Plutonism facts for kids
Plutonism (or Vulcanism) is the theory that the rocks forming the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity.
It was named after Pluto, the classical ruler of the underworld, or alternatively after Vulcan, the ancient Roman god of fire and volcanoes. The theory was first proposed by Abbé Anton Moro who had studied volcanic islands. It was subsequently developed by James Hutton as part of his Theory of the Earth published in 1788.
The Plutonists strongly disputed the Neptunist view that rocks had been formed by processes that no longer operated, instead supporting Hutton's uniformitarianism.
Images for kids
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Image depicts the difference in location and result of extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks
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Image depicts Anorthosite at the base of a structure; a type of plutonic rock
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Image depicts the front page of John Playfair's Illustrations of Huttonian Theory
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Image depicts rock face used by Hutton to explain his theory of Plutonism
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Image Depicts Moro
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Image depicts James Hutton, illustrated by Sir Henry Raeburn
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Image depicts John Playfair
See also
In Spanish: Plutonismo para niños
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