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Lhoussaine Bouchaou

Lhoussaine Bouchaou

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4310
World Ranking
7331
National Ranking
2

Overview

Lhoussaine Bouchaou is affiliated with Université Ibn Zohr in Morocco. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on groundwater systems, hydrology, and related geochemical processes.

Their work spans various subfields including global and planetary change, environmental engineering, geochemistry and petrology, water science and technology, and geophysics. This multidisciplinary approach supports comprehensive studies of water resources in varying climatic and geological contexts.

Key topics in their research include groundwater and isotope geochemistry, groundwater and watershed analysis, hydrology and watershed management studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, hydrology and drought analysis, flood risk assessment and management, and climate variability and models.

Lhoussaine Bouchaou has contributed to numerous publications, with their recent papers addressing groundwater resources, contamination risks, and hydrological modeling. Select examples of their recent work are:

  • Moroccan Groundwater Resources and Evolution with Global Climate Changes, 2020, Geosciences
  • Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global patterns of nitrate isotope composition in rivers and adjacent aquifers reveal reactive nitrogen cascading, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Modeling alterations in flow regimes under changing climate in a Mediterranean watershed: An analysis of ecologically-relevant hydrological indicators, 2021, Ecological Informatics
  • Index-based groundwater vulnerability and water quality assessment in the arid region of Tata city (Morocco), 2020, Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Their frequent collaborations include work with co-authors such as Abdelghani Chehbouni, Mohammed Hssaisoune, Yassine Ait Brahim, Youssef Brouziyne, and Mohamed Hakim Kharrou.

Bouchaou's publications appear predominantly in journals devoted to water resource science and environmental studies. The most common venues for their research include:

  • Groundwater for Sustainable Development
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water
  • Agricultural Water Management

Best Publications

  • Application of multiple isotopic and geochemical tracers for investigation of recharge, salinization, and residence time of water in the Souss–Massa aquifer, southwest of Morocco

    L. Bouchaou;J.L. Michelot;A. Vengosh;Y. Hsissou

  • Rainfall-runoff model usingan artificial neural network approach

    S. Riad;J. Mania;L. Bouchaou;Y. Najjar

  • Moroccan Groundwater Resources and Evolution with Global Climate Changes

    Mohammed Hssaisoune;Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Ilham Bouimetarhan

  • Origin and residence time of groundwater in the Tadla basin (Morocco) using multiple isotopic and geochemical tools

    L. Bouchaou;J.L. Michelot;M. Qurtobi;N. Zine

  • Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers

    Andreas Hartmann;Andreas Hartmann;Scott Jasechko;Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada

  • Impact of agricultural practices on groundwater quality in intensive irrigated area of Chtouka-Massa, Morocco.

    Mouna Malki;Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Abdelaziz Hirich;Yassine Ait Brahim

  • Global patterns of nitrate isotope composition in rivers and adjacent aquifers reveal reactive nitrogen cascading

    Ioannis Matiatos;Leonard I. Wassenaar;Lucilena R. Monteiro;Jason J. Venkiteswaran

  • Predicting catchment flow in a semi-arid region via an artificial neural network technique

    S. Riad;J. Mania;L. Bouchaou;Y. Najjar

  • Geochemical and isotopic (oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, strontium) constraints for the origin, salinity, and residence time of groundwater from a carbonate aquifer in the Western Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco

    N. Ettayfi;L. Bouchaou;J.L. Michelot;T. Tagma

  • Occurrence and mobilization of radium in fresh to saline coastal groundwater inferred from geochemical and isotopic tracers (Sr, S, O, H, Ra, Rn)

    David S. Vinson;Tarik Tagma;Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Gary S. Dwyer

  • Climate change and adaptive water management measures in Chtouka Aït Baha region (Morocco).

    Marieme Seif-Ennasr;Rashyd Zaaboul;Abdelaziz Hirich;Giulio Nils Caroletti

  • Turbidity dynamics in karstic systems. Example of Ribaa and Bittit springs in the Middle Atlas (Morocco)

    F. Amraoui;M. Razack;L. Bouchaou

  • Turbidity mechanism of water from a karstic spring: example of the Ain Asserdoune spring (Beni Mellal Atlas, Morocco)

    Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Alain Mangin;Pierre Chauve

  • North Atlantic Ice-Rafting, Ocean and Atmospheric Circulation During the Holocene: Insights From Western Mediterranean Speleothems

    Y. Ait Brahim;J. A. Wassenburg;L. Sha;Francisco W Cruz

  • Hydrochemical and isotopic characteristics of groundwater in the Souss Upstream Basin, southwestern Morocco

    K. Dindane;L. Bouchaou;Y. Hsissou;M. Krimissa

  • Integration of geochemical and isotopic tracers for elucidating water sources and salinization of shallow aquifers in the sub-Saharan Drâa Basin, Morocco

    N. Warner;Z. Lgourna;L. Bouchaou;S. Boutaleb

  • Groundwater nitrate pollution in Souss-Massa basin (south-west Morocco)

    Tarik Tagma;Youssef Hsissou;Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Latifa Bouragba

  • Utilisation du rapport Br/Cl pour déterminer l'origine de la salinité des eaux souterraines: exemple de la plaine du Souss (Maroc)

    Youssef Hsissou;Jacques Mudry;Jacky Mania;Lhoussaine Bouchaou

  • Isotopic signatures for the assessment of snow water resources in the Moroccan high Atlas mountains: contribution to surface and groundwater recharge

    Angoran Baudelaire N’da;Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Barbara Reichert;Lahoucine Hanich

  • Trend and change point analyses of annual precipitation in the Souss-Massa Region in Morocco during 1932–2010

    H. Abahous;Josyane Ronchail;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;L. Kenny

  • Climate change and its impacts on groundwater resources in Morocco: the case of the Souss-Massa basin

    Lhoussaine Bouchaou;Tarik Tagma;Said Boutaleb;Mohamed Hssaisoune Zine El Abidine El Morjani

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdelfettah Sifeddine
Abdelfettah Sifeddine Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Avner Vengosh
Avner Vengosh Duke University
Francisco W. Cruz
Francisco W. Cruz Universidade de São Paulo
Etienne Jaillard
Etienne Jaillard Grenoble Alpes University
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Josyane Ronchail
Josyane Ronchail Sorbonne University
Walter Wildi
Walter Wildi University of Geneva
Harald Kunstmann
Harald Kunstmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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