James Rice
Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
- Harvard University Center for the Environment
- Future of Energy at Harvard
- Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Office: Pierce 224 |
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.
EPS 202: Mechanics in Earth and Environmental Science
EPS 203: Earthquakes and Faulting
ES 162: Hydrology and Environmental Geomechanics
ES 220: Fluid Dynamics
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)


