plutonist

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plutonist (plural plutonists)

  1. One who supports the geological theory of plutonism.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 74:
      The Plutonists, who had Thomas Huxley on their side, asserted that rocks such as basalt and granite, which originated in a molten state deep within the Earth, were the primary source, and that the other rock types such as sandstone and slate were formed from their breakdown and re-deposition as silt and mud.

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