Catastrophism : systems of earth history
著者
書誌事項
Catastrophism : systems of earth history
Edward Arnold, 1990
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Catastrophism is the theory that the earth's crust owed its main features to sudden catastrophes rather than continuous, slow processes - known as uniformitarianism. All studies of Earth Science history must take a stance on methodology but Huggett argues that a stance is often adopted without a critical examination of the origins of the theory. Huggett argues the case for a re-appraisal of catastrophism, believing that the theory had not been given the attention it deserves.
目次
- Part 1 Introduction: what is a catastrophe?
- what is catastrophism?. Part 2 The rise and fall of catastrophism: non-actualistic catastrophism and the inorganic world
- actualistic catastrophism and the inorganic world
- gradual change in the inorganic world
- catastrophes, gradual change and the organic world. Part 3 The revival of catastrophism
- inorganic history
- organic history
- synthesis.
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