And suddenly geologists began to see catastrophism as an answer to other unanswered questions.

突然间，地质学家开始将灾难论视其他悬而未决问题答案。

The old slow and steady idea called uniformitarianism now stood alongside a new idea called catastrophism, where rapid and violent events could sometimes shape Earth's geology in ways that slower processes couldn't explain.

被称均变论缓慢而稳定想法现在与称灾难论新想法并驾齐驱，其中快速而剧烈事件有时会以较慢过程，无法解释方式塑造地球地质。