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

突然间，地质始将灾难论视为其他悬而未决问题答案。

The new battle became an argument between catastrophism and uniformitarianism.

新战斗变成了灾难主和均变主之间争论。

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.

被称为均变论陈旧缓慢而稳定法现在与称为灾难论新法并驾齐驱，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。