These patterns were inconsistent with older geological theories, which attributed most geological processes to erosion and deposition of sediments, and the consequent changes in mass of regions of the Earth's crust.
(These patterns; were; inconsistent with older geological theories) (older geological theories; attributed; most geological processes; to erosion and deposition of sediments, and the consequent changes in mass of regions of the Earth's crust)
These patterns older geological theories
were attributed
inconsistent with older geological theories
most geological processes to erosion and deposition of sediments, and the consequent changes in mass of regions of the Earth's crust