“The form of a coast, the configuration of the interior of a country, the existence and extent of lakes, valleys, and mountains, can often be traced to the former prevalence of earthquakes and volcanoes.”

About Charles Lyell

Geologist • British

Sir Charles Lyell was a seminal British geologist who was a foremost proponent of uniformitarianism. His groundbreaking work, "Principles of Geology," argued that the Earth was shaped by the same slow-moving geological...