-
deposits (veins). The
Oxford English Dictionary traces use of the word "
plutonists" to 1799, and the
appearance of the word
plutonism to 1842. Abbé Anton...
- re-formed and
uplifted by heat and pressure.
Neptunists differed from the
plutonists in
holding that
basalt was a
sedimentary deposit which included fossils...
- two-volume
version of his
ideas in 1795.
Followers of
Hutton were
known as
Plutonists because they
believed that some
rocks were
formed by vulcanism, which...
-
processes adjoin. For Hutton, such an
unconformity provided evidence for his
Plutonist theories of
uniformitarianism and the age of Earth. An
unconformity is...
- his
ideas in 1795 (Vol. 1, Vol. 2).
Followers of
Hutton were
known as
Plutonists because they
believed that some
rocks were
formed by vulcanism, which...
-
interpretation to a
naturalistic one. Even back in the
early 18th century,
Plutonists had
argued for an
ancient Earth, but the full
impact of the
depth of time...
-
north of
Newton Point near Lochranza,
which provided evidence for his
Plutonist theories of
uniformitarianism and
about the age of the Earth. This spot...
-
sediment into stone, and
uplifted it into new lands. This
theory was
dubbed "
Plutonist" in
contrast to the flood-oriented theory. As well as
combating the Neptunists...
-
wholly geological description of the Rock of Gibraltar. He
stirred the
Plutonist versus Neptunist debate during the
Scottish Enlightenment. His family...
- debate,
particularly over the
origin of basalt, in the so-called Neptunist-
Plutonist controversy. The
variety of
scapolite known as
wernerite is
named in his...
