uniformitarianism

Key points: layers of solid earth and its features. Uniformitarianism.

固体地质圈层划分及特征、将今论古说。

Wernerians thought strata were deposits from shrinking seas, but James Hutton proposed a self-maintaining infinite cycle, anticipating uniformitarianism.

沃纳里恩认为地层是收缩的海洋的沉积物，但詹姆•赫顿提出了一个自我维持的无限周期，促进了地质均变论的发展。