Question

The two men most responsible for introducing the basic principles of modern geology are James Hutton and Charles Lydell in the early 1900’s. True False

Answer 1

Both Charles Lydell and James Hutton are considered the father of Uniformitarianism. It was Hutton who started the study on this matter by beginning to question the truth above the sedimentary rock strata. Forty-five years later, Lydell added chronology of the rocks and structure the geology upon the foundation that Hutton made. 

Answer 2

Answer:

True.

Explanation:

In 1726, James Hutton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, who would become the “father of modern geology”. Although he initially graduated in law, he was attracted from an early age by the sciences, especially chemistry. Hutton imagined the formation of the universe in a very different way from what the "Bible" said. He argued that the Earth had been formed through a continuous cycle in which rocks and soil were washed away by the sea, compacted, forced to rise from the surface by volcanic processes and to turn into sediments again. James Hutton is considered one of the most important geologists in history.

Charles Lyell, who was born in the year Hutton died, and who would be greatly influenced by Hutton's books, developed and corroborated the theory of uniformitarianism. Hutton not only inspired his contemporaries but also future generations of geologists. If, until the 18th century, the idea that prevailed over the formation of the Earth was that there would have been a succession of catastrophes, in the following century this theory fell apart and was replaced by uniformitarianism. In other words, nature follows a uniform course, through which it changes its surface over time. Most responsible for defending and popularizing Hutton's new theory was Scottish geologist Charles Lyell.

James Hutton and Charles Lyell were largely responsible for introducing the basic principles of modern geology.