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OpenStudy (peterg2001):

help please will medal Neptunists believed that: The earth's crust was made from igneous rocks. Before life, the earth was entirely covered by water. Basalt and lava formed the earth's crust. Erosion and deposition created the earth's landforms.

OpenStudy (peterg2001):

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Directrix (directrix):

The Neptunists, led by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner, believed that volcanic rocks (namely basalt) precipitated out of an ocean and that heat played a minor role in the formation of rocks. You'll need to read more here. I had to Google so you might want to do that, too. https://beagleproject.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/neptunists-plutonists-and-the-significance-of-granite/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

C i belive cuz before the plates formed it was covered by water

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