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Dr Jean-Christophe Comte

Dr Jean-Christophe Comte
Dr Jean-Christophe Comte
Dr Jean-Christophe Comte

Hydrogeology, Groundwater hydrology, Hydrogeophysics, Groundwater modelling

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Email Address
jc.comte@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272914
Office Address
124 St. Mary's Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF

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School/Department
School of Geosciences





Biography

  • 2023-present: Reader in Hydrogeology, School of Geosciences, 51cg
  • 2019-2023: Senior Lecturer, School of Geosciences, 51cg
  • 2014-2019: Lecturer, School of Geosciences, 51cg
  • 2014-2016: Visiting researcher, Queen's University Belfast
  • 2009-2014: Postdoctoral research fellow in Hydrogeology/Hydrogeophysics, School of Planning Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
  • 2008: PhD in Hydrogeology, Department of Geology, University of Avignon 'Contribution of electrical resistivity tomography to variable-density groundwater flow modelling in coastal aquifers - Application to three contrasted climate settings (Canada, New Caledonia, Senegal)'
  • 2003-2009: Hydrogeologist consultant, HYDRIAD, Nimes
  • 2002-2003: DESS (MSc2) Hydrogeology, University of Avignon
  • 1998-2002: DEUG-Licence-Maitrise IUP (BSc, MSc1) Geological and Environmental Engineering, University Paul Sabatier Toulouse

External Memberships

  • 2025-present: Executive Editor of  - Official Journal of the 
  • 2026-present: External Examiner, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science and Engineering, Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University partnership
  • 2024-2025: Panel member, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) cross-council

 

 

Featured publications

  • Olabode, O. F., & Comte, J. C. (2024). . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water e1733. 
  • Bachtouli, S., Abidi, M., Comte, J. C., & Zairi, M. (2024). . Hydrogeology Journal 32(2), 359-378.
  • Wu, P., Comte, J. C., Li, F., & Chen, H. (2023). . Journal of Hydrology 617, 129043.
  • Mezquita González, J. A., Comte, J. C., Legchenko, A., Ofterdinger, U., & Healy, D. (2021). . Journal of Hydrology 593, 125637.
  • Oiro, S., Comte, J. C., Soulsby, C., MacDonald, A., & Mwakamba, C. (2020). . Hydrogeology Journal 28, 2635-2656.
  • González-Quirós, A., & Comte, J. C. (2020). . Advances in Water Resources 144, 103695.
  • Comte, J. C., Wilson, C., Ofterdinger, U., & González鈥怮uirós, A. (2017). . Water Resources Research 53(3), 2171-2198.
  • Comte, J. C., Cassidy, R., Obando, J., Robins, N., Ibrahim, K., Melchioly, S., ... & Davies, J. (2016). . Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 5, 179-199.
  • Comte, J. C., Join, J. L., Banton, O., & Nicolini, E. (2014). . Hydrogeology journal 22(8), 1905.
  • Comte, J. C., Cassidy, R., Nitsche, J., Ofterdinger, U., Pilatova, K., & Flynn, R. (2012). . Hydrogeology Journal 20(8), 1569.
  • Comte, J. C., & Banton, O. (2007). . Geophysical research letters 34(10).
Research

Research Overview

Dr Jean-Christophe Comte research includes:

  • Quantitative hydrogeology and groundwater hydrology
  • Hydrogeophysical methods for aquifer parameter estimation and calibration of groundwater models 
  • Groundwater resources in complex hydrogeological environments, including coastal, islands, fractured rocks and volcanic aquifers
  • Saltwater intrusion and sustainability of fresh groundwater resources in coastal aquifer systems
  • Groundwater resilience to global changes, incl. urban hydrogeology, floods & droughts, groundwater-surface water interactions, managed aquifer recharge
  • Hydrogeological properties and processes underpinning sustainable geothermal development 

Research Team

Current PhD students (as lead and co-supervisor)

  • Belay Sisay - Sustainable management of fresh groundwater resources in coastal East Africa 
  • Brady Johnson - Groundwater resilience to drought in Scotland
  • Jennifer Pirie (co-supervisor) - The role of surface and groundwater connections in managing distillery water supplies with Nature-Based Solutions
  • Chloe Gemmell (co-supervisor) - Mineral prospectivity of the Caledonide intrusions of the UK and Ireland
  • Liam Hayes (co-supervisor, Queen's University Belfast) - The role of geothermal energy in decarbonising the UK agri-food sector

Recently completed PhD students (as lead supervisor)

  • Hamish Johnson - Groundwater and nutrient dynamics in heterogeneous agricultural catchments
  • Oluwaseun Olabode - Water scarcity and groundwater security in the fast-growing megacity of Lagos
  • Joel Blackburn - Understanding stream-aquifer interactions and their influence on flow regimes and fluvial processes in a newly restored ephemeral stream
  • Jesus Mezquita - Hydrogeophysical approaches for characterising flow and storage in weathered/fractured aquifers
  • Samson Oiro - Impact of climate change and human activities on groundwater resources in the Nairobi and Tiwi aquifers: two strategic Kenyan aquifers under high pressure

Funding and Grants

Ongoing:

  • International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) for Official Development Assistance (ODA) Project Grant - A hidden water crisis in the fast-growing coastal megacity of Lagos: is unregulated groundwater abstraction causing aquifer depletion and saltwater intrusion? (2023). PI.
  • Centre of Expertise for Waters CREW - Future predictions of water scarcity in Scotland: impacts to distilleries and agricultural abstractors (2023-2024). Co-I.
  • Scottish Funding Council Hydronation programme - The role of groundwater in adapting to climate change and increasing resilience to drought in Eastern Scotland (2023-2027). PI.
  • Royal Society International Exchange with Jilin University, China on managed aquifer recharge (2023-2025). PI.
  • Centre of Expertise for Waters CREW - Understanding the relationship between water scarcity and land use in private water supply catchments (2023-2024). Co-I.
  • NERC Exploring the Frontiers research grant [] - Hydro-g: Monitoring groundwater resources using low-cost microgravity sensors (2023-2024). Co-I, led by the University of Glasgow.

Completed:

  • Department for the Economy/Geological Survey of Northern Ireland - Near-surface geophysical characterisation at the Stormont Estate, Belfast to support its geothermal development (2022). Co-PI, with Queen's University Belfast.
  • GCRF/Academy of Medical Sciences/Geological Survey of Ireland - Groundwater-g: Supporting groundwater resources management using low-cost microgravity technology (2020-2022). Co-I, led by Queen's University Belfast.
  • GCRF/Scottish Funding Council Covid-19 Response Research Grant - COVID-19 and water security in the world's largest refugee camp: can groundwater development safely meet the increased water demand to fight COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh? (2020-2021). PI.
  • World Bank/AURECON applied research grant - Groundwater numerical modelling in support of strengthening of water resources planning, monitoring and management in Kenya (2018-2020). PI. 
  • AHRC/GCRF/University of Nottingham Research Grant - Kisima project: Historical and future groundwater well management on Kilwa Kisiwani island, Tanzania (2019-2020). Co-I, led by the University of Dar Es Salaam. 
  • Royal Society Newton International Fellowship (Dr Andres Gonzalez Quiros) - Monitoring and coupled hydrogeophysical modelling of saltwater intrusion in heterogeneous coastal aquifers (2019-2021). 
  • NERC/DFID Research Grant [] - SHEAR Programme: Connect4 water resilience: connecting water resources, communities, drought and flood hazards, and governance across 4 countries in the Limpopo basin (2018-2020). PI.
  • NERC Urgency Grant [] - Extreme rainfall and floods in arid regions (Botswana): replenishment or contamination of water resources? (2017-2018). PI.
  • United Utilities Water/Environmental Agency applied research grant - Understanding stream-aquifer interactions and their influence on flow regimes and fluvial processes in a newly restored ephemeral stream (2017-2022). PI.
  • Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Environment and Sustainability Research Grant [ESRG3/16] - East African groundwater resources under climatic and human pressure (2016-2017). PI.
  • Geological Survey of Ireland Research Grant [2015-SC-003] - Determining fractured bedrock aquifer parameters using Magnetic Resonance Sounding to better constrain numerical groundwater models in support of catchment scale water resource management (2016). Co-I, led by Queen's University Belfast.
  • Elphinstone Fund/Water Resources Management Authority of Kenya PhD Scholarship (Mr S. Oiro) - Comparative hydrogeology of the Nairobi volcanic suite aquifer and the Tiwi coastal aquifer (2015-2018).
  • NERC/DFID/ESRC Research Grant [] - UPGro Programme: Towards Groundwater security in coastal East Africa (2013-2014). PI.
  • EuropeAid/African Union Research Grant [EuropeAid/130-741/D/ACT/ACP] - Groundwater resource in basement rocks of Africa (2012-2015). Co-I, led by the Research Institute for Development IRD.
  • Department of Employment and Learning Northern Ireland PhD Scholarship (Mr N. Dickson) - Incorporation of multi-scale hydrogeophysical datasets into numerical groundwater models (2012-2015).
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

MSc teaching

Undergraduate teaching

  • GL4535 Geoscience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals | Groundwater resources (BSc year 4)
  • GG4071 Environmental Hydrology | Groundwater hydrology (BSc year 4)
  • GG2510 Mapping and Monitoring the Environment  | Environmental geophysics (BSc year 2)
  • GG2013 Physical Environments | Groundwater: An introduction (BSc year 2)
Publications

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  • Modeling seawater intrusion with multiple sources of uncertainty: application to Kuwait City

    Alshammari, B., Abbasov, R., Anis, Y., Baalousha, H. M., Toussaint, R., Comte, J., Fahs, M.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 1373-1395
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Effect of layered heterogeneity on the efficiency of freshwater injection in controlling saltwater intrusion in tidally-influenced coastal aquifers: insight from numerical simulations

    Wu, P., Zhang, Y., Comte, J., Fu, Y., Du, X., Zhang, C.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 673, 135426
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Groundwater-surface water interactions and resilience to hydrological extremes in a data-sparse arid transboundary river basin: insights from collaborative groundwater modelling

    Mustafa, S. M. T., Comte, J., Franchi, F., Matan贸, A., van Loon, A. F., Tirivarombo, S., Artur, L., Bharucha, Z. P., Chinyama, A., Chirindja, F., Day, R., Dube, J., Hussey, S., Nesamvuni, E., Nomquphu, W., Olabode, O., Rohse, M., Taylor, S., de Vries, J.
    Hydrogeology Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Preface: Advances in understanding offshore freshened groundwater

    Bertoni, C., Thomas, A., Comte, J., Gamboa, D., Giustiniani, M., Schafmeister, M., Wazaz, H.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 287-291
    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues
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  • Offshore fresh (or freshened) groundwater: Research achievements and future perspectives

    Bertoni, C., Thomas, A., Wazaz, H., Camerlenghi, A., Comte, J., Gamboa, D., Giustiniani, M., Martin-Nagle, R., Micallef, A., Nieves, M., Jordan, E. Q., Savani, I.
    Hydrogeology Journal, pp. 293-299
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Characterising groundwater drought: Using standard indices and cluster analysis to quantify drought response and propagation across aquifer typology and identify areas of resilience

    Johnson, B., Comte, J., MacDonald, A., Soulsby, C., Helliwell, R.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations
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  • Hydrological characteristics of nearshore freshened groundwater (NFG) and its environmental effects of exploitation in the east coast of Laizhou Bay, China

    Li, F., Li, M., Comte, J., Wu, P., Chen, H.
    Hydrogeology Journal
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Policy Brief - Water scarcity in eastern Scotland: Groundwater pathways to a drought-resilient future

    Johnson, B., Comte, J., Macdonald, A., Soulsby, C., Helliwell, R., Smail, I., Haunch, S.
    Scottish Government. 8 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Underestimating institutional stance persistence in geothermal market stagnation and market-making

    Ireland, J. F., Palmer, M., Barron, N., Ofterdinger, U., Comte, J.
    Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 131, pp. 103-119
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Hydrogeological typologies of the aquifer systems underlying Lagos State, Nigeria: OR/25/039

    Holliday, L., Upton, K., MacDonald, A., Healy, A., Comte, J., Olabode, O. F., Olatunji, A., Tijani, M., Akanmu, J., Longe, E., Aladejana, J., Kolawole, K., Oteri, A.
    British Geological Survey. 84 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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  • Long-term groundwater security in the fast-growing coastal megacity of Lagos, Nigeria: insights from distributed recharge simulations

    Olabode, O. F., Comte, J.
    Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 1813-1833
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  • Hydrological connectivity and biogeochemical dynamics in the function and management of the lower Oder floodplain

    Zheng, H., Tetzlaff, D., Birkel, C., Chmieleski, J., Comte, J. C., Freymueller, J., Goldhammer, T., Schmidt, A., Wohl, E., Soulsby, C.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 653, 132708
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Storage dynamics and groundwater鈥搒urface water interactions in a drought sensitive lowland catchment: Process-based modelling as a learning tool

    Ying, Z., Tetzlaff, D., Comte, J., Wu, S., Soulsby, C.
    Hydrological Processes, vol. 39, no. 5, e70141
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Porosity estimation of the Permo-Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Group using BNRM and petrophysical models

    Oguntade, S., Ofterdinger, U., Comte, J., Gee, R., Kynaston, M., Raine, R.
    Advances in Geosciences, vol. 65, pp. 189-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Climate change, coastal heritage digitization, and local community engagement at the Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage Site, Tanzania

    Pollard, E., Bates, R., Comte, J., Graham, E., Lubao, C., Musini, N., Ichumbaki, E.
    Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 6-21
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Towards more connection in drought and flood management in the transboundary Limpopo basin

    van Loon, A. F., Matan贸, A., Tirivarombo, S., Artur, L., Day, R., Rohse, M., Mustafa, S., Geris, J., Taylor, S., Bharucha, Z. P., Chirindja, F., Nesamvuni, A. E., Huhn, A. L., Nomquphu, W., Ebrahim, G., Comte, J.
    J脿mb谩: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, a1798
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Collective vision-making practice: A long-run dynamic process model for geothermal market transitioning

    Ireland, J. F., Palmer, M., Ofterdinger, U., Comte, J.
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 207, 114909
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Understanding the relationship between water scarcity and land use in private water supply catchments 鈥� a review

    Geris, J., Loerke, E., Valero, D., Marshall, K., Comte, J., Rivington, M., Wilkinson, M.
    Commissioned by CREW - Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters. CREW - Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters. 91 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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  • Water scarcity in the fast-growing megacity of Lagos, Nigeria and opportunities for managed aquifer recharge

    Olabode, O. F., Comte, J.
    WIREs Water, vol. 11, no. 5, e1733
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Future predictions of water scarcity in Scotland: impact on distilleries and agricultural abstractors.

    Glendell, M., Blackstock, K., Adams, K., Brickell, J., Comte, J., Gagkas, Z., Geris, J., Haro Monteagudo, D., Jabloun, M., Karley, A., Macleod, K., Naha, S., Paterson, E., Rivington, M., Thompson, C., Upton, K., Wilkinson, M., Williams, K.
    CREW - Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters. 113 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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  • Relationship between hyporheic and groundwater flow beneath a riverbed with variable topography under gaining and losing river conditions in meandering stream

    Wu, P., Comte, J., Zhao, Y., Yuan, Y.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 637, 131319
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Prolonged drought periods over the last four decades increase flood intensity in Southern Africa

    Franchi, F., Mustafa, S., Ariztegui, D., Chirindja, F. J., Di Capua, A., Hussey, S., Loizeau, J., Maselli, V., Matan贸, A., Olabode, O., Pasqualotto, F., Sengweni, W., Tirivarombo, S., van Loon, A. F., Comte, J.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 924, 171489
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  • Potential for fresh submarine groundwater occurrence in an arid Mediterranean region: the case of Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia

    Bachtouli, S., Abidi, M., Comte, J. C., Zairi, M.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 32, pp. 359鈥�378
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Developing a conceptual model of groundwater 鈥� surface water interactions in a drought sensitive lowland catchment using multi-proxy data

    Ying, Z., Tetzlaff, D., Freymueller, J., Comte, J., Goldhammer, T., Schmidt, A., Soulsby, C.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 628, 130550
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  • Scaling of groundwater flow subject to managed aquifer recharge using injection boreholes: physical experiments and upscaled numerical models

    Wu, P., Comte, J., Zhuangzhuang, M., Li, F., Chen, H.
    Urban Climate, vol. 51, 101651
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Evaluating groundwater nitrate status across the River Ythan catchment (Scotland) following two decades of Nitrate Vulnerable Zone designation

    Johnson, H., Simpson, E. M., Troldborg, M., Ofterdinger, U., Cassidy, R., Soulsby, C., Comte, J.
    Environments, vol. 10, no. 4, 67
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  • Quantifying heterogeneity in ecohydrological partitioning in urban green spaces through the integration of empirical and modelling approaches

    Stevenson, J. L., Birkel, C., Comte, J., Tetzlaff, D., Marx, C., Neill, A., Maneta, M., Boll, J., Soulsby, C.
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 195, no. 4, 468
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Long-term geomorphic adjustments following the recoupling of a tributary to its main-stem river

    Blackburn, J., Marteau, B., Vericat, D., Batalla, R., Comte, J., Gibbins, C.
    Geomorphology, vol. 108561, 108561
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Near-surface geophysical characterisation at the Stormont Estate, Belfast to support its geothermal development

    Comte, J., Ofterdinger, U., Johnson, H., Blackburn, J., Oguntade, S.
    Commissioned by Northern Ireland Department for the Economy. 46 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Influence of tides on the effectiveness of artificial freshwater injection in mitigating seawater intrusion in an unconfined coastal aquifer

    Wu, P., Comte, J., Li, F., Chen, H.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 617, no. Part B, 129043
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Modelling of groundwater recharge in the megacity of Lagos, Nigeria: preliminary results using WetSpass-M

    Olabode, O. F., Comte, J.
    Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO), vol. 59, pp. 53-57
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  • Occurrence of methane oxidizing bacteria and methanogenic archaea in Earth鈥檚 cave systems: a metagenomic analysis

    Allenby, A., Cunningham, M., Hillebrand-Voiculescu, A., Comte, J., Doherty, R., Kumaresan, D.
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 909865
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  • Surface water-groundwater interactions and local land use control water quality impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in a vulnerable semi-arid region of Sub-Saharan Africa

    Geris, J., Comte, J., Franchi, F., Petros, A. K., Tirivarombo, S., Selepeng, A. T., Villholth, K. G.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 609, 127834
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  • Laboratory measurements of zeta potential in fractured Lewisian gneiss: implications for the characterization of flow in fractured crystalline bedrock

    Vinogradov, J., Hidayat, M., Kumar, Y., Healy, D., Comte, J.
    Applied Sciences, vol. 12, no. 1, 180
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  • Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice-contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselk盲, Finland)

    Kurjanski, B., Rea, B., Spagnolo, M., Cornwell, D., Howell, J., Comte, J., Gonzalez Quiros, A., Palmu, J., Oien, R., Gibbard, P.
    Sedimentology, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 3057-3101
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  • Effect of surface water level fluctuations on the performance of near-bank managed aquifer recharge from injection wells

    Wu, P., Comte, J., Zhang, L., Wang, S., Chang, B.
    Water , vol. 13, no. 21, 3013
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  • Hydrogeophysical model calibration and uncertainty analysis via full integration of PEST/PEST++ and COMSOL

    Gonzalez-Quiros, A., Comte, J.
    Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 145, 105183
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  • A framework for parameter estimation using sharp-interface seawater intrusion models

    Coulon, C., Pryet, A., Lemieux, J., Fidele Yrro, B. J., Bouchedda, A., Gloaguen, E., Comte, J., Dupuis, J. C., Banton, O.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 600, 126509
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  • The effect of typical geological heterogeneities on the performance of managed aquifer recharge: physical experiments and numerical simulations

    Wu, P., Shu, L., Comte, J., Zuo, Q., Wang, M., Li, F., Chen, H.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 2107鈥�2125
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  • A numerical assessment of electrical imaging for seawater intrusion monitoring in heterogeneous coastal aquifers

    Quiros, A. G., Comte, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Mapping fracture flow anisotropy using the Self Potential method: field and laboratory experiments

    Kumar, Y., Comte, J., Vinogradov, J., Healy, D., Mezquita Gonzalez, J., Gonzalez Quiros, A., Smith, L.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • A longer-term perspective on soil moisture, groundwater and stream flow response to the 2018 drought in an experimental catchment in the Scottish Highlands

    Soulsby, C., Scheliga, B., Neill, A., Comte, J. C., Tetzlaff, D.
    Hydrological Processes, vol. 35, no. 6, e14206
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  • Hydrogeological controls on the flow regime of an ephemeral temperate stream flowing across an alluvial fan

    Blackburn, J., Comte, J., Foster, G., Gibbins, C.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 595, 125994
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Multisector Collaborative Groundwater-Surface Water Modelling Approach to Improve Resilience to Hydrological Extremes in the Limpopo River Basin

    Mustafa, S. M. T., Van Loon, A., Artur, L., Bharucha, Z., Chinyama, A., Chirindja, F., Day, R., Franchi, F., Geris, J., Hussey, S., Nesamvuni, E., Nhacume, A., Petros, A., Roden, H., Rohse, M., Tirivarombo, S., Comte, J. C.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Quantification of groundwater storage heterogeneity in weathered/fractured basement rock aquifers using electrical resistivity tomography: sensitivity and uncertainty associated with petrophysical modelling

    Mezquita Gonzalez, J., Comte, J., Legchenko, A., Ofterdinger, U., Healy, D.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 593, 125637
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  • Kenya Water Security Resilience Project - Implementation support consultant (ISC) to support strengthening of water resources management and planning: Volume C2-3 - Aquifer Modelling (Hydrogeological Data and Modelling)

    Comte, J., Oiro, S., Mutinda, J.
    Commissioned by Aurecon AMEI Ltd. for the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, Government of the Republic of Kenya. 72 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Depletion of groundwater resources under rapid urbanisation in Africa: recent and future trends in the Nairobi Aquifer System, Kenya

    Oiro, S., Comte, J., Soulsby, C., Macdonald, A., Mwakamba, C.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 2635-2656
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  • Kenya Water Security Resilience Project - Implementation support consultant (ISC) to support strengthening of water resources management and planning: Volume C2-4 - Aquifer Modelling (Groundwater Use Scenarios)

    Comte, J., Oiro, S., Mutinda, J.
    Commissioned by Aurecon AMEI Ltd. for the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, Government of the Republic of Kenya. 13 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Relative importance of conceptual and computational errors when delineating saltwater intrusion from resistivity inverse models in heterogeneous coastal aquifers

    Gonzalez Quiros, A., Comte, J.
    Advances in Water Resources, vol. 144, 103695
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  • Modern sediment records of hydroclimatic extremes and associated potential contaminant mobilization in semi-arid environments: lessons learnt from recent flood-drought cycles in southern Botswana

    Franchi, F., Ahad, J. M., Geris, J., Jhowa, G., Petros, A. K., Comte, J.
    Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol. 20, pp. 1632鈥�1650
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  • Groundwater in Fractured Bedrock Environments: Managing Catchment and Subsurface Resources

    Ofterdinger, U. (ed.), MacDonald, A. (ed.), Comte, J. (ed.), Young, M. E. (ed.)
    Geological Society of London, London. 250 pages
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  • Analysis and numerical modelling of large-scale controls on aquifer structure and hydrogeological properties in the African basement (Benin, West Africa)

    Dickson, N., Comte, J., Koussoube, Y., Ofterdinger, U. S., Vouillamoz, J.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 479, no. 1, pp. 81-100
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  • Drivers, patterns and velocity of saltwater intrusion in a stressed aquifer of the East African coast: Joint analysis of groundwater and geophysical data in southern Kenya

    Oiro, S., Comte, J.
    Journal of African Earth Sciences, vol. 149, no. 1, pp. 334-347
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  • Regional-scale analysis of the effect of managed aquifer recharge on saltwater intrusion in irrigated coastal aquifers: long-term groundwater observations and model simulations in NE Tunisia

    Bachtouli, S., Comte, J.
    Journal of Coastal Research, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 91-110
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  • Hydrology at Aberdeen 鈥� thinking about water locally and globally

    Soulsby, C., Comte, J., Geris, J., Gibbins, C. N., Tetzlaff, D.
    Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 135, no. 3-4, pp. 267-286
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  • Sensitivity and Uncertainty of Petrophysical Models to Predict Storage Properties in Weathered/Fractured HardRock Aquifers

    M茅zquita Gonz谩lez, J. A., Comte, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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  • Using stable water isotopes to identify spatial-temporal controls on groundwater recharge in two contrasting East African aquifer systems

    Oiro, S., Comte, J., Soulsby, C., Walraevens, K.
    Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 862-877
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  • Catchment-scale heterogeneity of flow and storage properties in a weathered/fractured hard rock aquifer from resistivity and magnetic resonance surveys: implications for groundwater flow paths and the distribution of residence times

    Comte, J., Ofterdinger, U., Legchenko, A., Caulfield, J., Cassidy, R., Mezquita Gonzalez, J. A.
    Geological Society Special Publications , vol. 479, pp. 35-58
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  • Joint use of singular value decomposition and Monte-Carlo simulation for estimating uncertainty in surface NMR inversion

    Legchenko, A., Comte, J., Ofterdinger, U., Vouillamoz, J., Lawson, F. M. A., Walsh, J.
    Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 144, pp. 28-36
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  • Effect of volcanic dykes on coastal groundwater flow and saltwater intrusion: a field-scale multiphysics approach and parameter evaluation

    Comte, J., Wilson, C., Ofterdinger, U., Quiros, A. G.
    Water Resources Research, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 2171-2198
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  • Mapping a waste disposal site using Tellus airborne geophysical data

    Ofterdinger, U., Wilson, C., Robinson, M., Comte, J., Cassidy, R., Beamish, D., Ruffell, A.
    Unearthed: impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland. Young, M. (ed.). Royal Irish Academy: Science Series, pp. 374-389, 15 pages
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  • The use of aero-magnetics to enhance a numerical groundwater model of the Lagan Valley aquifer, Northern Ireland

    Dickson, N., Comte, J., McKinley, J., Ofterdinger, U.
    Unearthed: impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland. Young, M. (ed.). Royal Irish Academy: Science Series, pp. 361-371, 11 pages
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  • Challenges in groundwater resource management in coastal aquifers of East Africa: Investigations and lessons learnt in the Comoros Islands, Kenya and Tanzania

    Comte, J., Cassidy, R., Obando, J., Robins, N., Ibrahim, K., Melchioly, S., Mjemah, I., Shauri, H., Bourhane, A., Mohamed, I., Noe, C., Mwega, B., Makokha, M., Join, J., Banton, O., Davies, J.
    Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 5, pp. 179-199
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  • Groundwater prospection in Grande Comore Island - Joint contribution of geophysical methods, hydrogeological time-series analysis and groundwater modelling

    Bourhane, A., Comte, J., Join, J., Ibrahim, K.
    Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Bachelery, P., Lenat, J., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (eds.). Springer Verlag, pp. 385-401, 17 pages
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  • Groundwater Resources on Active Basaltic Volcanoes: Conceptual Models from La R茅union Island and Grande Comore

    Join, J., Folio, J., Bourhane, A., Comte, J.
    Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Bachelery, P., Lenat, J., Di Muro, A., Michon, L. (eds.). Springer, pp. 61-70, 10 pages
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  • Integrating aerial geophysical data in multiple-point statistics simulations to assist groundwater flow models

    Dickson, N. E., Comte, J., Renard, P., Straubhaar, J. A., McKinley, J. M., Ofterdinger, U.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 883-900
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  • Integrating petrography, mineralogy and hydrochemistry to constrain the influence and distribution of groundwater contributions to baseflow in poorly productive aquifers: Insights from Gortinlieve catchment, Co. Donegal, NW Ireland

    Caulfield, J., Chelliah, M., Comte, J., Cassidy, R., Flynn, R.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 500-501, pp. 224-234
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  • Modelling the response of fresh groundwater to climate and vegetation changes in coral islands

    Comte, J., Join, J., Banton, O., Nicolini, E.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1905-1920
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  • Coupling ground and airborne geophysical data with upscaling techniques for regional groundwater modelling of heterogeneous aquifers: case study of a sedimentary aquifer intruded by volcanic dykes in Northern Ireland

    Dickson, N. E. M., Comte, J., McKinley, J., Ofterdinger, U.
    Water Resources Research, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 7894-8001
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  • Combining multi-scale geophysical techniques for robust hydro-structural characterisation in catchments underlain by hard rock in post-glacial regions

    Cassidy, R., Comte, J., Nitsche, J., Wilson, C., Flynn, R., Ofterdinger, U.
    Journal of Hydrology, vol. 517, pp. 715-731
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  • The typology of Irish hard-rock aquifers based on an integrated hydrogeological and geophysical approach

    Comte, J., Cassidy, R., Nitsche, J., Ofterdinger, U., Pilatova, K., Flynn, R.
    Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1569-1588
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  • Expertise hydrog茅ologique pour la gestion durable de la lentille d'eau douce et des captages AEP de l'卯le d'Uv茅a, Territoire de Wallis et Futuna: Rapport final, document No 1 - Synthese hydrog茅ologique et mod茅lisation de la lentille

    Comte, J.
    Commissioned by Service Territorial de l'Environnement de Wallis et Futuna. 61 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Expertise hydrog茅ologique pour la gestion durable de la lentille d'eau douce et des captages AEP de l'卯le d'Uv茅a, Territoire de Wallis et Futuna: Rapport final, document No 2 - R茅sum茅 des r茅sultats et recommandations

    Comte, J.
    Commissioned by Service Territorial de l'Environnement de Wallis et Futuna. 13 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Assessing spatio-temporal patterns of groundwater salinity in small coral islands in the Western Indian Ocean

    Join, J., Banton, O., Comte, J., Leze, J., Massin, F., Nicolini, E.
    Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, vol. 10, no. 1, 1-12
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  • Evaluation of effective groundwater recharge of freshwater lens in small islands by the combined modeling of geoelectrical data and water heads

    Comte, J., Banton, O., Join, J., Cabioch, G.
    Water Resources Research, vol. 46, no. 6, W06601
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  • Chapitre Hydrog茅ologie

    Comte, J., Banton, O., Travi, Y.
    Notice explicative de la cartographie multi-couches 脿 1/50 000 et 1/20 000 de la zone d鈥檃ctivit茅 du Cap-Vert, S茅n茅gal. Roger, J., Banton, O., Barusseau, J., Castaigne, P., Comte, J., Duvail, C., Nehlig, P., Noel, B., Serrano, O., Travi, Y. (eds.). Minist猫re des Mines, de l鈥橧ndustrie et des PME, Direction des Mines et de la G茅ologie, Dakar
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Notice explicative de la cartographie multi-couches 脿 1/50,000 et 1/20,000 de la zone d鈥檃ctivit茅 du Cap-Vert, S茅n茅gal

    Roger, J., Banton, O., Barusseau, J., Castaigne, P., Comte, J., Duvail, C., Nehlig, P., Noel, B., Serrano, O., Travi, Y.
    Commissioned by Minist猫re des Mines, de l鈥橧ndustrie et des PME, Direction des Mines et de la G茅ologie, Dakar. 245 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Cross-validation of geo-electrical and hydrogeological models to evaluate seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers

    Comte, J., Banton, O.
    Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, no. 10, L10402
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  • Evaluation de l'efficacit茅 de diff茅rentes strat茅gies de restauration de la qualit茅 des eaux souterraines par mod茅lisation du transfert des nitrates: Cas des formations alluviales du Val de Sa么ne du secteur de Tournus (Sa么ne-et-Loire)

    Comte, J., Banton, O., Villard, A., Kockmann, F., Creuzot, G.
    滨苍驳茅苍颈别谤颈别蝉, vol. 45, pp. 15-28
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  • Modelling of seawater intrusion in the Magdalen Islands (Qu茅bec, Canada)

    Comte, J., Banton, O.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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