Henri Schoeller

Henri Schoeller (7 August 1899 in Montmorency – 11 March 1988 in Talence) was an influential French geologist and hydrogeologist.

Early life and education

Henri Schoeller studied at the Sorbonne and at the Natural History Museum in Paris. He focussed on the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Paris Basin, then the French Alps in Provence and the Dauphinés. His doctoral supervisor, Professor Émile Haug, had planned an assistant position for him, but his sudden death disrupted Henri Schoeller's plans for an academic career and he had to pursue a different career. In his work, Henri Schoeller always took the view that geology served as the basis for hydrogeology and that the overall hydrogeological situation was of primary importance. This 'Schoeller School' produced over 80 comprehensive dissertations 2013. To mark the 25th anniversary of his death, the Comité Français d'Hydrogéologie and the University of Bordeaux honoured him on 30 May 2013 with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the university. Le régime hydrogéologique des calcaires éocènes du synclinal du Der el Kef (Tunisie). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 18(5), 167‐180 (1948). Cours d'hydrogéologie. Ecole Nationale supérieure des Pétroles, Rueil, 364 p. (1949) La température des eaux souterraines. Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Bordeaux, 182 p. (1949) L'iode, le brome et le dans les eaux souterraines et dans les eaux de gisements de pétrole. Angewandte Chemie 66, 85-85 (1954). Géochimie des eaux souterraines—aplication aux eaux des gisements de pétrole. Institut Français du Pétrole et Analyses des Combustibles Liquides (1955). Les limites septentrionales de l'Eocene du bassin d'Aquitaine. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France S6-VI (1-3), 211-219 (1956) Arid zone hydrology – recent developments. Unseco, Paris, 125 p. (1959) Les Eaux Souterraines – Hydrologie, dynamique et chimique – Recherche, exploitation et évaluation des ressources. Masson, Paris, 642 p. (1962) Influence du climat, de la température sur la teneur en HCO3− et H2CO3 des eaux souterraines. Journal of Hydrology 46(3-4), 365-376 (1980)