catastrophism movement

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith uniformitarianism
gptkbp:declinedAfter 19th century
gptkbp:field geology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label catastrophism movement
gptkbp:influenced early geological thought
gptkbp:influencedBy biblical flood narratives
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Georges_Cuvier
gptkbp:originatedIn late 18th century
gptkbp:proposedBy Earth's features formed by sudden, short-lived, violent events
gptkbp:revisitedBy modern impact hypothesis (e.g., asteroid impact theory for dinosaur extinction)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Immanuel_Velikovsky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6