ActualismA modern theory studying earth science. It accepts the basic premise of uniformitarianis...

Also called gradualism. In 1830, British geologist Lyell (1797-1875) published Principles of...

ConvulsionismAlso called catastrophic theory. It was put forward by French scholar Cuvier (1769-1...

DiluvianismGeological theory in early 18th century represented by Scheuchzer (1672-1733), a schol...

GeologyA science that studies earth. It studies the constituent material composition, internal st...

Chinese ancient geological thoughts and geologists(1) Ancient booksYu Gong, Shanhaijing and&...

Modern research method for earth science(1) Field work, the most basic and important link in eart...

History of earth science development can be briefly divided into three stages: i.e., stage in ger...

Earth ScienceEarth Science is one of six basic natural sciences: mathematics, physics, chemistry,...

Origin of the term “geology” in ChinaIn China, the word “geology” first appears in the Book of&nb...

GeologyIt refers to the properties and characteristics of the earth or certain part of the earth ...