What unifying theory united diverse geological phenomena?

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Don Mac
Mar 1, 2016

Plate tectonics and the rock cycle

Explanation:

These two interrelated theories helped scientists to understand a wide array of geological processes including: mountain and ocean formation, earthquakes and volcanoes, sedimentary weathering cycles, climate formation, where economic minerals might occur.

In many ways, plate tectonics and the rock cycle are the underlying paradigm in geology - nothing makes sense without these two theories. This is analogous to Darwinian evolution in biology and The Big Bang theory in cosmology.

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