Name Lucien Cayeux | Institution College de France | |
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Born March 16, 1864France ( 1864-03-16 ) Died November 1, 1944, Mauves-sur-Loire, France Books Carbonate Rocks, Limestone and Dolmites, Sedimentary Rocks of France, Past and Present Causes in Geology | ||
Lucien Cayeux (March 16, 1864–November 1, 1944) was a French sedimentary petrographer.
In 1902, he joined the l'Ecole des Mines and become a professor of geology. In 1912, he was named as professor of geology at the Collège de France. He was admitted to the Académie des Sciences in 1928.
He is noted for his study of sediments with the polarizing microscope, and was one of the pioneers in this field.
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