Earthquakes and others
A meteor colliding with Earth
"The end of the world describes the Earth's catastrophism."
Cuvier
Chasmism.
George Curvier
there are five i believe
the antonym for uniformitarianism is CATASTROPHISM. Uniformitarianism means to take a long period of time for the Earth to form. Catastrophism means the Earth quickly formed.
geologic changes occur suddenly
Catastrophism was a scientific theory that suggested geological features on Earth were primarily formed by sudden, short-lived, and violent events, such as floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, rather than gradual processes. This theory was superseded by uniformitarianism, which posits that geological processes occur slowly and continuously over time.
French paleontologist George Cuvier invented it
French paleontologist George Cuvier invented it
Catastrophism and gradualism differ in their explanations of geological processes in that catastrophism suggests that major geological events occur suddenly and have a significant impact on the Earth's surface, while gradualism proposes that geological changes happen slowly over long periods of time.