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'''Catastrophism''' is the [[idea]] that [[Earth]] has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, [[violent]] events, possibly worldwide in scope.
'''Catastrophism''' is the [[idea]] that [[Earth]] has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, [[violent]] events, possibly worldwide in scope.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Catastrophism''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Catastrophism this link].</center>
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.
==History of catastrophism==
==History of catastrophism==
