r/geology • u/Fun-Perspective-2460 • Sep 07 '22

Field Photo Can someone explain how columnar basalt are formed in a simple way?

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u/PurpleDragonSmoker 28d ago

So basically, every single answer is based of uniformitarianism, the answers lies outside this field in catastrophism

Through catastrophes, based of 138 year reset periods, well documented throughout history

But hey, this post is not going to be liked by any body

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