IN reference to Prof. Judd's excellent statement of the position of the uniformitarian, allow me to call attention to an argument which tends to show that, so far as earthquakes and volcanic ...

Substantive uniformitarianism (a testable theory of geologic change postulating uniformity of rates or material conditions) is false and stifling to hypothesis formation.

Specifically, uniformitarianism is the theory, “that all the geological processes that we can observe today have been operating since earth’s history,” said Tim Johnson a geologist at The ...

Catastrophism v uniformitarianism on Venus. By studying craters on Venus, scientists found that the entire planet's surface is the same age and relatively young.

Maximum thicknesses for modern peats have been documented only up to about 20 m, whereas coal beds can often be as much as 90 m thick. Since peat is expected to compact appreciably during burial, ...

Geological prophecy ; Sir Charles Lyell and the re-emergence of uniformitarianism ; Non-progressionism -- The minor evolutionists. Branching evolution ; William Wells ; Patrick Matthew and Robert ...