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Is this statement true or false?
Uniformitarianism is the concept that the processes that are at work on earth today are the same processes that shaped the early history of earth.
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Uniformitarianism (often summarized as "the present is the key to the past") holds that the natural processes we observe today — erosion, sedimentation, volcanism, plate tectonics, etc. — also operated in the past and can explain Earth's geologic features. A common misconception is that uniformitarianism requires constant, slow rates; modern uniformitarianism allows that rates may vary and that occasional rapid or catastrophic events also occur.
Uniformitarianism (often summarized as "the present is the key to the past") holds that the natural processes we observe today — erosion, sedimentation, volcanism, plate tectonics, etc. — also operated in the past and can explain Earth's geologic features. A common misconception is that uniformitarianism requires constant, slow rates; modern uniformitarianism allows that rates may vary and that occasional rapid or catastrophic events also occur.
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