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What is catastrophism

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Theory that Earth's rock layers formed in a global flood followed by the uplifting of rocks and mountain building over a short, violent period most likely in the recent past.

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Hi there

A catastrophism is a geological doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about suddenly by physical forces operating in ways that cannot be observed today.


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