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The 19 pages that link to James Hutton, each with the reason it gives.

• UniformitarianismRelated: His observations of erosion and rock formation helped establish the principle’s geological basis.

• Charles LyellRelated: Hutton supplied an earlier framework that Lyell systematized and popularized.

• GradualismRelated: His account of a slowly changing Earth helped establish gradual geological explanation.

• GeologyRelated: His arguments for gradual change reshaped explanations of Earth’s history.

• Deep timeRelated: His observations of erosion and rock formation implied immense stretches of time.

• Structural geologyRelated: His emphasis on deep time made repeated episodes of deformation intelligible.

• Field geologyRelated: His field observations of rock relationships supported an ancient, gradually changing Earth.

• History of geologyRelated: His theory of cyclic change challenged short chronologies of Earth’s history.

• Igneous petrologyRelated: His observations of intrusive rocks supported explanations based on processes operating within Earth.

• Earth scienceRelated: His account of slow geological change challenged short chronologies of Earth.

• NeptunismRelated: Hutton’s work supported an account of rock formation opposed to Werner’s aqueous system.

• Geologic timeRelated: His arguments for slow geological processes challenged short chronologies of Earth’s past.

• Niche constructionRelated: Hutton’s account of earthworms altering soil became an early example of organisms modifying environments.

• Nicolas StenoRelated: Hutton’s historical geology built on the kind of stratigraphic evidence Steno had made interpretable.

• GeologistRelated: His arguments made slow geological processes central to explaining deep time.

• Horace Bénédict de SaussureRelated: Hutton and Saussure helped establish geology through observation of landscapes and Earth processes.

• Nicolas DesmarestRelated: Hutton’s work formed part of the broader shift toward explaining landscapes through geological processes.