Geology/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation ^[e]
• Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. ^[e]
• Earth [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Earth (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.

Subtopics

Fields of study

• Petrology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mineralogy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. ^[e]
• Volcanology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paleontology [r]: The study of extinct life forms, particularly fossils. ^[e]

People

• Nicolaus Steno [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Hutton [r]: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. ^[e]
• Charles Lyell III [r]: Add brief definition or description
• William Smith IV [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Louis Agassiz [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Charles Darwin [r]: (1809 – 1882) English natural scientist, most famous for proposing the theory of natural selection. ^[e]
• Alfred Wegener [r]: (1880–1930) German geologist, meteorologist and polar explorer who developed the theory of continental drift. ^[e]