A violent, usually destructive natural occoruance.
Example:
Meteor Strike
Large Volcanic Erouption
(Something in nature that happens and causes a lot of damage.)
is a event that is very important but harmful, a catastrophe or disaster like an earthquake.
Catastrophic events such as, a tornado, hurricane, flood, drought, and some forest fires which are sparked by lightning.
Catastrophic weather events have happened since the Earth was formed. They can happen when things in the atmosphere radically change.
A catastrophic earthquake... the rating for one is 9 or something (the scale is 1-9)
Typhoon, Flood, Earthquake, Tornado and many more.
sudden Widespread Gradual Time
Yes
catastrophism is the idea that geologic change happens soddenly
Geologic forces are forces that can change the geography of the land. An example is the Grand Canyon. It was made by the Colorado River curving it out.
Heat and pressure cause granite to change to gneiss.
Uniformitarianism is a principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes. So, it is the idea that the same geologic processes that same Earth today have been at work during all of Earth's history. Catastrophism is a principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly. Catastrophies include floods, asteroids, earthquakes, etc. Today, modern geology is based on the idea that gradual geologic change is interrupted by catastrophies.
Yes
rare
Slow geologic processes and catastrophic events
Slow geologic processes and catastrophic events
catastrophism is the idea that geologic change happens soddenly
First, let's define uniformitarianism. It is the postulation that the geologic principles that operated in the past are the same as those that are operating today. The opposite view is supposed to be catastrophism, the postulation that Earth's geologic features are a result of sudden and catastrophic processes that are not currently in action today. Catastrophic events, however, are perfectly compatible with uniformitarianism, as events such as flooding can occur due to normal processes such as headward erosion toward large bodies of water, and climatic caused ice melting during periods of glaciations. Large meteor impacts have been recorded in the past, and so have eruptions of supervolcanoes. These catastrophic events are going to occur again and are considered a part of, just not a highly predictable part of, the geologic cycle.
catastrophic
sudden Widespread Gradual Time
Depositional environments, geologic ages, and sometimes catastrophic event ages can be determined by a careful examination of the individual strata in sedimentary rock.
uniformitarianism
Catastrophic weather events have happened since the Earth was formed. They can happen when things in the atmosphere radically change.
Geologic forces are forces that can change the geography of the land. An example is the Grand Canyon. It was made by the Colorado River curving it out.