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Neptunism
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English
Etymology
en :af Neptune -ism + 1
Proper noun
en historical A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.
Coordinate terms
en Plutonism
Related terms
en Neptunist
Translations
scientific theory
Catalan: ca neptunisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 水成論 shuǐchénglùn
French: fr neptunisme m
German: de Neptunismus m
Japanese: ja 水成論 Suiseiron, ja 水成説 Suiseisetsu
en Geology Obsolete scientific theories Water