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视为其他悬而未决问题答案。

The new battle became an argument between catastrophism and uniformitarianism.

战斗变成了灾难主和均变主之间争。

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.

被称为均变陈旧缓慢而稳定想法现在与称为灾难想法并驾齐驱，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。