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Timeline of geology

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Timeline of geology

Early works[edit]

16th and 17th centuries[edit]

18th century[edit]

  • 1701 –Edmond Halleysuggests using the salinity and evaporation of the Mediterranean to determine the age of the Earth
  • 1743 – DrChristopher Packeproduces a geological map of south-east England
  • 1746 –Jean-Étienne Guettardpresents the first mineralogical map of France to theFrench Academy of Sciences.
  • 1760 –John Michellsuggests earthquakes are caused by one layer of rocks rubbing against another
  • 1776 –James Keirsuggests that some rocks, such as those at theGiant's Causeway,might have been formed by the crystallisation of molten lava
  • 1779 –Comte de Buffonspeculates that the Earth is older than the 6,000 years suggested by the Bible
  • 1785 –James Huttonpresents paper entitled Theory of the Earth – Earth must be old
  • 1799 –William Smithproduces the first large scale geological map, of the area aroundBath

19th century[edit]

20th century[edit]

21st century[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  5. ^Vai, Gian Battista; Cavazza, William, eds. (2004).Four centuries of the word geology: Ulisse Aldrovandi 1603 in Bologna.Bologna, Italy: Minerva.ISBN9788873810568.