Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Theories of James Hutton and Charles Lyell

Hutton and Lyell studied rock formations and changes in Earth and came to the conclusion that the Earth was very old. Lyell wrote the book Principles of Geology this explained how old he believed the Earth was according to his studies. Uniformitarianism is the what these men called this theory. Uniformitarianism is the belief that changes in the Earth are caused by specific events.

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  2. I do not think blaming him for the failure is fair. I myself used this information, and it suited nicely to the examination. I received an "A" on the assignment.

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