Publications

Rapports et présentations

(2023). Dynamics and resilience of water resources. Colloque des aménagistes du Québec, Venise-en-Québec, Canada
Main Audience: Knowledge User, Invited: Yes, Keynote: Yes
(2023). Climate change and water cycle resilience. Conférencier invité au colloque annuel UPA Fédération UPA Outaouais-Laurentides, St-Eustache, Canada
Main Audience: Knowledge User, Invited: Yes, Keynote: Yes
(2022). Isotopic insights into the origin of water cycle resilience. Séminaires de L’IPGP (Institut de physique du Globe de Paris), Paris, France
Main Audience: Researcher, Invited: Yes, Keynote: Yes
(2021). Groundwater sharing and resilience of water resources. Cycle de conférence de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG Gestion et surveillance de la qualité de l’eau potable (U. Laval), Québec, Canada
Main Audience: General Public, Invited: Yes, Keynote: Yes
(2021). Partage et résilience des eaux souterraines. Conférence Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG Gestion et surveillance de la qualité de l’eau potable, Quebec, Canada
Main Audience: Decision Maker, Invited: Yes, Keynote: Yes
(2021). Sharing and preserving water resources, from research to community action. Salon Vivre la science et les technologies – Cégep Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, Invited?: Yes, Keynote?: Yes

Articles

Mona, J., Müller, C., Masse-Dufresne, J., Mattei, A., and Barbecot F. “Observed Hydroclimatic Trends and Their Implications Over Water-Cycle Dynamics in Montérégie, Southern Quebec, Canada.” Global Challenges10, no. 4 (2026): e00564. https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202500564

Picard, A., Barbecot, F., Corcho-Alvarado, J. A., Purtschert, R., Solomon, D. K., Masse-Dufresne, J. et al., 2026. River baseflow age information inferred from environmental tracers (3H–85Kr): a new tool for the description of surface water resources vulnerability. Journal of Hydrology 666, 134786.

Carton, C., Barbecot, F., Hélie, J. F., Horoi, V., Birks, J., 2025. Adapting automatic water samplers for the isotopic study of rainfall at high temporal resolution. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 39(11), e10017.

Djongon, K. A., Gibert-Brunet, E., Barbecot, F., Horoi, V., Barry, R., Gnazou, M., Akakpo, W., 2025. Coastal shallow groundwater in Togo: vulnerability assessment using the DRASTIC method with EC validation. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 11(3), 166.

Dufour, L., Schaper, L., Violette, S., Barbecot, F., Tognelli, A., 2025. Modelling the Wieringermeer effect observed in the Champagne Chalk aquifer. Journal of Hydrology 660 – Part B, 133244.

El-Azhari, A., Ait Brahim, Y., Barbecot, F., Hssaisoune, M., Berrouch, H., Laamrani, A., 2025. Evaluating groundwater salinity patterns and spatiotemporal dynamics in complex endorheic aquifer systems. Science of The Total Environment 994, 180055.

Barry, R., Barbecot, F., Rodriguez, M., Mattéi, A., Djongon, A., 2024. Estimating Climate Change’s Impacts on the Recharge of an Ungauged Tropical Aquifer (Togolese Coastal Sedimentary Basin). Water 16(5), 731.

Carton, C., Barbecot, F., Birks, J., Hélie, J. F., 2024. Improved understanding of the impact of urbanization on the temperature, precipitation, and air quality of major eastern Canadian cities. Urban Climate 53, 101781.

Carton, C., Barbecot, F., Hélie, J. F., Horoi, V., Birks, J., Picard, A., Mona, J., 2024. Affordable event and monthly rain samplers: Improving isotopic datasets to understand meteorological processes. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 38(7), e9710.

Lartsey, P. E., Ganyaglo, S. Y., Adomako, D., Sakyi, P. A., Gibrilla, A., Barbecot, F., Lefebvre, K., Nsikanabasi, E. M., 2024. Tracing Nitrate Contamination Sources and Apportionment in North-Western Volta River Basin of Ghana Using a Multi-Isotopic Approach, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 235(10), 633.

Lefebvre, K., Barbecot, F., Larocque, M., Gibert-Brunet, E., Gillon, M., Noret, A., Delbart, C., 2024. Using 222Rn to quantify wetlands interflow volume and quality discharging to headwater streams. Applied Geochemistry 169, 106037.

Picard, A., Barbecot, F., Bardoux, G., Agrinier, P., Gillon, M., Corcho Alvarado, J. A., Schneider, V., Hélie, J.-F., de Oliveira, F., 2024. The Potential of Isotopic Tracers for Precise and Environmentally Clean Stream Discharge Measurements. Hydrology 11(1), 1.

Sánchez‐Murillo, R., Ortega, L., Vreča, P., Žagar, K., Shrestha, S., Kgotlaebonywe, C. et al. (incl. J.-F. Hélie, D. Pinti, F. Barbecot), 2024. Tracing Urban Drinking Water Sources: Global State of the Art and Insights From an IAEA‐Coordinated Research Project. Hydrological Processes 38(10), e15312. Données / Data

Labelle, L., Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., Bichai, F., Masse-Dufresne, J., 2023. Identification of riverbank filtration sites at watershed scale: A geochemical and isotopic framework. Science of The Total Environment 864, 160964.

Meyzonnat, G., Musy, S., Corcho-Alvarado, J. A., Barbecot, F., Pinti, D. L., Purtschert, R., Lauzon, J.-M., McCormack, R., 2023. Age distribution of groundwater in fractured aquifers of the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Canada) determined by environmental tracers (3H/3He, 85Kr, SF6, CFC-12, 14C). Hydrogeology Journal 31, 2139–2157.

Bruneau, S., Barbecot, F., Larocque, M., Horoi, V., Coquet, Y., Guillon, S., 2022. Vadose zone modeling to identify controls on groundwater recharge in an
unconfined granular aquifer in a cold and humid environment with different meteorological data sources
. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 653-672.

Valence, E., Baraer, M., Rosa, E, Barbecot, F., Monty, C., 2022. Drone-based ground-penetrating radar (GPR) application to snow hydrology. The Cryosphere 16(9), 3843-3860.

Danielescu, S., Barbecot, F., Morand, V., 2021. Groundwater contributions to surface water in the Assiniboine Delta Aquifer (ADA): A water quantity and quality perspectiveJournal of Great Lakes Research 47(3), 788-797.

Masse-Dufresne, J., Barbecot, F., Baudron, P., Gibson, J., 2021. Quantifying floodwater impacts on a lake water budget via volume-dependent transient stable isotope mass balance. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25(6), 3731-3757.

Masse-Dufresne, J., Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., Pasquier, P., Barbeau, B., 2021. Optimizing short time-step monitoring and management strategies using
environmental tracers at flood-affected bank filtration sites
. Science of The Total Environment 750, 141429.

Meyzonnat, G., Barbecot, F., Corcho Alvarado, J., Pinti, D.L., Lauzon, J.M., McCormack, R., 2021. Depth–Sequential Investigation of Major Ions, δ18O, δ2H and δ13C in Fractured Aquifers of the St. Lawrence Lowlands (Quebec, Canada) Using Passive Samplers. Water 13(13),1806.

Musy, S., Meyzonnat, G., Barbecot, F., Hunkeler, D., Sültenfuss, J., Solomon, D.K., Purtschert, R., 2021. In-situ sampling for krypton-85 groundwater dating. Journal of Hydrology X 11, 100075.

Mattei, A., Barbecot, F., Goblet, P., Guillon, S., 2020. Pore water isotope fingerprints to understand the spatiotemporal groundwater recharge variability in ungauged watersheds. Vadose Zone Journal 19(1), e20066.

Mattei, A., Goblet, P., Barbecot, F., Guillon, S., Coquet, Y., Wang, S., 2020. Can Soil Hydraulic Parameters be Estimated from the Stable Isotope Composition of Pore Water from a Single Soil Profile? Water 12(2), 393.

Wisen, J., Chesnaux, R., Werring, J., Wendling, G., Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., 2020. A portrait of wellbore leakage in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(2), 913-922.

Masse-Dufresne, J., Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., Patenaude, M., Pontoreau, C., Proteau-Bédard, F., Menou, M., Pasquier, P., Veuille, S., Barbeau, B., 2019. Anthropic and Meteorological Controls on the Origin and Quality of Water at a Bank Filtration Site in Canada. Water 11(12), 2510.

Mattei, A., Barbecot, F., Guillon, S., Goblet, P., Hélie, J.F., Meyzonnat, G., 2019. Improved accuracy and precision of water stable isotope measurements using the direct vapour equilibration method. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 33(20), 1613-1622.

Meyzonnat, G., Barbecot, F., Alvarado, J.A.C., Lauzon, J.M., McCormack, R., Tognelli, A., Zeyen, H., Alazard, M., 2019. Borehole Heat Budget Calculator: A New Tool for the Quick Exploitation of High-Resolution Temperature Profiles by Hydrogeologists. Journal of Water Resource and Protection 11, 122-147.

Tcaci, M., Barbecot, F., Hélie, J.F., Surridge, B.W., Gooddy, D.C., 2019. A new technique to determine the phosphate oxygen isotope composition of freshwater samples at low ambient phosphate concentration. Environmental Science & Technology 53(17), 10288-10294.

Wisen, J., Chesnaux, R., Wendling, G., Werring, J., Barbecot, F., Baudron, P., 2019. Assessing the potential of cross-contamination from oil and gas hydraulic
fracturing: A case study in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
. Journal of Environmental Management 246, 275-282.

Barbecot, F., Guillon, S., Pili, E., Larocque, M., Gibert-Brunet, E., Hélie, J.-F., Noret, A., Plain, C., Schneider, V., Mattei, A., Meyzonnat, G., 2018. Using water stable isotopes in the unsaturated zone to quantify recharge in two contrasted infiltration regimes. Vadose Zone Journal 17 (1), art. no. 170170. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2017.09.0170

Meyzonnat, G., Barbecot, F., Alazard, M., McCormack, R., 2018. La richesse de la ressource en eau du Québec. Géologues 198, 69-75.

Meyzonnat, G., Barbecot, F., Corcho-Alvarado, J.A., Tognelli, A., Zeyen, H., Mattei, A. and McCormack, R., 2018. High-Resolution Wellbore Temperature Logging Combined with a Borehole-Scale Heat Budget: Conceptual and Analytical Approaches to Characterize Hydraulically Active Fractures and Groundwater OriginGeofluids 2018, art. no. 9461214.

Arnoux, M., Barbecot, F., Gibert-Brunet, E., Gibson, J., Noret, A., 2017Impacts of changes in groundwater recharge on the isotopic composition and
geochemistry of seasonally ice-covered lakes: insights for sustainable management
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21 (11), 5875-5889.

Arnoux, M., Barbecot, F., Gibert-Brunet, E., Gibson, J., Rosa, E., Noret, A., Monvoisin, G., 2017Geochemical and isotopic mass balances of kettle lakes in southern Quebec (Canada) as tools to document variations in groundwater quantity and qualityEnvironmental Earth Sciences 76 (3), art. no. 106.

Arnoux, M., Gibert-Brunet, E., Barbecot, F., Guillon, S., Gibson, J., Noret, A., 2017Interactions between groundwater and seasonally ice-covered lakes: Using water stable isotopes and radon-222 multilayer mass balance models, Hydrological Processes 31 (14), 2566-2581.

Saby, M., Larocque, M., Pinti, D., Barbecot, F., Gagné, S., Barnetche, D., Cabana, H., 2017Regional assessment of concentrations and sources of pharmaceutically active compounds, pesticides, nitrate, and E. coli in post-glacial aquifer environments (Canada)Science of the Total Environment 579, 557-568.

Delbart, C., Valdés, D., Barbecot, F., Tognelli, A., Couchoux, L., 2016Spatial organization of the impulse response in a karst aquiferJournal of Hydrology 537, 18-26.

Meyzonnat, G., Larocque, M., Barbecot, F., Pinti, D.L., Gagné, S., 2016The potential of major ion chemistry to assess groundwater vulnerability of a regional aquifer in southern Quebec (Canada)Environmental Earth Sciences 75 (1), art. no. 68, 1-12.

Saby, M., Larocque, M., Pinti, D.L., Barbecot, F., Sano, Y., Castro, M.C., 2016. Linking groundwater quality to residence times and regional geology in the St. Lawrence Lowlands, southern Quebec, CanadaApplied Geochemistry 65, 1-13.

Aquilina, L., Vergnaud-Ayraud, V., Armandine Les Landes, A., Pauwels, H., Davy, P., Pételet-Giraud, E., Labasque, T., Roques, C., Chatton,
E., Bour, O., Ben Maamar, S., Dufresne, A., Kaskha, M., Le Gal La Salle, C., Barbecot, F., 2015. Impact of climate changes during the last 5 million years on groundwater in basement aquifersScientific Reports 5, 14132; doi: 10.1038/srep14132.

Lefebvre, K., Barbecot, F., Larocque, M., Gillon, M., 2015Combining isotopic tracers (222Rn and δ13C) for improved modelling of groundwater discharge to small riversHydrological Processes 29 (12), 2814-2822.

Razafindratsima, S., Péron, O., Piscitelli, A., Gégout, C., Schneider, V., Barbecot, F., Giffaut, E., Robinet, J.C., LeCointe, P., Montavon, G., 2015Transport properties of iodide in a sandy aquifer: Hydrogeological modelling and field tracer testsJournal of Hydrology 520, 61-68.

Tribovillard, N., Hatem, E., Averbuch, O., Barbecot, F., Bout-Roumazeilles, V., Trentesaux, A., 2015Iron availability as a dominant control on the primary composition and diagenetic overprint of organic-matter-rich rocks. Chemical Geology 401, 67-82.

Vautour, G., Pinti, D.L., Méjean, P., Saby, M., Meyzonnat, G., Larocque, M., Castro, M.C., Hall, C.M., Boucher, C., Roulleau, E., Barbecot, F., Takahata, N., Sano, Y., 20153H/3He, 14C and (U-Th)/He groundwater ages in the St. Lawrence Lowlands, Quebec, Eastern CanadaChemical Geology 413, art. no. 17661, 94-106.

Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., Aróstegui, J.L.G., Leduc, C., Travi, Y., Martinez-Vicente, D., 2014. Impacts of human activities on recharge in a multilayered semiarid aquifer (Campo de Cartagena, SE Spain). Hydrological Processes 28 (4), 2223-2236. 

Delbart, C., Barbecot, F., Valdes, D., Tognelli, A., Fourre, E., Purtschert, R., Couchoux, L., Jean-Baptiste, P., 2014. Investigation of young water inflow in karst aquifers using SF6-CFC-3H/He-85Kr-39Ar and stable isotope componentsApplied Geochemistry 50, 164-176.

Delbart, C., Valdes, D., Barbecot, F., Tognelli, A., Richon, P., Couchoux, L., 2014. Temporal variability of karst aquifer response time established by the sliding-windows cross-correlation methodJournal of Hydrology 511, 580-588. 

Labasque, T., Aquilina, L., Vergnaud, V., Barbecot, F., 2014Inter-laboratory comparison of the analyses of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and three
chlorofluorocarbons (CFC-11, -12 and -113) in groundwater and an air standard
Applied Geochemistry 50, 118-129.

Labasque, T., Aquilina, L., Vergnaud, V., Hochreutener, R., Barbecot, F., Casile, G. 2014. Inter-comparison exercises on dissolved gases for groundwater dating – (1) Goals of the exercise and site choice, validation of the sampling strategyApplied Geochemistry 40, 119-125.

Visser, A., Fourré, E., Barbecot, F., Aquilina, L., Labasque, T., Vergnaud, V., Esser, B.K., 2014. Intercomparison of tritium and noble gases analyses, 3H/3He ages and derived parameters excess air and recharge temperatureApplied Geochemistry 50, 130-141. 

Baudron, P., Barbecot, F., Gillon, M., Aróstegui, J.L.G., Travi, Y., Leduc, C., Castillo, F.G., Martinez-Vicente, D. 2013Assessing groundwater residence time in a highly anthropized unconfined aquifer using bomb peak 14C and reconstructed irrigation water 3HRadiocarbon, vol. 55, no. 2-3, pp. 993-1006. 

Lefebvre, K., Barbecot, F., Ghaleb, B., Larocque, M., Gagné, S. 2013Full range determination of 222Rn at the watershed scale by liquid scintillation  countingApplied Radiation and Isotopes, vol. 75, pp. 71-76. 

Tribovillard, N., du Châtelet, E.A., Gay, A., Barbecot, F., Sansjofre, P., Potdevin, J.-L. 2013Geochemistry of cold seepage-impacted sediments: Per-ascensum or per-descensum trace metal enrichment?Chemical Geology, vol. 340, pp. 1-12. 

 Baudron, P., Garcia-Arostegui, J.L., Barbecot, F., Martinez-Vicente, D., Travi, Y., Leduc, C., Noret, A., 2012. Évolution d’un aquifère côtier multicouche soumis à une forte pression anthropique. Approche multi-isotopique. Campo de Cartagena (SE Espagne), in: Nuevas Aportaciones Al Conocimiento De Los Acuíferos Costeros, Serie Hidrogeología y Aguas Subterráneas. Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, pp. 375-385.

Tribovillard, N., Sansjofre, P., Ader, M., Trentesaux, A., Averbuch, O. Barbecot, F. 2012Early diagenetic carbonate bed formation at the sediment-water interface triggered by synsedimentary faultsChemical Geology, vol. 300-301, pp. 1-13. 

Gillon, M., Barbecot, F., Gibert, E., Plain, C., Corcho-Alvarado, J.-. Massault, M. 2012. Controls on 13C and 14C variability in soil CO 2, Geoderma, vol. 189-190, pp. 431-441. 

Barbecot, F.,  2011.  De l’archive environnementale à la signature des processus : résilience des systèmes hydrologiques naturels. Thèse d’habilitation à diriger la recherche. 106 p. 

Gillon, M., Barbecot, F., Marlin, C. Gibert, E. 2009. Groundwater dating: Importance of isotopic and geochemical exchanges during the water infiltration, Actualite Chimique, no. 329, pp. 25-29

Gillon, M., Barbecot, F., Gibert, E., Corcho Alvarado, J.A., Marlin, C. Massault, M. 2009. Open to closed system transition traced through the TDIC isotopic
signature at the aquifer recharge stage, implications for groundwater 14C dating, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, no. 21, pp. 6488-6501.

Corcho Alvarado, J.-., Barbecot, F. Purtschert, R. 2009. Ambient vertical flow in long-screen wells: A case study in the Fontainebleau Sands Aquifer (France), Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 425-431.

Corcho Alvarado, J.A., Barbecot, F., Purtschert, R., Gillon, M., Aeschbach-Hertig, W. Kipfer, R. 2009. European climate variations over, the past half-millennium reconstructed from groundwater, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 36, no. 15.

Corcho Alvarado, J.A., Purtschert, R., Barbecot, F., Chabault, C., Rueedi, J., Schneider, V., Aeschbach-Hertig, W., Kipfer, R. Loosli, H.H. 2007. Constraining the age distribution of highly mixed groundwater using 39Ar: A multiple environmental tracer (3H/3He, 85Kr, 39Ar, and 14C) study in the semiconfined Fontainebleau Sands Aquifer (France), Water Resources Research, vol. 43, no. 3.

Denimal, S., Tribovillard, N., Barbecot, F., Aglave, S. Dever, L. 2002. Impact of coal mine tips on ground-water quality (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal mine district, France): Inorganic and isotope-geochemistry approaches, Revue des Sciences de l’Eau, vol. 15, no. SPECIAL, pp. 67-93.

Denimal, S., Tribovillard, N., Barbecot, F. Dever, L. 2002. Leaching of coal-mine tips (Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin, France) and sulphate transfer to the chalk aquifer: Example of acid mine drainage in a buffered environment, Environmental Geology, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 966-981.

Hinsby, K., Edmunds, W.M., Loosli, H.H., Manzano, M., de Melo Condesso, M.T. Barbecot, F. 2001. The modern water interface: Recognition, protection and development – Advance of modern waters in European aquifer systems, Geological Society, Special Publication 189, pp. 271-288.

Loosli, H.H., Aeschbach-Hertig, W., Barbecot, F., Blaser, P., Darling, W.G., Dever, L., Edmunds, W.M., Kipfer, R., Purtschert, R. Walraevens, K. 2001. Isotopic methods and their hydrogeochemical context in the investigation of palaeowaters.Geological Society, Special Publication 189, pp. 193-212.

Denimal, S., Barbecot, F., Dever, L., Tribovillard, N. Meilliez, F. 2001. Chemical and isotopic tracing of underground water in relation with leaching of mine spoils, Nord-Pas-de-Calais coal basin (France), Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 111-120.

Dever, L., Travi, Y., Barbecot, F., Marlin, C. Gibert, E. 2001. Evidence for palaeowaters in the coastal aquifers of France.Geological Society, Special Publication 189, pp. 93-106.

Barbecot, F., Marlin, C., Gibert, E. Dever, L. 2000. Hydrochemical and isotopic characterisation of the Bathonian and Bajocian coastal aquifer of the Caen area (northern France), Applied Geochemistry, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 791-805.

Gibert, E., Travi, Y., Massault, M., Chernet, T., Barbecot, F. Laggoun-Defarge, F. 1999. Comparing carbonate and organic AMS-14C ages in Lake Abiyata sediments
(Ethiopia): Hydrochemistry and paleoenvironmental implications, Radiocarbon, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 271-286.

Barbecot, F., Marlin, C., Gibert, E. Dever, L. 1998. Identification and characterization of a saline wedge in the Bajocian-Bathonian coastal aquifer of the area of Caen (France), Comptes Rendus de l’Academie de Sciences – Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, vol. 326, no. 8, pp. 539-544.

Rapports et chapitres de livre

Barry R., Barbecot F., Rodriguez M., Akakpo W., Djongon A. (2022). Urban development and intensive groundwater use in African coastal areas: the case of Lomé urban area (Togo). Groundwater, resilient livelihoods and equitable growth.: 1-20.

Barbecot F., Lefebvre K., Masse-Dufresne J. (2023). Pré-identification des sites de prélèvement d’eau souterraine de catégorie 1 potentiellement en situation de filtration sur berge et évaluation logistique d’un protocole de caractérisation hydro-isotopique. 75. MELCCFP.

Barbecot F., Barry R. Dieng B. (2022). Sahel Groundwater Initiative (P175105) Evaluation of the educational and post-grade offer for groundwater related topics in the Sahel. 141. The World Bank

Barbecot, F. Lefebvre, K. (2021). Développement d’un indice de sensibilité hydrochimique des eaux souterraines pour les régions couvertes par les projets d’acquisition de connaissances sur les eaux souterraines. 170. MELCC.

Barbecot F. (2020). Rapport Bibliographique sur le renforcement de la protection des puits municipaux en lien avec l’utilisation de pesticides. 59. MELCC.

Barbecot F. (2020). Rapport prospectif sur le renforcement de la protection des puits municipaux en lien avec l’utilisation de pesticides. 28. MELCC.