Faculty Associates

James Rice

Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics

 
Office: Pierce 224
Assistant: Virginia Casas (617) 496-1456
Email: rice@seas.harvard.edu
Web: https://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/rice

Research Interests: 

Geomechanics including fluid interactions with earth materials and processes: Glacial hydrology and dynamics, rapid underflooding, origin of ice streams; Earthquake rupture dynamics, thermo-hydro-mechanical weakening along faults, landslide processes; Subsurface energy resources and extraction challenges.

Related Publications: 

Modeling slope instability as shear rupture propagation in a saturated porous medium. (2010)

Outburst flooding under ice sheets as turbulently driven hydraulic fracture. (2010)

Dilatant strengthening as a mechanism for slow slip events. (2010)

Thermo- and hydro-mechanical processes along faults during rapid slip. (2009)

Possible mechanisms for glacial earthquakes. (2008)

Faculty Department: 

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Environmental Courses: 

[Engineering Sciences 162. Hydrology and Environmental Geomechanics]
[Earth and Planetary Sciences 202. Mechanics in Earth and Environmental Science]
[Earth and Planetary Sciences 162. Hydrology and Environmental Geomechanics]

Research Areas: 

Harvard University
Center for the Environment
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Phone: (617) 495-0368

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