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Marc Descloitres is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research contributions span multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing specifically on Environmental Engineering, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their recent scholarly work includes studies published in various scientific journals, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to geosciences and hydrology. Notable publications include:

  • Time-lapse magnetic resonance sounding measurements for numerical modeling of water flow in variably saturated media (2020), Journal of Applied Geophysics
  • Localized recharge processes in the NE Mekong Delta and implications for groundwater quality (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insight into the Katari-Lago Menor Basin aquifer, Lake Titicaca-Bolivia, inferred from geophysical (TDEM), hydrogeological and geochemical data (2020), Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Impact of distributed meteorological forcing on simulated snow cover and hydrological fluxes over a mid-elevation alpine micro-scale catchment (2023), Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Investigating aquifer vulnerability in the Saigon River Basin (Vietnam) using time domain electromagnetic soundings (TDEM) (2025), Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

The scientist collaborates frequently with various researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Sarah Tweed, Julien Némery, Anatoly Legchenko, Céline Duwig, and Álvaro Soruco, each contributing to multiple publications.

Marc Descloitres' main topics of work are centered on:

  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • NMR spectroscopy and applications
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Research from this scientist is regularly published in specialized venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Hydrology and earth system sciences, and Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. This reflects a strong engagement with both geophysical and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • Small glaciers disappearing in the tropical Andes: a case-study in Bolivia: Glaciar Chacaltaya (16o S)

    Edson Ramírez;Bernard Francou;Pierre Ribstein;Marc Descloitres

  • Characterization of seasonal local recharge using electrical resistivity tomography and magnetic resonance sounding

    Marc Descloitres;Marc Descloitres;Laurent Ruiz;Laurent Ruiz;M. Sekhar;Anatoly Legchenko

  • Regolith mass balance inferred from combined mineralogical, geochemical and geophysical studies: Mule Hole gneissic watershed, South India

    Jean-Jacques Braun;Marc Descloitres;Jean Riotte;Simon Fleury

  • Improvement of electrical resistivity tomography for leachate injection monitoring.

    R Clément;M. Descloitres;T. Günther;L. Oxarango

  • Mapping Coastal Aquifers by Joint Inversion of DC and TEM Soundings-Three Case Histories

    Yves Albouy;Pierre Andrieux;Gérard Rakotondrasoa;Michel Ritz

  • A multiscale electrical survey of a lateritic soil system in the rain forest of Cameroon

    Henri Robain;Marc Descloitres;Michel Ritz;Quantin Yene Atangana

  • Application of integrated magnetic resonance sounding and resistivity methods for borehole implementation : a case study in Cambodia

    Jean-Michel Vouillamoz;Marc Descloitres;Jean Bernard;Pierre Fourcassier

  • AMMA-CATCH, a Critical Zone Observatory in West Africa Monitoring a Region in Transition

    S. Galle;M. Grippa;C. Peugeot;I. Bouzou Moussa

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

    Laurent Ruiz;Laurent Ruiz;Murari R.R. Varma;M.S. Mohan Kumar;M. Sekhar

  • Joint Electrical and Time Domain Electromagnetism (TDEM) Data Inversion Applied to the Super Sauze Earthflow (France)

    Myriam Schmutz;Yves Albouy;Roger Guérin;Olivier Maquaire

  • Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging for groundwater

    Anatoli Legchenko;Marc Descloitres;C. Vincent;Hélène Guyard

  • Contribution of 3-D time-lapse ERT to the study of leachate recirculation in a landfill.

    R. Clément;L. Oxarango;L. Oxarango;Marc Descloitres

  • Deep infiltration through a sandy alluvial fan in semiarid Niger inferred from electrical conductivity survey, vadose zone chemistry and hydrological modelling

    Sylvain Massuel;Guillaume Favreau;Marc Descloitres;Yann Le Troquer

  • Influence of shallow infiltration on time-lapse ERT: Experience of advanced interpretation

    Rémi Clément;Marc Descloitres;Thomas Günther;Olivier Ribolzi

  • Improvement to resistivity pseudosection modelling by removal of near-surface inhomogeneity effects: application to a soil system in south Cameroon*

    Michel Ritz;Henri Robain;Evgeni Pervago;Yves Albouy

  • Characterization of crystalline basement aquifers with MRS : comparison with boreholes and pumping tests data in Burkina Faso

    Jean-Michel Vouillamoz;Jean-Michel Vouillamoz;Marc Descloitres;G. Toe;Anatoli Legchenko

  • Resolution of MRS applied to the characterization of hard-rock aquifers.

    Anatoly Legchenko;Marc Descloitres;Adelphe Bost;Laurent Ruiz

  • Using a structural approach to identify relationships between soil and erosion in a semi-humid forested area, South India

    Laurent Barbiéro;Harshad R. Parate;Marc Descloitres;Marc Descloitres;Adelphe Bost

  • Origins of streamflow in a crystalline basement catchment in a sub-humid Sudanian zone: The Donga basin (Benin, West Africa): Inter-annual variability of water budget

    Luc Séguis;B. Kamagaté;Guillaume Favreau;Marc Descloitres

  • Geophysical surveys for identifying saline groundwater in the semi‐arid region of the central Altiplano, Bolivia

    Roger Guérin;Marc Descloitres;Anne Coudrain;Amal Talbi

  • The use of magnetic resonance sounding for quantifying specific yield and transmissivity in hard rock aquifers: The example of Benin

    Jean-Michel Vouillamoz;F. M. A. Lawson;N. Yalo;Marc Descloitres

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Braun
Jean-Jacques Braun Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anatoly Legchenko
Anatoly Legchenko Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Roger Guérin
Roger Guérin Université Paris Cité
Laurent Ruiz
Laurent Ruiz Indian Institute of Science
Jacques Hinderer
Jacques Hinderer University of Strasbourg
Guillaume Favreau
Guillaume Favreau Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Olivier Ribolzi
Olivier Ribolzi Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jean-Paul Boy
Jean-Paul Boy University of Strasbourg
Stéphane Garambois
Stéphane Garambois Grenoble Alpes University
Bernard Cappelaere
Bernard Cappelaere Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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