plutonist

English

Alternative forms

• Plutonist

Noun

plutonist (plural plutonists)

1. One who supports the geological theory of plutonism.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 74:

     The Plutonists, who had Thomas Huxley on their side, asserted that rocks such as basalt and granite, which originated in a molten state deep within the Earth, were the primary source, and that the other rock types such as sandstone and slate were formed from their breakdown and re-deposition as silt and mud.

Coordinate terms

• Neptunist

Anagrams

• pilot nuts