1. Developed the foundations of uniformitarianism.
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2. Claimed that most rocks had formed as a result of the precipitation of minerals from a vast sea that periodically flooded and retreated.
3. Discovered that fossils in sedimentary rocks occur in a particular vertical order (fossil succession).
4. Popularized the principle of uniformitarianism.
5. Formulated three axioms for interpreting stratified rocks.
6. Introduced the concept of organic evolution.