René Lefebvre

Paradis, Daniel, Lefebvre, René & Nefzi, Aymen (2024). Parameter resolution of simulated responses to periodic hydraulic tomography signals in aquifers. Advances in Water Resources, 190: art. 104734.
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104734

Bordeleau, Geneviève, Rivard, Christine, Lavoie, Denis & Lefebvre, René (2021). A systematic multi-isotope approach to unravel methane origin in groundwater: example of an aquifer above a gas field in southern New Brunswick (Canada). Appl. Geochem., 134: Art. 105077.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105077

Longpré-Girard, Mélanie; Martel, Richard; Robert, Thomas; Lefebvre, René; Lauzon, Jean-Marc & Thomson, Neil (2020). Surfactant foam selection for enhanced light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) recovery in contaminated aquifers. Trans. Porous Media, 131: 65-84.
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-019-01292-0

Cerutti, Jérôme; Lavoie, Roxanne & Lefebvre, René (2019). Development of a knowledge base to support the consideration of groundwater protection in land-use planning. Sustain. Water Resour. Manage., 5 (2): 401-413.
DOI: 10.1007/s40899-017-0175-7

Ladevèze, Pierre; Rivard, Christine; Lavoie, Denis; Séjourné, Stéphan; Lefebvre, René & Bordeleau, Geneviève (2019). Fault and natural fracture control on upward fluid migration: insights from a shale gas play in the St. Lawrence Platform, Canada. Hydrogeol. J., 27 (1): 121-143.
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-018-1856-5

Pétré, Marie-Amélie; Rivera, Alfonso & Lefebvre, René (2019). Numerical modeling of a regional groundwater flow system to assess groundwater storage loss, capture and sustainable exploitation of the transboundary Milk River Aquifer (Canada – USA). J. Hydrol., 575: 656-670.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.057

Rivard, Christine; Bordeleau, Geneviève; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René; Ladevèze, Pierre; Duchesne, Mathieu J.; Séjourné, Stéphan; Crow, Heather; Pinet, Nicolas; Brake, Virgina; Bouchedda, Abderrezak; Gloaguen, Erwan; Ahad, Jason M. E.; Malet, Xavier; Aznar, Jean-Christophe & Malo, Michel (2019). Assessing potential impacts of shale gas development on shallow aquifers through upward fluid migration: A multi-disciplinary approach applied to the Utica Shale in eastern Canada. Mar. Petrol. Geol., 100: 466-483.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.11.004

Ahad, Jason M. E.; Pakdel, Hooshang; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René & Headley, John V. (2018). Naphthenic acids in groundwater overlying undeveloped shale gas and tight oil reservoirs. Chemosphere, 191: 664-672.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.015

Beaudry, Châtelaine; Lefebvre, René; Rivard, Christine & Cloutier, Vincent (2018). Conceptual model of regional groundwater flow in a fractured rock aquifer system based on hydrogeochemistry. Can. Water Resour. J. / Rev. Can. Ressour. Hydr., 43 (2): 152-172.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2018.1461579

Bordeleau, Geneviève; Rivard, Christine; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René; Ahad, Jason M. E.; Xu, Xiaomei & Mort, Andy (2018). A multi-isotope approach to determine the origin of methane and higher alkanes in groundwater of the St. Lawrence Platform, Saint-Édouard area, eastern Canada. Environ. Geosci., 25 (3): 75-100.
DOI: 10.1306/eg.04121817020

Bordeleau, Geneviève; Rivard, Christine; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René; Malet, Xavier & Ladevèze, Pierre (2018). Geochemistry of groundwater in the Saint-Édouard area, Québec, Canada, and its influence on the distribution of methane in shallow aquifers. Appl. Geochem., 89: 92-108.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.11.012

Janos, Debora; Molson, John & Lefebvre, René (2018). Regional groundwater flow dynamics and residence times in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada: Insights from numerical simulations. Can. Water Resour. J. / Rev. Can. Ressour. Hydr., 43 (2): 214-239.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2018.1437370

Ladevèze, Pierre; Séjourné, Stéphan; Rivard, Christine; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René & Rouleau, Amélie (2018). Defining the natural fracture network in a shale gas play and its cover succession: The case of the Utica Shale in eastern Canada. J. Struct. Geol., 108: 157-170.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.12.007

Paradis, Daniel; Ballard, Jean-Marc; Lefebvre, René & Savard, Martine M. (2018). Multi-scale nitrate transport in a sandstone aquifer system under intensive agriculture. Hydrogeol. J., 26 (2): 511-531.
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-017-1668-z

Rey, Nathalie; Rosa, Éric; Cloutier, Vincent & Lefebvre, René (2018). Using water stable isotopes for tracing surface and groundwater flow systems in the Barlow-Ojibway Clay Belt, Quebec, Canada. Can. Water Resour. J. / Rev. Can. Ressour. Hydr., 43 (2): 173-194.
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2017.1403960

Rivard, Christine; Bordeleau, Geneviève; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René & Malet, Xavier (2018). Temporal variations of methane concentration and isotopic composition in groundwater of the St. Lawrence Lowlands, eastern Canada. Hydrogeol. J., 26 (2): 533-551.
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-017-1677-y

Rivard, Christine; Bordeleau, Geneviève; Lavoie, Denis; Lefebvre, René & Malet, Xavier (2018). Can groundwater sampling techniques used in monitoring wells influence methane concentrations and isotopes?. Environ. Monit. Assess., 190: Art. 191.
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6532-7

Lahmira, Belkacem; Lefebvre, René; Aubertin, Michel & Bussière, Bruno (2017). Effect of material variability and compacted layers on transfer processes in heterogeneous waste rock piles. J. Contam. Hydrol., 204: 66-78.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.07.004

Lefebvre, René (2017). Mechanisms leading to potential impacts of shale gas development on groundwater quality. WIREs Water, 4 (1): Art. e1188.
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1188

Robert, Thomas; Martel, Richard; Lefebvre, René; Lauzon, Jean-Marc & Morin, Annie (2017). Impact of heterogeneous properties of soil and LNAPL on surfactant-enhanced capillary desaturation. J. Contam. Hydrol., 204: 57-65.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.07.006

Ladevèze, P., Rivard, C., Lefebvre, R., Lavoie, D., Parent, M., Malet, X., Bordeleau, G. & Gosselin, J. S., (Eds). (2016) Travaux de caractérisation hydrogéologique dans la plateforme sédimentaire du Saint-Laurent, région de Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Québec. 112 pp. Ressources naturelles Canada / Natural Resources Canada.

Gosselin, Jean-Sébastien; Rivard, Christine; Martel, Richard & Lefebvre, René (2016). Application limits of the interpretation of near-surface temperature time series to assess groundwater recharge. J. Hydrol., 538: 96-108.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.055

Lahmira, Belkacem; Lefebvre, René; Aubertin, Michel & Bussière, Bruno (2016). Effect of heterogeneity and anisotropy related to the construction method on transfer processes in waste rock piles. J. Contam. Hydrol., 184: 35-49.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.12.002

Lefebvre, René; Lahmira, Belkacem & Löbner, Walfried (2016). Atmospheric control of radon emissions from a waste rock dump. Environ. Geotech. : Art. 15.00066.
DOI: 10.1680/jenge.15.00066

Longpré-Girard, Mélanie; Martel, Richard; Robert, Thomas; Lefebvre, René & Lauzon, Jean-Marc (2016). 2D sandbox experiments of surfactant foams for mobility control and enhanced LNAPL recovery in layered soils. J. Contam. Hydrol., 193: 63-73.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2016.09.001

Paradis, Daniel; Gloaguen, Erwan; Lefebvre, René & Giroux, Bernard (2016). A field proof-of-concept of tomographic slug tests in an anisotropic littoral aquifer. J. Hydrol., 536: 61-73.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.041

Paradis, Daniel; Lefebvre, René; Gloaguen, Erwan & Giroux, Bernard (2016). Comparison of slug and pumping tests for hydraulic tomography experiments: a practical perspective. Environ. Earth Sci., 75: Art. 1159.
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5935-4

Paradis, Daniel; Vigneault, Harold; Lefebvre, René; Savard, Martine M.; Ballard, Jean-Marc & Qian, Budong (2016). Groundwater nitrate concentration evolution under climate change and agricultural adaptation scenarios: Prince Edward Island, Canada. Earth Syst. Dyn., 7 (1): 183-202.
DOI: 10.5194/esd-7-183-2016

Pétré, Marie-Amélie; Rivera, Alfonso; Lefebvre, René; Hendry, Jim M. & Folnagy, Attila J. B. (2016). A unified hydrogeological conceptual model of the Milk River transboundary aquifer, traversing Alberta (Canada) and Montana (USA). Hydrogeol. J., 24 (7): 1847-1871.
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-016-1433-8

Raynauld, Mélanie; Peel, Morgan; Lefebvre, René; Molson, John W.; Crow, Heather; Ahad, Jason M. E.; Ouellet, Michel & Aquilina, Luc (2016). Understanding shallow and deep flow for assessing the risk of hydrocarbon development to groundwater quality. Mar. Petrol. Geol., 78: 728-737.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.09.026

Robert, Thomas; Martel, Richard; Lefebvre, René; Lauzon, Jean-Marc & Morin, Annie (2016). Field tracer test for the design of LNAPL source zone surfactant flushing. Ground Water Monit. Remediat., 36 (2): 68-82.
DOI: 10.1111/gwmr.12164

Lahmira, B. & Lefebvre, R. (2015). Numerical modelling of transfer processes in a waste rock pile undergoing the temporal evolution of its heterogeneous material properties. Int. J. Min. Reclamat. Environ., 29 (6): 499-520.
DOI: 10.1080/17480930.2014.889362

Lefebvre, R.; Gleeson, T.; McKenzie, J. M. & Gassiat, C. (2015). Reply to comment by Flewelling and Sharma on “Hydraulicfracturing in faulted sedimentary basins: Numerical simulationof potential contamination of shallow aquifers over long timescales”. Water Resour. Res., 51 (3): 1877-1882.
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016698

Moritz, A.; Hélie, J. F.; Pinti, D. L.; Larocque, M.; Barnetche, D.; Retailleau, S.; Lefebvre, R. & Gélinas, Y. (2015). Methane baseline concentrations and sources in shallow aquifers from the shale gas-prone region of the St.Lawrence Lowlands (Quebec, Canada). Environ. Sci. Technol., 49 (7): 4765-4771.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00443

Paradis, D.; Gloaguen, E.; Lefebvre, R. & Giroux, B. (2015). Resolution analysis of tomographic slug test head data: two-dimensional radial case. Water Resour. Res., 51 (4): 2356-2376.
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014785

Paradis, D.; Lefebvre, R.; Gloaguen, E. & Rivera, A. (2015). Predicting hydrofacies and hydraulic conductivity from direct-push data using a data-driven relevance vector machine approach: Motivations, algorithms and application. Water Resour. Res., 51 (1): 481-505.
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015452

Pétré, M. A.; Rivera, A. & Lefebvre, R. (2015). Three-dimensional unified geological model of the Milk River Transboundary Aquifer (Alberta, Canada-Montana, USA). Can. J. Earth Sci. / Rev. Can. Sci. Terre, 52 (2): 96-111.
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2014-0079