Table Of ContentAQUIFER SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
DARCY’S LEGACY IN A WORLD OF IMPENDING WATER SHORTAGE
SELECTED PAPERS ON HYDROGEOLOGY
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Series Editor: Dr. Nick S. Robins
Editor-in-Chief IAH Book Series
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROGEOLOGISTS
Aquifer Systems
Management
Darcy’s Legacy in a World of
Impending Water Shortage
Edited by
Laurence Chery
BRGM, The French Geological Survey, Orleans, France
Ghislain de Marsily
University Paris VI and French Academy of Sciences, Paris, France
LONDON / LEIDEN / NEW YORK / PHILADELPHIA / SINGAPORE
Cover photograph:Rosoir Spring as the source of Dijon’s water supply designed by Henry Darcy
Copyright cover photograph:Gilles Creuzot DIREN Bourgogne
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Aquifer systems management : Darcy’s legacy in a world of impending water shortage :
selected papers from the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Dijon
symposium, Dijon, France, 30 May-1 June 2006/edited by Laurence Chery.
p. cm. – (Selected papers on hydrogeology ; 10)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-415-44355-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Aquifers–Congresses. 2. Groundwater–
Management–Congresses. 3. Darcy, Henry, 1803–1858–Congresses. I. Chery, Laurence.
II. Darcy, Henry, 1803–1858. III. International Association of Hydrogeologists.
GB1199.A68 2007
551.19–dc22 2007013656
ISBN13: 978-0-415-44355-5 (Hbk)
ISBN for e-book: 978-0-203-93459-3
Contents
Preface xi
About the editors xix
PART I: A TRIBUTE TO HENRY DARCY’S LEGACY
Chapter 1. Henry Darcy (1803–1858): Immortalised by his scientific legacy 3
Craig Simmons
Chapter 2. Henry Darcy’s Public Fountains of the City of Dijon 25
Patricia Bobeck
PART II: THE MEASURE OF PERMEABILITY
Chapter 3. What grains can tell us about Darcy velocity 35
Maria Schafmeister
Chapter 4. Measuring porosity and permeability on drill cuttings 47
Roland Lenormand & Patrick Egermann
Chapter 5. The quest for permeability evaluation in wireline logging 55
Jean-Pierre Delhomme
Chapter 6. Aquifers imagery and hydrodynamic parameters estimation using proton
Magnetic Resonance Soundings 71
Jean-François Girard, Jean-Michel Baltassat, Marie Boucher,
Anatoly Legchenko, Jean-Michel Vouillamoz, Alexis Gutierrez,
Marie-Luce Noyer & Patrick Lachassagne
Chapter 7. Permeability measurements in argillaceous rocks at the
Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory, France 87
Jacques Delay
PART III: COMPLEX HYDROGEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
A. Large aquifers,assessment of the resource
Chapter 8. Great aquifer systems of the World 105
Jean Margat
Chapter 9. Alluvial aquifers in the North China plain 117
Zaisheng Han
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Chapter 10. Groundwater and the challenges for the future water supply of
the Republic of Djibouti in an arid climate (Horn of Africa) 127
Mohamed Jalludin
Chapter 11. Hydrogeological structure of the aquifer system in the Taoudenni
sedimentary basin, Burkina Faso 137
Johan Derouane & Denis Dakouré
Chapter 12. An assessment of the groundwater resources in the western margin
of the Taoudenni basin, Mauritania 149
François Bertone, Philippe Renard, Jaouher Kerrou, Patrice Moix &
Pierre Perrochet
Chapter 13. Groundwater modelling for conjunctive use patterns investigation
in the upper Central Plain of Thailand 161
Werapol Bejranonda, Sucharit Koontanakulvong,
Manfred Koch & Chokchai Suthidhummajit
Chapter 14. Modelling of the Saq aquifer system (Saudi Arabia) 175
Yves Barthélemy, Olivier Béon, Yves-Michel le Nindre,
Syed Munaf, Dominique Poitrinal, Alexis Gutierrez,
Michel Vandenbeusch, Abdullah Al Shoaibi & Marcus Wijnen
Chapter 15. Holocene and present recharge of the Saharan aquifers: A numerical
modelling study 191
Mohamedou Ould Baba Sy & Mustapha Besbes
Chapter 16. Vadose zone characterisation of a hydrogeologic system in a mountain
region: Serra da Estrela case study (Central Portugal) 207
Jorge Espinha Marques, João M. Duarte, Alfredo T. Constantino,
Armindo Afonso Martins, Carlos Aguiar, Fernando T. Rocha, Manuela Inácio,
José M. Marques, Helder I. Chaminé, José Teixeira, Javier Samper,
Frederico S. Borges & José M. Carvalho
B. Large aquifers,water salinity and its evolution with exploitation
Chapter 17. Reconstructing natural groundwater flow and geochemical
processes in a perturbed multi-layer aquifer system 225
Dallas Baird, Corinne Le Gal La Salle, Andrew Love &
Craig Simmons
Chapter 18. The Guaraní Aquifer System: state-of-the-art in Argentina 239
Ofelia Tujchneider, Marcela Perez, Marta Paris &
Mónica D’Elia
Chapter 19. Defining groundwater flow and mass vertical exchanges in a
regional aquifer system through geochemical modelling – Aquitaine
Basin, France 253
Laurent André, Michel Franceschi & Olivier Atteia
Contents vii
Chapter 20. Hydrogeology of Béni Abbès: potential, hydrodynamics and
influence on the palm field (Valley of Saoura, Algerian South-West) 269
Touhami Merzougui , Abderrahmane Mekkaoui, Hamidi Mansour &
Khadidja Graine-Tazrout
Chapter 21. Groundwater system compartmentalized by a tectonic zone in the
Kanto plain, central Japan 281
Masaya Yasuhara, Akihiko Inamura, Masaaki Takahashi, Takeshi Hayashi,
Hiroshi Takahashi, Masahiko Makino, Hiroko Handa & Toshio Nakamura
C. Karstic and carbonate aquifer systems
Chapter 22. Hydrogeological consequences of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in
the Rhone River basin, France 291
Rémi de La Vaissière, Frédéric Lalbat & Bernard Blavoux
Chapter 23. Hydrodynamic behaviour during pumping test and modelling
of the Cent Fonts karst system 303
Bernard Ladouche, Nathalie Dörfliger, Jean-Christophe Maréchal,
Patrick Lachassagne, Michel Bakalowicz, Irinia Valarie &
Philippe Lenoir
Chapter 24. Multidisciplinary approach to a karstic region for the use and protection
of the water resource. Application to the Causse de Sauveterre (South of
France) 317
Michel Lepiller, Bernard Blavoux, Stéphane Brusset, Laurent Bruxelles,
Laurent Danneville, Alain Mangin & Pierre Marchet
Chapter 25. Hydrogeological characterisation of the Oxfordian limestone at the
Bure URL 333
Martin Cruchaudet, Jacques Delay & Marc Distinguin
D. Geothermal aquifer systems
Chapter 26. Tracing high pH mineral waters ascribed to ultramafic rocks
(Central Portugal): Conceptual vsnumerical modelling 351
José M. Marques, Maria J. Matias, Paula M. Carreira,
M. Rosário Carvalho, Fraser Goff, Maria J. Basto, Rui C. Grac,a,
Mário Andrade, Luís Rocha & Luís Aires-Barros
Chapter 27. Fluid/mineral equilibrium calculations, isotopes and geophysics as
a multidisciplinary approach to the characterization of Monção
hydrothermal system (NW-Portugal) 365
Paula M. Carreira, José M. Marques, M. Rosário Carvalho,
Fernando A. Monteiro Santos, Hugo Matias, Rafael Luzio & Dina Nunes
Chapter 28. Predictive model for the management of thermal resources 379
Alain Dupuy, Ronan le Fanic & Pierre Pouchan
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E. Aquifer contamination studies
Chapter 29. Urban hydrogeology of the Paranhos sector, Porto city (NW Portugal):
A geoenvironmental perspective 391
Maria José Afonso, José M. Marques, Laura Guimarães, Isilda Costa,
José Teixeira, Clara Seabra, Fernando T. Rocha, Lúcia Guilhermino &
Helder I. Chaminé
Chapter 30. Modelling of chlorinated solvent transport and natural attenuation in
groundwater 407
Fabrice Quiot, Claire Rollin, Olivier Bour, Salvador Jordana,
Eduardo Ruiz, Jordi Guimerà, Jean Schwartz & Patrick Goblet
Chapter 31. Variable water saturation impact on sorption/desorption characteristics
of multiple species heavy metals from gold mining 419
Aksara Putthividhya & Srilert Chotpantarat
Chapter 32. Aquifer protection: A combined study of microstructure and transport
properties in clay-sand mixtures 435
Paolo Macini, Ezio Mesini & Rossella Viola
Chapter 33. Modelling aquifer salinity in the Potash Basin (Alsace) 445
Marie-Luce Noyer & Philippe Elsass
Chapter 34. A multidisciplinary approach for assessing the risk of seawater intrusion
in coastal aquifers: The case of the Roussillon Basin (France) 459
Bertrand Aunay, Nathalie Dörfliger, Cédric Duvail, Frédéric Grelot,
Paul Le Strat, Marielle Montginoul & Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
Chapter 35. Cost-Benefit analysis of the alternative scenarios for reducing
diffuse nitrogen pollution in the Seine River basin 471
Christophe Viavattene, Jean-Marie Monget, Emmanuel Ledoux &
Bernard Barraqué
Chapter 36. Integrating economic and groundwater models for developing long-term
nitrate concentration scenarios in a large aquifer 483
Nina Graveline, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Volker Segger, Hendrik Lambrecht,
Markus Casper, Philippe Elsass, Jost Grimm-Strele, Thomas Gudera, Remi
Koller & Paul Van Dijk
Chapter 37. Simplified vulnerability mapping of groundwater in the Seine-Normandy
Basin. Application to the BASOL sites 497
Vincent Mardhel, Annabel Gravier, Jean-Yorick Koch-Mathian,
Céline Nowak, Jean-Luc Terreyre, Mireille Raguet & Cécile Garnier
F. Aquifer monitoring systems and management rules
Chapter 38. Characterization of pesticide concentrations in the Craie du Nordaquifer
system 513
Didier Renard & Chantal de Fouquet
Contents ix
Chapter 39. Optimisation of groundwater monitoring networks: application of
geostatistics with case studies from a granitic aquifer in a semi-arid region 527
Shakeel Ahmed, Aadil Nabi, Shazrah Owais & Dewashish Kumar
Chapter 40. Use of piezometric networks for evaluating the quantitative status of
groundwater bodies: Example of the Seine-Normandy Basin in France 541
Jean-Francois Vernoux
Chapter 41. Taking groundwater into account in a drought plan 553
Philippe Verjus
Chapter 42. Risk map of high natural background of trace elements in the Water
Authority Rhône-Méditerranée & Corse basin 563
Agnès Brenot, Ariane Blum, Laurence Chery, Romain Sonney,
Laurent Cadilhac & Thomas Pelte
Chapter 43. Groundwater and Soil Water System for Norway based on daily
simulations and real-time observations 569
Hervé Colleuille, Stein Beldring, Zelalem Mengistu, Wai Kwok Wong &
Lars-Egil Haugen
Index 583
Author index 587
Series IAH-Selected Papers 589
