Catastrophism : systems of earth history
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Catastrophism : systems of earth history
Edward Arnold, 1990
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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