Fontaine de Nimes karst system
Study of flash floods in an urban karst system under Mediterranean climate
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Location: Nimes city, Occitanie region, France
Elevation: 55 - 120 masl
Geology: Cretaceous limestone
Aquifer type: karst aquifer
Scientific question: " What is the role of groundwater during floods "
Fontaine de Nimes is par of SNO Karst
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Key findings
Hydrogeological model
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Related publications
Karst flash-flood forecasting in the city of Nimes (southern France)
Perrine Fleury, Jean-Christophe Marechal, Bernard Ladouche
Engineering Geology, vol. 164, 2013 Sep, pp. 26--35
Hydrogeological analysis of groundwater contribution to the 6-8 September 2005 flash flood in Nimes
Jean-Christophe Marechal, Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Doerfliger
HOUILLE BLANCHE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE L EAU, 2009, pp. 88--93
Karst flash flooding in a Mediterranean karst, the example of Fontaine de Nimes
Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Dorfliger
Engineering Geology, vol. 99, 2008, pp. 138--146