Selected publications


...the English ones


Water management and the circular economy: a critical analysis of the emergence of a dominant paradigm


Noémie Neverre, Nassim Ait-Mouheb, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Marcel Kuper, Jean-Philippe Venot

International Journal of Water Resources Development, vol. 0, Routledge, 2026, pp. 1--18


Climate-change-induced seismicity: The recent onset of seasonal microseismicity at the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc Massif, France/Italy


Verena Simon, Toni Kraft, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Agnès Helmstetter, Tobias Diehl

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 666, 2025 Sep, p. 119372


Hysteresis of submarine karst springs reveals tipping points in flow reversal and saline intrusion phenomena


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche, Claudine Lamotte, Benoit Dewandel, Vivien Hakoun, Pierre Perrochet

Communications Earth \& Environment, vol. 6, 2025 Aug, p. 697


Managed groundwater recharge at the farm scale in pre-Saharan Morocco


Y. Khardi, G. Lacombe, B. Dewandel, A. Taky, J.-C. Maréchal, A. Hammani, S. Bouarfa

Proceedings of IAHS, vol. 385, 2024, pp. 47--52


XLKarst, an Excel tool for time series analysis, spring recession curve analysis and classification of karst aquifers


Vincent Bailly-Comte, Bernard Ladouche, Jean-Baptiste Charlier, Vivien Hakoun, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 31, 2023 Dec, pp. 2401--2415


Computing natural recharge using the water-table fluctuation method: where to site an observation well


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Pierre Perrochet, Yvan Caballero

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 31, 2023 Nov, pp. 1991--1995


Dataset on onshore groundwaters and offshore submarine spring of a Mediterranean karst aquifer during flow reversal and saltwater intrusion


Bernard Ladouche, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Claudine Lamotte, Vincent Durand, Vincent Bailly-Comte, Vivien Hakoun

Data in Brief, vol. 50, 2023 Oct


Heat Tracing in a Fractured Aquifer with Injection of Hot and Cold Water


Richard Hoffmann, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Adrien Selles, Alain Dassargues, Pascal Goderniaux

Groundwater, vol. 60, 2022, pp. 192-209


Role of Reef-Flat Plate on the Hydrogeology of an Atoll Island: Example of Rangiroa


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Vivien Hakoun, Pauline Corbier

Water, vol. 14, 2022


The Multiscale TROPIcal CatchmentS critical zone observatory M-TROPICS datas et III: Hydro-geochemical monitoring of the Mule Hole catchment, south India


Jean Riotte, Laurent Ruiz, Stephane Audry, Jean-Pierre Bedimo Bedimo, Jean-Jacques Braun, Bernard Dupre, Christelle Lagane, Jean-Christophe Marechal, Hemanth Moger, Mandalagiri Subbarayappa Mohan Kumar, Murari Varma, Muddu Sekhar

Hydrological Processes, vol. 35, 2021


The Multiscale TROPIcal Catchments critical zone observatory M-TROPICS dataset {I: The Nyong River Basin, Cameroon


Stephane Audry, Henriette Ateba Bessa, Jean-Pierre Bedimo Bedimo, Jean-Loup Boeglin, Laurie Boithias, Jean-Jacques Braun, Bernard Dupre, Mikael Faucheux, Christelle Lagane, Jean-Christophe Marechal, Jules Remy Ndam-Ngoupayou, Bernadette Nka Nnomo, Justin Nlozoa, Jean-Claude Ntonga, Olivier Ribolzi, Jean Riotte, Emma Rochelle-Newall, Laurent Ruiz

Hydrological Processes, vol. 35, 2021


Mapping Economic Feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Madjid Bouzit, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Fanny Moiroux, Jean-François Desprats, Yvan Caballero

Water, vol. 12, 2020


A drop does not fall in a straight line: a rationale for the width of stalagmites


Justine Parmentier, Sophie Lejeune, Maxime Maréchal, François Bourges, Dominique Genty, Vincent Terrapon, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Tristan Gilet

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 475, 2019 Nov, p. 20190556


Managed Aquifer Recharge in fractured crystalline rock aquifers: Impact of horizontal preferential flow on recharge dynamics


Madeleine Nicolas, Olivier Bour, Adrien Selles, Benoit Dewandel, Vincent Bailly-Comte, Subash Chandra, Shakeel Ahmed, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 573, 2019 Jun, pp. 717--732


An Observatory of Groundwater in Crystalline Rock Aquifers Exposed to a changing Environment : Hyderabad, India


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Adrien Selles, Benoit Dewandel, Alexandre Boisson, Jerome Perrin, Shakeel Ahmed

Vadose Zone Journal, vol. 17, 2018 Nov


Insights about transport mechanisms and fracture flow channeling from multi-scale observations of tracer dispersion in shallow fractured crystalline rock


N. Guihéneuf, O. Bour, A. Boisson, T. {Le Borgne}, M.W. Becker, B. Nigon, M. Wajiduddin, S. Ahmed, J.-C. Maréchal

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol. 206, 2017, pp. 18-33


ESPERE A Multiple-Method Microsoft Excel Application for Estimating Aquifer Recharge


Sandra Lanini, Yvan Caballero, Jean-Jacques Seguin, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Groundwater, vol. 54, 2016 Apr, pp. 155--156


Investigation of recharge dynamics and flow paths in a fractured crystalline aquifer in semi-arid India using borehole logs: implications for managed aquifer recharge


M. Alazard, A. Boisson, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, J. Perrin, B. Dewandel, T. Schwarz, M. Pettenati, G. Picot-Colbeaux, W. Kloppman, S. Ahmed

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 24, 2016 Feb, pp. 35--57


Determining the vertical evolution of hydrodynamic parameters in weathered and fractured south Indian crystalline-rock aquifers: insights from a study on an instrumented site


Alexandre Boisson, Nicolas Guihéneuf, Jérôme Perrin, Olivier Bour, Benoit Dewandel, Amélie Dausse, Mathieu Viossanges, Shakeel Ahmed, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 23, 2015 Jun, pp. 757--773


Questioning the impact and sustainability of percolation tanks as aquifer recharge structures in semi-arid crystalline context


Alexandre Boisson, David Villesseche, Mathieu Baisset, Jérome Perrin, Matthieru Viossanges, W. Kloppmann, Shandra Chandra, Benoit Dewandel, G. Picot-Colbeaux, R. Rangarajan, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Shakeel Ahmed

Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 73, 2015 Jun, pp. 7711--7721


Identifying the impact of climate and anthropic pressures on karst aquifers using wavelet analysis


Jean-Baptiste Charlier, Bernard Ladouche, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 523, 2015 Apr, pp. 610-623


Analytical Solution for Modeling Discharge into a Tunnel Drilled in a Heterogeneous Unconfined Aquifer


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Sandra Lanini, Bertrand Aunay, Pierre Perrochet

Groundwater, vol. 52, 2014, pp. 597-605


Diagnostic Plots Applied to Well-Tests in Karst Systems


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche, Benoît Dewandel, Perrine Fleury, Nathalie Dörfliger

Jacques Mudry, François Zwahlen, Catherine Bertrand, James W. LaMoreaux, H2Karst Research in Limestone Hydrogeology, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2014, pp. 127--137


Groundwater flows in weathered crystalline rocks: Impact of piezometric variations and depth-dependent fracture connectivity


Nicolas Guihéneuf, Alexandre Boisson, Olivier Bour, Benoit Dewandel, Jerome Perrin, A.mélie Dausse, Matthieu Viossanges, Shandra Chandra, Shakeel Ahmed, Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 511, 2014, pp. 320-334


Representation of water abstraction from a karst conduit with numerical discrete-continuum models


Thomas Reimann, Markus Giese, Tobias Geyer, R. Liedl, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, W. B. Shoemaker

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 18, 2014, pp. 227--241


Semi-distributed lumped model of a karst system under active management


Ladouche Bernard, Marechal Jean-Christophe, Dorfliger Nathalie

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 509, 2014 Feb, pp. 215-230


Karst flash-flood forecasting in the city of Nimes (southern France)


Perrine Fleury, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche

Engineering Geology, vol. 164, 2013 Sep, pp. 26--35


Assessing water availability in a semi-arid watershed of southern India using a semi-distributed model


Jérôme Perrin, Sylvain Ferrant, Sylvain Massuel, Benoit Dewandel, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Stéphanie Aulong, Shakeel Ahmed

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 460, 2012 Aug, pp. 143--155


The Mont-Blanc road tunnel: example of groundwater observatory in the Alps


Jean-Christophe Maréchal

La Houille Blanche, 2012 Jan, pp. 44--50


Deep groundwater flow as the main pathway for chemical outputs in a small headwater watershed (Mule Hole, South India)


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Jean Riotte, Christelle Lagane, S. Subramanian, C. Kumar, Laurent Ruiz, Stéphane Audry, M.R.R. Varma, Jean-Jacques Braun

Applied Geochemistry, vol. 26, 2011, pp. S94-S96


Hydrological processes of a rainforest headwater swamp from natural chemical tracing in Nsimi watershed, Cameroon


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Jean-Jacques Braun, Jean Riotte, Jean-Pierre Bedimo Bedimo, Jean-Loup Boeglin

Hydrological Processes, vol. 25, 2011, pp. 2246-2260


Estimating aquifer thickness using multiple pumping tests


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Jean-Michel Vouillamoz, M S Mohan Kumar, Benoit Dewandel

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 18, 2010, pp. 1787--1796


Editor's message: the sunk cost fallacy of deep drilling


Jean-Christophe Maréchal

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 18, 2010 Mar, pp. 287--289


Water balance modelling in a tropical watershed under deciduous forest (Mule Hole, India): Regolith matric storage buffers the groundwater recharge process


Laurent Ruiz, Murari R.R. Varma, M. S.Mohan Kumar, M. Sekhar, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Marc Descloitres, Jean Riotte, Sat Kumar, C. Kumar, Jean Jacques Braun

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 380, 2010 Jan, pp. 460--472


Indirect and direct recharges in a tropical forested watershed: Mule Hole, India


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Murari R R Varma, Jean Riotte, Jean-Michel Vouillamoz, M S Mohan Kumar, Laurent Ruiz, Muddu Sekhar, Jean-Jacques Braun

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 364, 2009 Jan, pp. 272--284


Interpretation of pumping tests in a mixed flow karst system


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Dorfliger, Patrick Lachassagne

Water Resources Research, vol. 44, 2008


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


A generalized 3D geological and hydrogeological conceptual model of granite aquifers controlled by single or multiphase weathering


Benoit Dewandel, Patrick Lachassagne, Robert Wyns, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, N.S. S. Krishnamurthy

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 330, 2006 Oct, pp. 260--284


Combined estimation of specific yield and natural recharge in a semi-arid groundwater basin with irrigated agriculture


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Benoit Dewandel, Shakeel Ahmed, Laurent Galeazzi, Faizal K Zaidi

Journal of Hydrology, vol. 329, 2006 Sep, pp. 281--293


Vertical anisotropy of hydraulic conductivity in the fissured layer of hard-rock aquifers due to the geological patterns of weathering profiles


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Robert Wyns, Patrick Lachassagne, K Subrahmanyam

Journal of the Geological Society of India, vol. 63, 2004, pp. 545--550


Use of hydraulic tests at different scales to characterize fracture network properties in the weathered-fractured layer of a hard rock aquifer


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Benoit Dewandel, K Subrahmanyam

Water Resources Research, vol. 40, 2004 Nov


Vertical anisotropy of hydraulic conductivity in fissured layer of hard-rock aquifers due to the geological structure of weathering profiles


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Robert Wyns, Patrick Lachassagne, K Subrahmanyam, Frédéric Touchard

Comptes Rendus Geoscience, vol. 335, 2003, pp. 451--460


Theoretical relation between water flow rate in a vertical fracture and rock temperature in the surrounding massif


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Pierre Perrochet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 194, 2001, pp. 213--219


Long-term simulations of thermal and hydraulic characteristics in a mountain massif: The Mont Blanc case study, French and Italian Alps


Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Pierre Perrochet, Laurent Tacher

Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 7, 1999, pp. 341--354