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The dominant [[paradigm]] of modern [[geology]], in contrast, is uniformitarianism (also sometimes described as [[gradualism]]), in which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, create the Earth's appearance. This view holds that the present is the key to the past, and that all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. Recently a more inclusive and integrated view of geologic events has developed, changing the scientific consensus to accept some catastrophic events in the geologic past.

The dominant [[paradigm]] of modern [[geology]], in contrast, is uniformitarianism (also sometimes described as [[gradualism]]), in which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, create the Earth's appearance. This view holds that the present is the key to the past, and that all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. Recently a more inclusive and integrated view of geologic events has developed, changing the scientific consensus to accept some catastrophic events in the geologic past.

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Catastrophism''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Catastrophism this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Catastrophism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Catastrophism this link].</center>

==History of catastrophism==

==History of catastrophism==

===The creationism view===

===The creationism view===

# The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition, uniformitarianism © 2007 Columbia University Press.

# The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition, uniformitarianism © 2007 Columbia University Press.

==References==

==References==

King, Clarence, Catastrophism and Evolution, The American Naturalist, Vol. 11, No. 8. (Aug., 1877), pp. 449-470.

*King, Clarence, Catastrophism and Evolution, The American Naturalist, Vol. 11, No. 8. (Aug., 1877), pp. 449-470.

Lewin, R. (1993). Complexity, Dent, London, p. 75.

*Lewin, R. (1993). Complexity, Dent, London, p. 75.

Palmer, T. (1994) Catastrophism, Neocatastrophism and Evolution. Society for Interdisciplinary Studies in association with Nottingham Trent University. ISBN 0-9514307-1-8 (SIS) ISBN 0-905488-20-2 (Nottingham Trent University)

*Palmer, T. (1994) Catastrophism, Neocatastrophism and Evolution. Society for Interdisciplinary Studies in association with Nottingham Trent University. ISBN 0-9514307-1-8 (SIS) ISBN 0-905488-20-2 (Nottingham Trent University)

Rudwick, Martin J.S. The Meaning of Fossils. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago 1972. ISBN 0-226-73103-0

*Rudwick, Martin J.S. The Meaning of Fossils. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago 1972. ISBN 0-226-73103-0

McGowan, Christopher The Dragon Hunters. Persus Publishing: Cambridge MA 2001. ISBN 0-7382-0282-7

*McGowan, Christopher The Dragon Hunters. Persus Publishing: Cambridge MA 2001. ISBN 0-7382-0282-7

 

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.pibburns.com/catastro/extinct.htm Catastrophism and Mass Extinctions]

*[https://www.pibburns.com/catastro/extinct.htm Catastrophism and Mass Extinctions]

*[http://science.ntu.ac.uk/life/staff/tp/fallc.htm The Fall and Rise of Catastrophism]

*[https://science.ntu.ac.uk/life/staff/tp/fallc.htm The Fall and Rise of Catastrophism]

* [http://www.unmuseum.org/velikov.htm Venus in the Corner Pocket]: the controversial theories of [[Immanuel Velikovsky]]

* [https://www.unmuseum.org/velikov.htm Venus in the Corner Pocket]: the controversial theories of [[Immanuel Velikovsky]]

*[http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html "The origin of the moon'.]

*[https://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html "The origin of the moon'.]

*[http://www.catastrophism.com/ Catastrophism! Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences]

*[https://www.catastrophism.com/ Catastrophism! Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences]

* [http://www.answersincreation.org/catastrophism.htm Answers In Creation - Catastrophism Article]

* [https://www.answersincreation.org/catastrophism.htm Answers In Creation - Catastrophism Article]

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv4-56 ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'':] "Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism"

*[https://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv4-56 ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'':] "Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism"

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[[Category: Cosmology]]

[[Category: Cosmology]]