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Dr. James W. Rice, Jr., Astrogeologist NASA Ames Research Center

Ph.D. Arizona State Univ.
M.S. Northeast Louisiana Univ.
B.S. Univ. of Alabama

Conducted Mars Geologic Analog Investigations on Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica and Arctic.

Education:

		Ph.D. Arizona State University, 1997, Dissertation Title:
		Aqueous Sedimentary Basins On Mars
		M.S. Northeast Louisiana University, 1994, Thesis Title:
                Geologic Mapping Of The Darvel and Montevallo Regions of
                ChrysePlanitia, Mars
		B.S. University of Alabama, 1984

Employment:


1995-1997	Lecturer  and Lab Instructor of Geology and Astronomy,
                Adjunct Faculty Maricopa County Community College System.

1989-1994      Organization: NASA Graduate Student Fellowship/Arizona
               State University
               Position: Astrogeologist

Tasks: Photogeological analysis of selected regions of Arizona (McDowell Mountains, Parker Dune Field, and Lower Gila and Salt Rivers) and Pinacates Volcanic Region of Mexico. These studies included field investigations to verify ground truth, collect samples, and confirm aerial photographic observations of various landforms such as alluvial fans, barchan dune fields, volcanic constructs and lava flows, and fluvial geomorphic assemblages. Conducted research and analysis of ancient sedimentary deposits on Mars, to be used for selection of future landing sites to satisfy geological and exobiological science issues. The NASA Planetary Geology research involves extensive use and analysis of orbital imagery data sets of Mars. Conducted geological field work in Antarctica as a member of the first joint NASA-Russian Science Expedition to the Bunger Hills Oasis. Extensive aerial photographic research was conducted to plan sample traverses and assess regional geology of this region of Eastern Antarctica. During this expedition I was also a member of the SCUBA Diving Team. This involved underwater exploration and sampling of the ice-covered lakes in this area of Antarctica. Assisted in completion of the Mars Landing Site Catalog. Co-Author of 1:15,000,000 scale geologic map of Callisto, a Jovian satellite, and conducted global crater density calculations of geologic units for this moon. This map is in press for the U.S.G.S.

1988-1993	Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology
                Headquarters
		Position: Astrogeologist

Tasks: Co-Investigator with Dave Scott conducting research on: Martian Lacustrine Basins and Reassessment of Fluvial History. Conducted research on Martian drainage morphology and basin analysis. Assisted Scott and Tanaka on 1:5,000,000 scale geologic map of the Elysium Region of Mars. Worked with Scott on photogeological analysis of Viking Orbiter images of Northern plains features (polygonal terrain, whorls, mottled terrain, dunes, etc.), southern cratered highlands and valley networks on Mars. Conducted a study on possible Martian pingos in association with paleolake basins. Computer assisted image searches were utilized for this aspect of the investigation. Analyzed Landsat imagery of Antarctica Dry Valleys and Utah's Lake Bonneville Region. This research was conducted to assess these regions viability as candidate analog field sites for Martian geomorphic process studies. Worked with Dr. Masursky on Martian nomenclature study; proposed and had approved by the IAU, nomenclature for channels and craters on Mars.

1987 	Organization: SRS Technologies (NASA Contractor)
	Position: Astrogeologist

Tasks: Conducted research and analysis for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Manned Mars Mission Study. Duties ranged from evaluating potential landing sites, Martian dust storm analysis, surface science requirements, mission operations and planning integration. This work also involved delivery of oral presentations to NASA managers and contractors on a regular basis.

Professional Service:

Convener of Mars Polar Conference, 1998.
Organizing Committee Member: 2001 Mars Surveyor Landing
		Site Workshop, January, 1998.

Geological Field Team Member: NASA Scientific Expedition to Devon
		Island, High Arctic Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997
                Field Season.

Geological Field Team Member of Marsokhod Rover Tests in Northern
		Arizona, November, 1996.

Science Advisory Committee Member: Mars The Next
		Frontier for potential Television Series to be produced by
	        Oregon Public Broadcasting System, 1996.

Convener for Field Trips to the Channeled Scabland for Mars
		Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II: Characteristics of
                the Ares Vallis Region and Field Trips in the
                Channeled Scabland, Washington, September, 1995.

Geological Field Team Member: Channeled Scabland, Washington, June,
		1995.

Convener of NASA Conference and Field Trips entitled: Paleolacustrine
		Basins: Earth and Mars.  Field Trips to Paleolake
		Bonneville Region, Utah, September, 1992.

Geological Field Team Member and SCUBA Diving Team Member: First
		Joint U.S./Russian Scientific Expedition to The Bunger
    		Hills Oasis, Eastern Antarctica, 1991-1992 Field Season.

Publications:

	Journal Papers
 Rice, J.W., Jr., 1997, Ice Covered Lakes and Streams on Mars: Terrestrial
Polar Analogs and Processes, submitted, 7th International Permafrost
Conference, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

	Parker, T.J. and J.W. Rice, Jr., 1997, Sedimentary Geomorphology
of the Ares Vallis Site, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 102, No. E11, p.
25,641-25,656.

	Rice, J.W., Jr. and K.S. Edgett, 1997, Catastrophic Flood
Sediments in Chryse Basin, Mars, and Quincy Basin, Washington: Application
of Sandar Facies Model, Mars Pathfinder Special Issue, J. Geophys.
Res.
Vol. 102, No. E2, p. 4185-4200.

	     Wharton, R.A., Crosby, J.M., McKay, C.P., and Rice, J.W., 
Jr., 1995, Paleolakes on Mars, Journal of Paleolimnology, 13, p.
267-283.

     Scott, D.H., Chapman, M.G.,  Rice, J.W., Jr., and Dohm, J.M.,
1992, New Evidence of Lacustrine Basins on Mars: Amazonis and
Utopia Planitiae, Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference XXII, p. 53-62.

	     Scott, D.H. , Rice, J.W., Jr., and Dohm, J.M., 1991, Martian
Lacustrine Basins and Reassessment of Fluvial History:
Exobiologic Implications, Origin of Life and Evolution of the
Biosphere, 21, p. 189-198.

	U.S. Geological Survey Maps
	Rice, J. W., Jr., and R. A. DeHon, 1996, Geologic Map of the
Darvel Quadrangle, Maja Valles Region, Mars, 1:500,000 scale, U. S.
Geol. Surv. Misc. Inv. Series 	Map I-2432.

	     Scott, D. H., J. M. Dohm, and J. W. Rice, Jr.,  1995, Map
Showing Channels and Possible Paleolake Basins, U.S. Geol. Surv.
Misc. Inv. Series Map I-2461.

	     Bender, K.R., Rice, J.W., Jr., Wilhelms, D., and Greeley, R.,
Geologic Map of Callisto, U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Inv.
Series Map, 1:15,000,000 scale, in press.



            Edited Volumes
	Golombek, M. P., K. S. Edgett, and J. W. Rice, Jr., eds., 1995a,
Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II: Characteristics of the
Ares Vallis Region and Field 	Trips in the Channeled Scabland,
Washington, LPI Tech. Rept. 95-01, Part 1,  	63pp., Lunar and Planetary
Institute, Houston, Texas.

	Golombek, M. P., K. S. Edgett, and J. W. Rice, Jr., eds., 1995b,
Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II: Characteristics of the
Ares Vallis Region and Field 	Trips in the Channeled Scabland,
Washington, LPI Tech. Rept. 95-01, Part 2,  	47pp., Lunar and Planetary
Institute, Houston, Texas.

	Dissertation
	     Rice, J.W., Jr., 1997, Aqueous Sedimentary Basins on Mars,
Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

	Thesis
	Rice, J. W., Jr., 1994, The Geologic Mapping of the Darvel and
Montevallo Regions of Chryse Planitia, Mars, M.S. Thesis, 53 p.,
Northeast Louisiana Univ., Monroe, Louisiana.

	Abstracts
	      Rice, J.W., Jr., P. Lee, J. Schutt, and A. Zent, 1997,
Periglacial Geomorphic Investigations: Devon Island, Northwest
Territories, Canada, submitted to AGU 1997 Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.

              Rice, J. W., Jr., 1996, Elysium Basin, Mars: Intermittent or
Perennial Lake from Noachian to Amazonian Time, in Conference on Early
Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution, Physical and Chemical
Environments, and the Implications for Life, edited by S. M. Clifford, A.
H. Treiman, H. E. Newsome, and J. D. Farmer, LPI Contribution No. 916, p.
68-69, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

                  Rice, J. W., Jr.,  1996, Getting the First Crack at
Noachian Clasts and Sediments: A Pathfinder's Propsectus, in Conference on
Early Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution, Physical and Chemical
Environments, and the Implications for Life, edited by S. M. Clifford, A.
H. Treiman, H. E. Newsome, and J. D. Farmer, LPI Contribution No. 916, p.
69-70, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J.W., Jr., 1996, Candidate Parent Craters for the
Martian Meterorite ALH84001, Bulletin of the American
Astronomical Society,  v. 28, no. 3, p. 1058.

	Rice, J.W., Jr., 1995, The Geologic Mapping of the Ares Vallis
Region, in  Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II:
Characteristics of the Ares Vallis Region and Field Trips in the
Channeled Scabland, Washington, edited by M. P. Golombek, K. S.
Edgett, and J. W. Rice, Jr., LPI Tech. Rept. 95-01, Part 1, p. 	24,
Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

	Rice, J.W., Jr. and Edgett, K.S., 1995, Facies on Mars: A Model
for the Chryse Basin Outflow Sediments Based on Analog Studies of
Icelandic Sandar and the Ephrata Fan of the Channeled Scabland,
Washington, in Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II:
Characteristics of the Ares Vallis Region and Field Trips in the
Channeled Scabland, Washington, edited by M. P. Golombek, K. S. Edgett,
and J.W. Rice, Jr., LPI Tech. Rept. 95-01, Part 1, pp. 24-25, Lunar and
Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

           	Rice, J.W., Jr., and K.S. Edgett, 1995, A Sojourner's
Prospectus: Provenance of Flood-Transported Clasts at the Mars
Pathfinder Landing Site, in Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop II:
Characteristics of the Ares Vallis Region and Field Trips in the
Channeled Scabland, Washington, edited by M.P. Golomek, K.S. Edgett,
and J.W. Rice, Jr., LPI Tech. Rept. 95-01, Part 1, pp. 25-26, Lunar and
	Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

	Edgett, K.S. and J.W. Rice, Jr., 1995, Very Young Volcanic,
Lacustrine, and Fluvial Features of the Cerberus and Elysium Basin
Region, Mars: Where to Send the 1999 Mars Surveyor Lander, Lunar
and Planetary Science Conference XXVI, p. 357-358, Lunar and
Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

           	Rice, J. W., Jr., 1994, Maja Valles and the Chryse Outflow
Complex Sites, in Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop, edited
by M. P. Golombek, LPI Tech. Rept. 94-04, p. 36, Lunar and Planetary
Institute, Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J. W., Jr., 1994, Marte Valles Site, in Mars Pathfinder
Landing Site Workshop, edited by M. P. Golombek, LPI Tech.
Rept. 94-04, p. 36, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

	Rice, J.W., Jr., 1994, Polar Beach Processes, Lunar Planetary
Science Conference XXV, p.1123-1124, Lunar and Planetary Institute,
Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J. W., Jr., 1993, The Martian Valley Networks: Origin
by Niveo-Fluvial Processes, Workshop on Early Mars , edited
by S. Squyres, MSATT LPI Tech Report 93-03: p. 22-23, Lunar and
Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J.W., Jr., 1992, Antarctic Lakes (Above and Beneath the
Ice Sheet): Analogs for Mars, in MSATT Workshop on the
Polar Regions of Mars: Geology, Glaciology, and Climate
History, LPI Tech. Rept. 92-08, Part I, p. 23-24, Lunar and Planetary
		Institute, Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J.W., Jr., 1990, Mars Rover and Sample Return Landing
Site at Maja Valles, Mars, NASA Landing Site Catalog, R. Greeley
(Ed.),  p. 51-53, NASA Reference Publication 1238.

	     Rice, J.W., Jr., 1989, The Geology of the Maja Valles Region,
Mars (MTM 20052), Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XX,
p. 898-899, Lunar and Planetary
		Institute, Houston, Texas.

	     Rice, J.W., Jr., Archibald, S.M., DeHon, R.A., 1989 , Lower
Maja Valles, NASA TM 4130, p. 325.

           Articles
	Edgett, K.S., J.W. Rice, Jr., M.P. Golombek, 1996, Scientists,
Educators Prepare for 	Mars Pathfinder Mission, Eos Transactions, AGU v.
77, no. 2, p. 9-10.