Domaines de recherche :

• Eaux souterraines (Groundwater)
• Modélisation numérique (Numerical Modelling)
• Interactions eaux de surface et eaux souterraines (Groundwater - surface water interactions)
• Hydrogéologie des milieux fracturés (Fractured rock hydrology)
• Géothermie (Geothermal energy)

Project financés en cours (Currently funded research projects) 

Liens/Links

HydroGeoSphere Web Site

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société

(GIREF) Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Éléments Finis de l'Université Laval

Publications

Rapport/Reports

• Therrien, R., R.G. McLaren, E.A. Sudicky, S. Panday, 2010. HydroGeoSphere: A Three-dimensional Numerical Model Describing Fully-integrated Subsurface and Surface Flow and Solute Transport, [User’s Guide].
• Grasby, S.E., Allen, D.M., Bell, S., Chen, Z., Ferguson, G., Jessop, A., Kelman, M., Ko, M., Majorowicz, J., Moore, M., Raymond, J, Therrien, R., 2011. Geothermal Energy Resource Potential of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 6914, 322pp. [Téléchargement] [Download]
• Royal Society of Canada (RSC), 2010. Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada’s Oil Sands Industry, 414 pp. (Expert Panel in alphabetical order : P. Gosselin, S.E. Hrudey, M.A. Naeth, A. Plourde, R. Therrien, G. van der Kraak, Z. Xu) - [Executive Summary (1.6 MB)]  [Full Report (9MB)]
• Council of Canadian Academies (CAC), 2009. The sustainable management of groundwater in Canada, Expert Panel on Groundwater, 254 pp. (Expert Panel in alphabetical order : J.P. Bruce, W. Cunningham, R.A Freeze, R.W. Gillham, S. Gordon, S. Holysh, S.E. Hrudey, W. Logan, K.T. MacQuarrie, P. Muldoon, L. Nowlan, J. Pomeroy, S. Renzetti, B. Sherwood-Lollar, R. Therrien) [Version française] [English Version]

Livre/Book

• Rausch, R, W Schäfer, R Therrien, C Wagner, 2005. Solute transport Modelling : An Introduction to Models and Solution Strategies.

Publications depuis 2005 (Publications since 2005) 

• Blessent D, R Therrien, J-M Lemieux, Inverse modeling of hydraulic tests in fractured crystalline rock based on a transition probability geostatistical approach, accepted for publication in Water Resources Research.
• Bonton A, C Bouchard, A Rouleau, MJ Rodriguez, R Therrien. Calibration and validation of an integrated nitrate transport model within a well capture zone, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.
• Calderhead AI, R Martel, A Rivera, J Garfias, R Therrien, Pumping dry: An increasing groundwater budget deficit induced by urbanization, industrialization, and climate change in an over-exploited volcanic aquifer, Environmental Earth Sciences.
• Blessent D, R Therrien, CW Gable, 2011. Large-scale numerical simulation of groundwater flow and solute transport in discretely-fractured crystalline bedrock, Advances in Water Resources, vol 34, Issue 12, 1539-1552.
• Raymond J, R Therrien, L Gosselin, R Lefebvre, 2011. Numerical simulation of geothermal energy transfer beneath exothermic waste rock piles, HVAC&R Research, vol 17, no 6, Special Issue.
• Partington D, P Brunner. CT Simmons, R Therrien, AD Werner, GC Dandy, HR Maier 2011. A hydraulic mixing-cell method to quantify groundwater discharge within spatially distributed fully integrated surface water - groundwater flow models, Environmental Modelling & Software, vol 26, Issue 7, 886-898.
• Raymond J, R Therrien, L Gosselin, R Lefebvre, 2011. A review of thermal response test analysis using pumping test concepts, Review Paper, Ground Water, vol 49, Issue 6, 932-945.
• Raymond J, R Therrien, L Gosselin, 2011. Borehole temperature evolution during thermal response tests, Geothermics, vol 4, Issue 1, 69-78.
• Calderhead AI, Therrien R, Rivera A, Martel R, Garfias J, 2011. Simulating pumping-induced regional land subsidence with the use of InSAR and field data in the Toluca Valley, Mexico, Advances in Water Resources, vol 34, Issue 1, 83-97.
• Raymond J, Therrien R, Gosselin L, Lefebvre R, 2011. Numerical analysis of thermal response test using groundwater flow and heat transport modeling, Renewable Energy, vol 36, Issue 1, 31-324.
• Burns ER, Bentley LR, Therrien R, Deutsch CV, 2010. Upscaling facies models to preserve connectivity of designated facies, Hydrogeology Journal.
• Brunner P, CT Simmons, PG Cook, R Therrien, 2010. Modeling Surface Water Groundwater Interaction Using MODFLOW: Some Important Considerations, Ground Water, vol 48, no 2, 174-180.
• Cloutier V, R Lefebvre, MM Savard, R Therrien, 2010. Desalination of a sedimentary rock aquifer system invaded by Pleistocene Champlain Sea water and processes controlling groundwater geochemistry, Envir. Earth Sciences, vol 59, no 5,  977-994.
• Goderniaux P, S Brouyère, HJ Fowler, S Blenkinsop, R Therrien, P Orban, A Dassargues, 2009. Large scale surface-subsurface hydrological model to assess climate change impacts on groundwater reserves, Journal of Hydrology, vol 373, no 1-2, 122-138.
• Lemieux J-M, D Kirkwood, R Therrien. 2009. Fracture network analysis of the St-Eustache Quarry, Québec, Canada, for groundwater resources management. Can. Geotech. J., 46(7): 828–841.
• Blessent D, R Therrien, K MacQuarrie, 2009. Coupling geological and numerical models to simulate groundwater flow and mass transport in fractured media, Computers & Geosciences, vol 35, no 9, 1897-1906.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2009. Stable-unstable flow of geothermal fluids in fractured rock, Geofluids, vol 9, no 2, 138-152.
• Bernardez L, R Therrien, R Lefebvre, R Martel, 2009. Simulating the injection of micellar solutions to recover diesel in a sand column, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol 103, no 3-4, 99-108.
• Rosenbom A, R Therrien, JC Refsgaard, KH Jensen, V Ernstsena, KES Klinta, 2009. Numerical Analysis of Water and Solute Transport in Variably-Saturated Fractured Clayey Till, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol 104, no 1-4, 137-152.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2008. A test case for the simulation of three-dimensional variable-density flow and solute transport in discretely-fractured porous media, Advances in Water Resources, vol 31, no 10, 1352-1363.
• Cloutier V, R Lefebvre, R Therrien, MM Savard, 2008. Multivariate statistical analysis of geochemical data as indicative of the hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in a sedimentary rock aquifer system, Journal of Hydrology, vol 353, no 3-4, 294-313.
• Weatherill D, T Graf, CT Simmons, PG Cook, R Therrien, D Reynolds, 2008. Discretising the fracture-matrix interface to simulate solute transport, Ground Water, vol 46, no 4, 606-615.
• Raymond J, R Therrien, 2008. Low-temperature geothermal potential of the flooded Gaspé Mines, Québec, Canada, Geothermics, vol 37, no 2, 189-210.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2008. A method to discretize non-planar fractures for 3D subsurface flow and transport simulations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol 56, no 11, 2069-2090.
• Savard C, G Beaudoin, R Therrien, 2007. Numerical modeling of 3D fluid flow and oxygen isotope exchange in fractured media: spatial distribution of isotope patterns, Geofluids, vol 7, no 4, 387-400.
• Paradis D, R Martel, G Karanta, R Lefebvre, Y Michaud, R Therrien, M Nastev, 2007. Comparative study of methods for WHPA delineation, Ground Water vol. 45, No. 2: 158-167.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2007. Coupled thermohaline groundwater flow and single-species reactive solute transport in fractured porous media, Advances in Water Resources, vol 30, no 4, 742-771.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2007. Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in irregular 2D fracture networks, Advances in Water Resources, vol 30, no 3, 455-468.
• Cey E, D Rudolph, R Therrien, 2006. Simulation of groundwater recharge dynamics in partially saturated fractured soils incorporating spatially variable fracture apertures, Water Resources Research, vol. 42, W09413.
• Beaudoin G, R Therrien, C Savard, 2006. 3D numerical modelling of fluid flow in the Val-d’Or orogenic gold district: major crustal shear zones drain fluids from overpressured vein fields, Mineralium Deposita, vol 41, no 1, 82–98.
• Cloutier V, R Lefebvre, MM Savard, E Bourque, R Therrien, 2006. Hydrogeochemistry and groundwater origin of the Basses-Laurentides sedimentary rock aquifer system, St. Lawrence Lowlands, Québec, Canada, Hydrogeo. Jour., vol 14, no 4, 573-590.
• Lemieux J-M, R Therrien, D Kirkwood, 2006. Small scale study of groundwater flow in a fractured carbonate-rock aquifer at the St-Eustache quarry, Québec, Canada, Hydrogeology Journal, vol 14, no 4, 603-612.
• Descamps G, P Therrien, R Therrien, 2006. An interactive and open approach for the analysis and diffusion of geoscientific data, Computer & Geoscience, vol 32, no 5, 643-655.
• Graf T, R Therrien, 2005. Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in porous media containing nonuniform discrete fractures, Advances in Water Resources, vol 28, no 12, 1351-1367.
• Martel R, S Foy, L Saumure, A Roy, R Lefebvre, R Therrien, U Gabriel, P Gélinas, 2005. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) recovery under a building with an in situ technology using micellar solutions, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol 42, no 3, 932-948.