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Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux

French geologist
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Born:
Oct. 19, 1881, Lyon, France
Died:
Oct. 20, 1955, Grenoble (aged 74)

Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux (born Oct. 19, 1881, Lyon, France—died Oct. 20, 1955, Grenoble) was a French geologist who contributed to knowledge of the stratigraphy of the Mediterranean during the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago) and the Quaternary Period (from 2.6 million years ago to the present).

He joined the meteorological research department of the French army in 1913 and in 1918 became a member of the faculty of the University of Strasbourg. His work included experimentation with fold models and studies of the structure of the Alps. He wrote Stratigraphic Geology (1936) and Géologie des barrages (1955).

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