Principles of Geology
Author: first_name: Charles
last_name: Lyell
Language: English
Year: 1854

<i>Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation</i> is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, first published in 3 volumes in 1830–1833.
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Lyell used geology throughout as a basis to strengthen his argument for Uniformitarianism. He used geological proof to determine that the Earth was older than 6,000 years, as had been previously contested. The book shows that the processes that are occurri