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    If you were a University lecturer and your topics included uniformitarianism, catastrophism and Neptunism, in which scientific discipline would your students be seeking qualification?

    Question #40809. Asked by shady shaker. (Nov 06 03 4:18 AM)


    mibmob

    		Geology

    Nov 06 03, 4:42 AM
    shady shaker

    		Once again, YAY!!
    James Hutton (1726-97) a pioneer in the study of
    how the Earth was formed was the first to propose that processes responsible for the formation of mountains, rivers and so on were the result of on-going occurrences. Catastrophists held to the view that geological features were the outcome of occasional cataclysmic earthquakes, volcanic activity and the like. Neptunists believed that our planet was once covered by water.

    (Science: A History 1543-2001 John Gribbin)

    Nov 06 03, 5:02 AM

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