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Plutonism

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    In Earth sciences: Earth history according to Werner and James Hutton

    …James Hutton, leader of the Plutonists, viewed Earth as a dynamic body that functions as a heat machine. Streams wear down the continents and deposit their waste in the sea. Subterranean heat causes the outer part of Earth to expand in places, uplifting the compacted marine sediments to form new…

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