René Therrien, ing.

Cours - Automne

• GGL 3700 - Conception en génie géologique I

Cours - Hiver

• GGL 2600 - Hydrogéologie

• Projets de recherche subventionnés (Funded Research Projects)
• Projets étudiants disponibles (Available Student Projects)

Rapports/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, [HGS Manual].
• 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) - [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]

Livres/Books

• Simmons, C.T., P. Bauer-Gottwein, T. Graf, W. Kinzelbach, H. Kooi, L. Li, V.E. Post, H. Prommer, R. Therrien, C.I. Voss, J. Ward, A. Werner., 2010. Variable density groundwater flow: from modelling to applications. In Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, International Hydrology Series. London: Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-117.
• 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)

• Cochand F, R Therrien, J-M Lemieux. 2018. Integrated hydrological modeling of climate change impacts in a snow-influenced catchment, Groundwater.
• Schilling O, Y-J Park, R Therrien, R Nagare. 2018. Integrated Surface and Subsurface Hydrological Modeling with Snowmelt and Pore Water Freeze-Thaw, Groundwater.
• Domingue C, J-M Lemieux, M Grenon, J Molson, R Therrien, P-L Lajoie, D Blessent. 2018. Numerical evaluation of grouting scenarios for reducing water inflows from major faults in underground excavations, Mine Water and the Environment.
• Shojae Ghias, M, R. Therrien, J. Molson, J-M. Lemieux, 2018. Numerical simulations of shallow groundwater flow and heat transport in a continuous permafrost setting under the impact of climate warming, Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
• Nowamooz, A, C.J. Dupuis, G. Beaudoin, J. Molson, J-M Lemieux, M Horswill, R. Fortier, F Larachi, X Maldague, M Constantin, J Duchesne, R. Therrien, 2018. Atmospheric carbon mineralization in an industrial-scale chrysotile mining waste pile, Environmental Science and Technology.
• Grenier, C, H Anbergen, V Bense, Q Chanzy, E Coon, N Collier, F Costard, M Ferry, A Frampton, J Frederick, J Gonçalvès, J Holmén, A Jost, S Kokh, B Kurylyk, J McKenzie, J Molson, E Mouche, L Orgogozo, R Pannetier, A Rivière, N Roux, W Rühaak, J Scheidegger, J-O Selroos, R Therrien, P Vidstrand, C Voss, 2018. Groundwater flow and heat transport for systems undergoing freeze-thaw: Intercomparison of numerical simulators for 2D test cases,  Advances in Water Resources, Volume 114, Pages 196–218.
• Maheu, A, F Anctil, E Gaborit, V Fortin, DF Nadeau, R Therrien, 2017. A field evaluation of soil moisture modelling with the Soil, Vegetation, and Snow (SVS) land surface model using evapotranspiration observations as forcing data, Journal of Hydrology
• Brunner, P, R. Therrien, P. Renard, C.T. Simmons, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, 2017. Recent advances in understanding and modeling surface water and groundwater interactions, Rev. Geophys., 55, 818-854.
• De Schepper, G., R. Therrien, J.C. Refsgaard, X. He, C. Kjaergaard, B.V. Iversen, 2017. Simulating seasonal variations of local scale tile drainage discharge in an agricultural catchment, Water Resources Research.

• Partington, D., R. Therrien, C. T. Simmons, and P. Brunner, 2017. Blueprint for a coupled model of sedimentology, hydrology and hydrogeology in streambeds, Rev. Geophys., 55.

• Shojae Ghias, M, R. Therrien, J. Molson, J-M. Lemieux, 2016. Controls on permafrost thaw in a coupled groundwater flow and heat transport system: Iqaluit Airport, Nunavut, Canada, Hydrogeology Journal, Vol 25, Issue 3, 657-673.

• Lemieux, J.-M., R. Fortier, M.-C. Talbot-Poulin, J. Molson, R. Therrien, M. Ouellet, D. Banville, M. Cochand, R. Murray, 2016. Groundwater occurrence in cold environments: Examples from Nunavik, Canada, Hydrogeology Journal, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1497-1513.

• Goderniaux, P., S. Brouyere, S. Wildemeersch, R. Therrien, A. Dassargues, 2015. Uncertainty of climate change impact on groundwater reserves - Application to a chalk aquifer, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 528, Pages 108-121.

• Nowamooz, A., J-M. Lemieux, J. Molson, R. Therrien, 2015. Numerical investigation of methane and formation fluid leakage along the casing of a decommissioned shale gas well, Water Resources Research, Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 4592-4622.

• Lemieux, J.-M., J. Hassaoui, J.W. Molson, R. Therrien, P. Therrien, M. Chouteau, M. Ouellet, 2015. Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on the Groundwater Resources of the Magdalen Islands, Québec, Canada, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 3, March 2015, Pages 400-423.

• Tremblay, Y., J.-M. Lemieux, R. Fortier, J. Molson, R. Therrien, P. Therrien, G. Comeau, M.-C. Talbot Poulin, 2015. Semi-automated filtering of data outliers to improve spatial analysis of piezometric data, Hydrogeology Journal, August 2015, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp 851-868.

• De Schepper, G., R. Therrien, J.C. Refsgaard, A.L. Hansen, 2015. Simulating coupled surface and subsurface water flow in a tile-drained agricultural catchment, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 521, February 2015, Pages 374–388.

• Ben Abdelghani F, M Aubertin, R Simon, R Therrien, 2015. Numerical simulations of water flow and contaminants transport near mining wastes disposed in a fractured rock mass, International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 37–45.
• Beaujean J, J-M Lemieux, A Dassargues, R Therrien, S Brouyère, 2014. Physically-based groundwater vulnerability assessment using sensitivity analysis methods, Ground Water, Volume 52, Issue 6, pages 864–874, November/December 2014
• Käser D, T Graf, F Cochand, R McLaren, R Therrien, P Brunner, 2014. Channel-representation in physically based models : pitfalls and how to avoid them, Ground Water, Volume 52, Issue 6, pages 827–836, November/December 2014
• Ben Abdelghani F, M Aubertin, R Simon, R Therrien, 2014. Simulations numériques de l’écoulement de l’eau et du transport de contaminants autour de rejets miniers entreposés dans un massif rocheux fracturé, Revue des sciences de l'eau / Journal of Water Science, vol. 27, no 1, p. 1-19.
• Oularé S, FK Kouamé, MB Saley, GÉ Aké, GM Adja, AK Kouamé, R Therrien, 2014. Estimation et validation de la profondeur des nappes du bassin du N'zo, en Côte d'Ivoire, par le modèle WTR, Physio-Géo. Géographie, physique, et environnement, Vol 8, Pages, 1-25.
• Raymond J, R Therrien, 2014. Optimization of a geothermal district heating and cooling system located at a flooded mine, invited paper, Hydrogeology Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 217-231.
• Blessent D, PR Jorgensen, R Therrien, 2014. Comparing discrete fracture and continuum models to predict contaminant transport in fractured porous media, Ground Water, Volume 52, Issue 1, pages 84–95, January/February 2014.
• Partington D, P Brunner, S Frei, CT Simmons, AD Werner, R Therrien, HR Maier, GC Dandy, J Fleckenstein, 2013. Interpreting streamflow generation mechanisms from integrated surface-subsurface flow models of a riparian wetland and catchment, Water Resources Research, vol. 49, 5501–5519.
• Refsgaard JC, Auken E, Bamberg CA, Christensen BSB, Clausen T, Dalgaard E, Effersø F, Ernstsen V, Gertz F, Hansen AL, He X, Jacobsen BH, Jensen KH, Jørgensen F, Jørgensen LF, Koch J, Nilsson B, Petersen C, De Schepper G, Schamper C, Sørensen KI, Therrien R, Thirup C, Viezzoli A, 2013. Nitrate reduction in geologically heterogeneous catchments - a framework for assessing the scale of predictive capability of hydrological models, Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 468–469, 15 January 2014, Pages 1278–1288.
• Partington D, P Brunner, CT Simmons, AD Werner, R Therrien, HR Maier, GC Dandy, 2012. Evaluation of outputs from automated baseflow separation methods against simulated baseflow from a physically based, surface water-groundwater flow model, J. Hydrol., vol 458-459, 28-39.
• Calderhead AI, R Martel, J Garfias, A Rivera, R Therrien, 2012. Sustainable management for minimizing land subsidence of an over-pumped volcanic aquifer system: tools for policy design, Water Resources Management, vol 26, no 7, 1847-1864.
• Calderhead AI, R Martel, A Rivera, J Garfias, R Therrien, 2012. Pumping dry: An increasing groundwater budget deficit induced by urbanization, industrialization, and climate change in an over-exploited volcanic aquifer, Environmental Earth Sciences, vol 66, Issue 7, p. 1753-1767.
• Bonton A, C Bouchard, A Rouleau, MJ Rodriguez, R Therrien, 2012. Calibration and validation of an integrated nitrate transport model within a well capture zone, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol 128, issues 1-4, 1-18.
• Blessent D, R Therrien, J-M Lemieux, 2011. Inverse modeling of hydraulic tests in fractured crystalline rock based on a transition probability geostatistical approach, Water Resources Research, 47, W12530.
• 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 the groundwater component of streamflow 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.

• Membre de l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
• Vice-president, International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW), International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• Membre de l'Institut Hydro-Québec en environnement, développement et société (EDS)
• Membre du Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Éléments finis de l'Université Laval (GIREF)
• Membre du Réseau canadien de l'eau (RCE) / Canadian Water Network (CWN)
• Membre du Réseau québécois sur les eaux souterraines (RQES) et du Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur les eaux souterraines (GRIES)

• B.Sc.A. génie géologique, Université Laval (1986)
• M.Sc. géologie, Université Laval (1989)
• Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo (1992)
• Stage postdoctoral, Université de Kassel (1992-1993)