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PLUTONIC THEORY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
DEF

The obsolete theory that attributed the formation of all of the rocks of the Earth to the action of internal heat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Théorie [...] qui expliquait la formation de la croûte terrestre par une action profonde du «feu intérieur».

OBS

Cette théorie a été mise de l'avant par Hutton, en 1788.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
  • Petrografía
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