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GRG 301C
The Natural Environment
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
02/01/2013
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James Hutton
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The father of modern geology
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Catastrophism
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The theory that the Earth’s landscapes only/mostly shaped by great catastrophes; these events are no longer seen, so it explains a static, un-evolving earth
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Uniformitarianism
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Theory that the "present is the key to the past"
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Earth's age
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4.6 billion years
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