The overall aim of the GeEAUde Partnership Chair is to develop, test and promote holistic tools and approaches to characterize and model groundwater resources, and to propose sustainable management strategies adapted to the Mediterranean context in the frame of global change. The research work of the GeEAUde Partnership Chair will focus on water dynamics within underground hydrosystems and their present and future interactions with surface waters (terrestrial and marine) and associated ecosystems.
The research work of the GeEAUde Partnership Chair will be organized around 4 highly interconnected thematic pillars. These 4 scientific pillars are the fruit of the multi-disciplinary research carried out for many years within the UMR EMMAH on the aquifer-soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, and will guide the research strategies and holistic approaches that will be implemented for each underground hydrosystem
THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
OF THE GEEAUDE CHAIR ARE
THREEFOLD
Technological advances and integration
Development and/or fine-tuning of tools for characterizing and monitoring the evolution of groundwater resources at representative spatial and temporal
Understanding the geological, physical and chemical processes
Understanding the geological, physical, chemical and other processes that govern the functioning of aquifers
In-depth study of interactions between groundwater resources and associated ecosystems.
Aquifers are closely linked to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
NEWS
A global analysis of nearshore and submarine springs: spatial distribution, controlling factors, and probability of presence
L’équipe de la chaire GeEAUde a publié un premier article scientifique en décembre 2024 sur la distribution spatiale, les facteurs de contrôle et la probabilité de présence des sources sous-marines et côtières à l’échelle mondiale.
Global dataset of nearshore and submarine springs
Global dataset of nearshore and submarine springs Houssne Bouimouass, André Fourno, Youri Hamon, Konstantinos Chalikakis 2025 Coastal springs, discharging fresh groundwater along continental margins, are
Fluorescence data of natural organic matter in groundwater from the Fontaine de Vaucluse karst system (2020 to 2021): Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and 2D spectra at 254 nm excitation wavelength
Fluorescence data of natural organic matter in groundwater from the Fontaine de Vaucluse karst system (2020 to 2021): Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and 2D spectra at
High-frequency hydrodynamic and hydrochemical data from karst unsaturated zone
High-frequency hydrodynamic and hydrochemical data from karst unsaturated zone Leïla Serène, Guillaume Cinkus, Naomi Mazzilli, Jean-Baptiste Decitre , Christophe Emblanch, Franck Tison, Julien Dupont, Milanka
Passively heated fiber optic distributed temperature sensing for long-term soil moisture observations
Passively heated fiber optic distributed temperature sensing for long-term soil moisture observations Kusnahadi Susanto, Jean-Philippe Malet, Xavier Chavanne, Vincent Marc, Julien Gance 2025 This paper
Salinization in groundwater vulnerability: A review of GALDIT-Based methods
Salinization in groundwater vulnerability: A review of GALDIT-Based methods Mojgan Bordbar, Gianluigi Busico, Nebojsa Jovanovic, Beata Jaworska-Szulc, Adam Szymkiewicz, Simona Castaldi, Konstantinos Chalikakis, Ricardo Hirata,