As Understood by Modern Geologists,the Principle of Uniformitarianism Implies That

question 42

Multiple Choice

As understood by modern geologists,the principle of uniformitarianism implies that ____________.

• A) Earth has always had the same basic appearance that it has today, with the distributions of ocean basins and continents identical to what we see today
• B) igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks are uniformly mixed throughout the crust of Earth
• C) physical processes observed today (such as erosion and volcanic eruption) have been active in the past and are responsible for the geologic history we see preserved in the rock record
• D) physical processes observed today (such as erosion and volcanic eruption) have been occurring throughout Earth history at constant rates; for example, no eruption in geologic time would have been greater than the 1815 Tambora eruption

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