Multi-tracer investigations and modelling revealed the structure and preferential flow paths of the Fontaine de Nîmes karst system. The research demonstrated how groundwater storage can initially attenuate rainfall-runoff, but how aquifer saturation and rapid conduit flow can subsequently amplify flash-flood response. These findings led to a hydrogeological forecasting approach for karst floods.
Interview with France 3 reporters at the Mazauric Cave (Fontaine-de-Nîmes) monitoring station
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Karst flash-flood forecasting in the city of Nimes (southern France)
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