Which of the following sites did James Hutton study?
The Outback
Salisbury Crags
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
Answer
James Hutton was a Scottish geologist who is credited as being the founder of modern geology. He studied a number of sites, including the Salisbury Crags, which are a group of sedimentary rocks located near Edinburgh, Scotland. Hutton was one of the first people to recognize that the Earth is very old, and that it has been shaped by a series of geological processes that are still active today.
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