Ernest Henry Rutter (born January 1946 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK) is a British geologist and geophysicist.
His doctoral thesis is entitled An experimental study of the factors affecting the rheological properties of rock in simulated geological environments.
[3] While still a graduate student, he was put in charge of developing Imperial College London's Rock Deformation Laboratory, where he worked closely with the mechanical technician Robert Holloway.
[2] Near the beginning of his career, Rutter did important research on chemical influence of pore water on rock deformations (including pressure-dependent solubility).
[1] His field studies with Daniel R. Faulkner in the Cordilleras Béticas identified enormous pore water pressure variability in clay-bearing fault gouges.