Those who followed this thesis during the early nineteenth century referred to this view as Plutonism: the formation of the Earth through the gradual solidification of a molten mass at a slow rate by the same processes that had occurred throughout history and continued in the present day.
Os que seguían esta tese durante os inicios do século XIX denominárona plutonismo: a formación da Terra por medio dunha solidificación gradual dunha masa fundida a lenta velocidade e polos mesmos procesos que ocorreran ao longo da historia e que continuaban no presente.