Jackson Stone Borchardt
Jackson is a Research Geologist (Mendenhall) with the GMEG Science Center. He is currently specializing in igneous petrology at the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science center in the Moffett Field, CA field office.
Jackson is a geologist broadly interested in how different types of magmas form, how these magmas chemically evolve as they cool, and what causes magmas to erupt or stall in the interior of the Earth. He uses combinations of detailed field mapping, geochemistry, and simple analytical modeling to answer these questions. He has been involved in a diverse assortment of projects over his career, examining problems ranging from how fault kinematics control vein gold grade, the start of the Yellowstone hotspot, the origin of Large Igneous Provinces, and variations in the crustal thickness of Mars. Currently, his research focuses on how changing magma compositions control the formation of ore deposits critical to the United States economy.