Maurice Lugeon
| Maurice Lugeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 10, 1870 |
| Died | October 23, 1953 |
| Nationality |
 Switzerland |
| Fields | geology |
| Known for | nappe tectonics |
| Notable awards |
Marcel Benoist Prize (1932) Wollaston Medal (1938) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille (1949) |
Maurice Lugeon ForMemRS[1] (July 10, 1870 – October 23, 1953) was a Swiss geologist, and the pioneer of nappe tectonics. He was a pupil of Eugène Renevier. Named for Maurice Lugeon, the lugeon is a measure of transmissivity in rocks, determined by pressurized injection of water through a bore hole driven through the rock. One lugeon (Lu) is equal to one liter of water per minute injected into 1 meter of borehole at an injection pressure of 10 atmospheres.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bailey, E. B. (1954). "Maurice Lugeon. 1870-1953". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 9: 164. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1954.0012. JSTOR 769205.
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