KnowraNeptunismLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Neptunism, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 1Compared with 6James HuttonCompared with: This rival school differed from Hutton’s account of rock formation through heat, erosion, and uplift.History of geologyCompared with: Its water-based account rivaled Hutton’s explanation of rocks through heat and recycling.James Dwight DanaCompared with: Dana’s geology developed after Neptunism had lost ground to explanations involving multiple processes.Jean-Étienne GuettardCompared with: Neptunism offered a causal theory of rock origins beyond the distributional evidence emphasized in Guettard’s map.History of mineralogyCompared with: Its rivalry with plutonism exposed disagreement over the origins of minerals and rocks.Nicolas DesmarestCompared with: Desmarest’s volcanic account of basalt opposed explanations that treated it as a water-formed rock.