Maurice Lugeon
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SwitzerlandLived 1870 to 1953 · aged 83Maurice Lugeon FRS(For) HFRSE FGS 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.
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Lawrence Joseph HendersonAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble
Adolf SeilacherAlso won Gustav-Steinmann MedalD. M. S. WatsonAlso won Wollaston Medal
Moisés Bensabat AmzalakAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux
Rafael Lapesa MelgarAlso won honorary doctor of the University of ToulouseAbout this person
Maurice Lugeon FRS(For) HFRSE FGS 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 equivalent to one litre of water per minute, injected into 1 metre of borehole at an injection pressure of 10 atmospheres.
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