Maurice Lugeon
Swiss geologist
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| Intro | Swiss geologist | |
| Places | Switzerland | |
| was | Geologist Educator | |
| Work field | Academia Science | |
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| Birth | 10 July 1870, Poissy | |
| Death | 23 October 1953Chevilly (aged 83 years) |
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Maurice Lugeon ForMemRS (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.