And suddenly geologists began to see catastrophism as an answer to other unanswered questions.

突然间，地质学家开始将灾难论视其他悬未决问题的答案。

The old slow and steady idea called uniformitarianism now stood alongside a new idea called catastrophism, where rapid and violent events could sometimes shape Earth's geology in ways that slower processes couldn't explain.

被称均变论的陈旧缓慢稳定的想法现在与称灾难论的新想法并驾齐驱，其中快速的事件有时会以较慢的过程，无法解释的方式塑造地球地质。