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的答案。

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.

论的陈旧缓慢而稳定的想法现在与灾难论的新想法并驾齐驱，其中快速而剧烈的事件有时会以较慢的过程，无法解释的方式塑造地球地质。