, 2009, Assessment of
material characteristics of ancient concretes, Grande Aula, Markets of Trajan, Rome: Journal of Archaeological Science, 36, 2481-
2492.
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Jackson, M., F. Marra, D. Deocampo, A. Vella, C. Kosso, R. Hay, 2007, Geological observations of excavated sand (harenae
fossiciae) used as fine aggregate in ancient Roman pozzolanic mortars: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 20, 25-51.
Jackson, M. D., F. Marra, 2006, Roman stone masonry: Volcanic foundations of the ancient city: American Journal of Archaeology, 110, 403-436
Jackson, M. D., F. Marra, R. L. Hay, C. Cawood, E. Winkler, 2005, The judicious selection and preservation of tuff and travertine
building stone in ancient Rome: Archaeometry, 47[3], 485-510.
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Basaltic Rock Pozzolan
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Celik, K., M. D. Jackson, M. Mancio, C. Meral, A. M. Emwas, P. K. Mehta, P. J. M. Monteiro, 2014, High-volume natural volcanic
pozzolan and limestone powder as partial replacements for portland cement in self-compacting and sustainable concrete: Cement and Concrete Composites, 45, 136-147.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2013.09.003
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Structural Geology, Near Surface Intrusive and Volcanic Processes
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Jackson, M. D., 1998, Processes of laccolith emplacement in the southern Henry Mountains, Southeastern Utah: Laccolithic complexes of
southeastern Utah: Time of Emplacement and Tectonic Setting: In Workshop Proceedings: edited by J. D. Friedman and A. C. Huffman,
Jr., U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, n. 2158, p. 51-59.
Jackson, M. D., E. T. Endo, P. T. Delaney, T. Arnadottir, A. M. Rubin, 1992, Ground ruptures of the 1974 and 1983 Kaoiki
earthquakes, Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii: Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 8775-8796.
Jackson, M. D., D. D. Pollard, 1990, Flexure and faulting of sedimentary host rocks during growth of igneous domes, southern Henry
Mountains, Utah: Journal of Structural Geology, 12, 185-206.
Jackson, M. D., 1989, Book review of: Geology of the Henry Mountains, Utah, as recorded in the notebooks of G. K. Gilbert, C. B.
Hunt, editor, 1988, Geological Society of America Memoir 167: Economic Geology, 84, 206.
Jackson, M. D., D. D. Pollard, 1988, The laccolith-stock controversy: New results from the southern Henry Mountains, Utah: Reply:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100, 1657-1659.
Jackson, M. D., D. D. Pollard, 1988, The laccolith-stock controversy: New results from the southern Henry Mountains, Utah:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100[1], 117-139.
Jackson, M. D., and P. T. Delaney, 1985, Extension and contraction of faulted marker planes: Geology, 13, 569-572.
Boudier, F., A. Nicolas, M. Jackson, 1983, Structural study of the Balmuccia peridotite (Western Alps): a transition from mantle to
lower crust: Geologie en Mijnbow, 63, 179-188.
Nicolas, A., M. Jackson, 1982, High temperature dikes in peridotites: origin by hydraulic fracturing: Journal of Petrology, 23,
568-582.
Jackson, M. D., M. Ohnenstetter, 1981, Peridotite and gabbroic structures in the Monte Maggiore Massif, Alpine Corsica: Journal of
Geology, 89, 703-719.
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History of Science, Roman Construction Technologies
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Jackson, M. D., in press, Technological confidence in Roman architectural and maritime concrete production: Archivo Español de
Arqueología, Proceedings 5th International Workshop on the Archaeology of Roman Construction: Arquelogía de la Construcción V,
University of Oxford, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford, 11-12 April, 2015.
Jackson, M. D., C. K. Kosso, 2013, Scientia in republican era stone and concrete masonry: In A Companion to the Archaeology of
the Roman Republic, First Edition, edited by J. R. Evans. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. p. 268-284.
2013 PROSE Award, Honorable Mention, Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences, American Publishers for
Professional and Scholarly Excellence.
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Historic Stone and Concrete Masonry
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Zhao, P., M. D. Jackson, Y. Zhang, G. Li, P. J. M. Monteiro, L. Yang, 2015, Material characteristics of ancient Chinese lime binder and
experimental reproductions with organic admixtures: Construction and Building Materials, 84, 477-488.
doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.03.065
Delaney, I., M. Jackson, 2015, Geologic Setting of Picture Canyon, Flagstaff, Arizona: Plateau Magazine, Museum of Northern
Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, p. 6-11.
Howe, C., M. Jackson, C. Woolfit, 2010, Tuff Stone Masonry near Tower Hill in Victoria: Fragmentary Remains of Pioneer Settlement in
Australia: Journal of Architectural Conservation, 16[3], 91-109.
Jackson, M. D., 1999, Stone Landmarks, Flagstaff’s Geology and Historic Building Stones, Piedra Azul Press, Flagstaff,
Arizona.
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