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Benoît Dewandel

Benoît Dewandel

Benoît Dewandel publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benoît Dewandel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Benoît Dewandel D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benoît Dewandel sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Benoît Dewandel is affiliated with the French Geological Survey in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Their expertise spans subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Geophysics.

The research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Benoît Dewandel has published in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Hydrogeology Journal
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
  • Water

Selected recent papers by Dewandel include:

  • Artificial aquifer recharge and pumping: transient analytical solutions for hydraulic head and impact on streamflow rate based on the spatial superposition method, 2021, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Improving our ability to model crystalline aquifers using field data combined with a regionalized approach for estimating the hydraulic conductivity field, 2021, Journal of Hydrology

Other recent papers from their coauthors or related research include:

  • Review: Hydrogeology of weathered crystalline/hard-rock aquifers-guidelines for the operational survey and management of their groundwater resources, 2021, Hydrogeology Journal
  • Improving the Methods for Processing Hard Rock Aquifers Boreholes' Databases. Application to the Hydrodynamic Characterization of Metamorphic Aquifers from Western Côte d'Ivoire, 2021, Water
  • Improving hydrogeological understanding through well-test interpretation by diagnostic plot and modelling: a case study in an alluvial aquifer in France, 2021, Hydrogeology Journal

Frequent collaborators of Benoît Dewandel include Sandra Lanini, Bernard Ladouche, Jean-Christophe Maréchal, Nicolas Frissant, and Vivien Hakoun.

In addition to journal articles, Dewandel has contributed to book publications. Notably, they authored a guide published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2022 titled Guide pour l'analyse et le suivi des circulations d'eau souterraine en milieu minier. Guide méthodologique.

Best Publications

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

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

    Jean-Christophe Maréchal;Benoît Dewandel;Shakeel Ahmed;Laurent Galeazzi

  • 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;Benoît Dewandel;K. Subrahmanyam

  • The fracture permeability of Hard Rock Aquifers is due neither to tectonics, nor to unloading, but to weathering processes

    Patrick Lachassagne;Robert Wyns;Benoît Dewandel

  • Estimation of hard rock aquifers hydraulic conductivity from geoelectrical measurements: A theoretical development with field application

    Subash Chandra;Shakeel Ahmed;Avadh Ram;Benoit Dewandel

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

    N. Guihéneuf;A. Boisson;O. Bour;B. Dewandel

  • Review: Hydrogeology of weathered crystalline/hard-rock aquifers—guidelines for the operational survey and management of their groundwater resources

    Patrick Lachassagne;Benoît Dewandel;Robert Wyns

  • A conceptual hydrodynamic model of a geological discontinuity in hard rock aquifers: Example of a quartz reef in granitic terrain in South India

    Benoît Dewandel;Patrick Lachassagne;Faisal K. Zaidi;Subash Chandra

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

    J. Perrin;S. Ferrant;S. Ferrant;Sylvain Massuel;B. Dewandel

  • An efficient methodology for estimating irrigation return flow coefficients of irrigated crops at watershed and seasonal scale

    B. Dewandel;J.-M. Gandolfi;D. de Condappa;S. Ahmed

  • Detection of Irrigated Crops from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data to Estimate Seasonal Groundwater Use in South India

    Sylvain Ferrant;Adrien Selles;Adrien Selles;Michel Le Page;Pierre Alexis Herrault

  • A conceptual hydrogeological model of ophiolite hard-rock aquifers in Oman based on a multiscale and a multidisciplinary approach

    Benoît Dewandel;Patrick Lachassagne;Françoise Boudier;Saïd Al-Hattali

  • Understanding groundwater systems and their functioning through the study of stable water isotopes in a hard-rock aquifer (Maheshwaram watershed, India)

    Ph. Negrel;H. Pauwels;B. Dewandel;J.M. Gandolfi

  • Upscaling and regionalizing hydraulic conductivity and effective porosity at watershed scale in deeply weathered crystalline aquifers

    B. Dewandel;J.C. Maréchal;O. Bour;B. Ladouche

  • Geophysical model of geological discontinuities in a granitic aquifer: Analyzing small scale variability of electrical resistivity for groundwater occurrences

    Subash Chandra;Benoit Dewandel;Sushobhan Dutta;Shakeel Ahmed

  • Development of a tool for managing groundwater resources in semi-arid hard rock regions: application to a rural watershed in South India

    B. Dewandel;J. Perrin;S. Ahmed;S. Aulong

  • Hydrological behavior of a deep sub-vertical fault in crystalline basement and relationships with surrounding reservoirs

    C. Roques;O. Bour;L. Aquilina;B. Dewandel

  • Reducing ambiguities in vertical electrical sounding interpretations: A geostatistical application

    Dewashish Kumar;Shakeel Ahmed;N.S. Krishnamurthy;Benoit Dewandel

  • Reservoir-Scale Fracture Permeability in the Dixie Valley, Nevada, Geothermal Field

    C.A. Barton;Zoback;S. Hickman;R. Morin

  • Groundwater sources and geochemical processes in a crystalline fault aquifer

    Clément Roques;Luc Aquilina;Olivier Bour;Jean-Christophe Maréchal

  • Projected impacts of climate change on farmers' extraction of groundwater from crystalline aquifers in South India

    Sylvain Ferrant;Yvan Caballero;Jérome Perrin;Simon Gascoin

  • Comparison of surface and groundwater balance approaches in the evaluation of managed aquifer recharge structures: Case of a percolation tank in a crystalline aquifer in India

    A. Boisson;M. Baïsset;M. Alazard;J. Perrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shakeel Ahmed
Shakeel Ahmed Islamic University of Science and Technology
Olivier Bour
Olivier Bour University of Rennes
Luc Aquilina
Luc Aquilina University of Rennes
Pierre M. Adler
Pierre M. Adler Sorbonne University
Eric Maire
Eric Maire Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Laurent Longuevergne
Laurent Longuevergne University of Rennes
Philippe Négrel
Philippe Négrel French Geological Survey
Maria Carmen Llasat
Maria Carmen Llasat University of Barcelona
Sabine Sauvage
Sabine Sauvage Paul Sabatier University
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council

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