单词 | catastrophism |
释义 | catastrophism [kǝ`tas·trǝ´fiz·ǝm] GEOLOGY The theory that most features in the earth were produced by the occurrence of sudden, short-lived, worldwide events. PALEONTOLOGY The theory that the differences between fossils in successive stratigraphic horizons resulted from a general catastrophe followed by creation of the different organisms found in the next-younger beds. |
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