Saturday, March 5, 2016

WHAT IS GEOLOGY ?

GEOLOGY is NOUN. 1735 from modern Latin GEOLOGIA " THE STUDY OF EARTH" from GEO--"EARTH"  + LOGIA-"SEE-LOGY"
In the MEDIEVAL LATIN GEOLOGIA(14c),meant "study of earth things", " ie:, law , distinguished from arts and sciences , which concern the work of god.
DARWIN used geologize as a verb.
FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY ---SCOTSMAN JAMES HUTTON

GEOLOGY  is the scientific study of the origin,history and structure of the earth.
Some of the first GEOGRAPHICAL thoughts were about the ORIGIN OF THE EARTH . ANCIENT GREECE developed some primary geological concepts concerning the origin of the earth .
Additionally in the 4th century BC ARISTOTIL   made critical observation of the slow rate  of geological change.

DEFINITION OF GEOLOGY: The  SCIENCE deals with the DYNAMIC and PHYSICAL history of the EARTH , the rocks which it is compacts and the physical , chemical and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is   undergoing.

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