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Definition of Plutonist

Plutonist
Plutonist Plu"to*nist, n. [Cf. F. plutoniste.] One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.

Meaning of Plutonist from wikipedia

- re-formed and uplifted by heat and pressure. Neptunists differed from the plutonists in holding that basalt was a sedimentary deposit which included fossils...
- deposits (veins). The Oxford English Dictionary traces use of the word "plutonists" to 1799, and the appearance of the word plutonism to 1842. Abbé Anton...
- two-volume version of his ideas in 1795. Followers of Hutton were known as Plutonists because they believed that some rocks were formed by vulcanism, which...
- processes adjoin. For Hutton, such an unconformity provided evidence for his Plutonist theories of uniformitarianism and the age of Earth. An unconformity is...
- north of Newton Point near Lochranza, which provided evidence for his Plutonist theories of uniformitarianism and about the age of the Earth. This spot...
- his ideas in 1795 (Vol. 1, Vol. 2). Followers of Hutton were known as Plutonists because they believed that some rocks were formed by vulcanism, which...
- interpretation to a naturalistic one. Even back in the early 18th century, Plutonists had argued for an ancient Earth, but the full impact of the depth of time...
- wholly geological description of the Rock of Gibraltar. He stirred the Plutonist versus Neptunist debate during the Scottish Enlightenment. His family...
- debate, particularly over the origin of basalt, in the so-called Neptunist-Plutonist controversy. Among his most famous students was Alexander von Humboldt...
- sediment into stone, and uplifted it into new lands. This theory was dubbed "Plutonist" in contrast to the flood-oriented theory. As well as combating the Neptunists...