Maurice Lugeon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Lugeon

Swiss geologist (1870-1953)

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1870

Place of Birth: Poissy, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1953

Profession: geologist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Maurice Lugeon FRS(For) HFRSE FGS (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 equivalent to one litre of water per minute, injected into 1 metre of borehole at an injection pressure of 10 atmospheres.