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René Therrien

René Therrien

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
6746
World Ranking
5252
National Ranking
258

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

René Therrien is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily addresses themes in Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, Climate Change and Permafrost, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several publications focusing on hydrological and permafrost dynamics:

  • "Coupled cryo-hydrogeological modelling of permafrost dynamics near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada)" (2020) in Hydrogeology Journal
  • "Simulating Fully-Integrated Hydrological Dynamics in Complex Alpine Headwaters: Potential and Challenges" (2022) in Water Resources Research
  • "Quantifying Groundwater Recharge Dynamics and Unsaturated Zone Processes in Snow-Dominated Catchments via On-Site Dissolved Gas Analysis" (2021) in Water Resources Research
  • "Groundwater dynamics within a watershed in the discontinuous permafrost zone near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada)" (2020) in Hydrogeology Journal
  • "On Groundwater Recharge in Variably Saturated Subsurface Flow Models" (2023) in Water Resources Research

Therrien has authored numerous papers published across a variety of peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrogeology Journal
  • Water Resources Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • HydroShare Resources

The scientist commonly collaborates with fellow researchers such as Oliver S. Schilling, John Molson, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Richard Fortier, and Philip Brunner.

Therrien's work covers a diverse range of subfields within their broader disciplines, including Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

They have been recognized by The Canadian Academy of Engineering, signifying acknowledgment by a major national institution, though the specific year of the award is not documented.

Best Publications

  • Multivariate statistical analysis of geochemical data as indicative of the hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in a sedimentary rock aquifer system

    Vincent Cloutier;René Lefebvre;René Therrien;Martine M. Savard

  • Three-dimensional analysis of variably-saturated flow and solute transport in discretely-fractured porous media

    R. Therrien;E.A. Sudicky

  • Large scale surface – subsurface hydrological model to assess climate change impacts on groundwater reserves

    Pascal Goderniaux;Serge Brouyère;Hayley J. Fowler;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Advances in understanding river-groundwater interactions

    Philip Brunner;René Therrien;Philippe Renard;Craig T. Simmons

  • Gas production and migration in landfills and geological materials.

    Miroslav Nastev;René Therrien;René Lefebvre;Pierre Gélinas

  • Evaluation of outputs from automated baseflow separation methods against simulated baseflow from a physically based, surface water-groundwater flow model

    Daniel Partington;Philip Brunner;Craig Simmons;Adrian Werner

  • Simulating pumping-induced regional land subsidence with the use of InSAR and field data in the Toluca Valley, Mexico

    A.I. Calderhead;A.I. Calderhead;R. Therrien;A. Rivera;R. Martel

  • Modeling surface water-groundwater interaction with MODFLOW: some considerations.

    Philip Brunner;Craig T. Simmons;Peter G. Cook;René Therrien

  • Geothermal energy resource potential of Canada

    S E Grasby;D M Allen;S Bell;Z Chen

  • A Review of Thermal Response Test Analysis Using Pumping Test Concepts

    Jasmin Raymond;René Therrien;Louis Gosselin;René Lefebvre

  • Groundwater flow and heat transport for systems undergoing freeze-thaw : Intercomparison of numerical simulators for 2D test cases

    Christophe Grenier;Hauke Anbergen;Victor Bense;Quentin Chanzy

  • Numerical analysis of thermal response tests with a groundwater flow and heat transfer model

    Jasmin Raymond;René Therrien;Louis Gosselin;René Lefebvre

  • Borehole temperature evolution during thermal response tests

    J. Raymond;R. Therrien;L. Gosselin

  • Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in porous media containing nonuniform discrete fractures

    Thomas Graf;René Therrien

  • Hydrogeochemistry and groundwater origin of the Basses-Laurentides sedimentary rock aquifer system, St. Lawrence Lowlands, Québec, Canada

    Vincent Cloutier;René Lefebvre;Martine M. Savard;Édith Bourque

  • Nitrate reduction in geologically heterogeneous catchments--a framework for assessing the scale of predictive capability of hydrological models.

    Jens Christian Refsgaard;Esben Auken;Charlotte A. Bamberg;Britt S.B. Christensen

  • A hydraulic mixing-cell method to quantify the groundwater component of streamflow within spatially distributed fully integrated surface water-groundwater flow models

    D. Partington;P. Brunner;C. T. Simmons;R. Therrien

  • Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in irregular 2D fracture networks

    Thomas Graf;René Therrien

  • Interpreting streamflow generation mechanisms from integrated surface-subsurface flow models of a riparian wetland and catchment

    Daniel Partington;P. Brunner;Sven Frei;C. T. Simmons

  • Simulating coupled surface and subsurface water flow in a tile-drained agricultural catchment

    Guillaume De Schepper;René Therrien;Jens Christian Refsgaard;Anne Lausten Hansen

  • Improved three-dimensional finite-element techniques for field simulation of variably saturated flow and transport

    Sorab Panday;Peter S Huyakorn;René Therrien;Ralph L Nichols

Frequent Co-Authors

John Molson
John Molson Université Laval
Philip Brunner
Philip Brunner University of Neuchâtel
Craig T. Simmons
Craig T. Simmons University of Newcastle Australia
Richard Martel
Richard Martel University of Montreal
Alain Dassargues
Alain Dassargues University of Liège
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval
Jens Christian Refsgaard
Jens Christian Refsgaard Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Louis Gosselin
Louis Gosselin Université Laval
Adrian D. Werner
Adrian D. Werner Flinders University
François Anctil
François Anctil Université Laval

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