1. In this latter work he expounded a scientific theory of Catastrophism . 2. It was too radical, too much like the discredited catastrophism of Velikovsky. 3. In his poems and short novels, BaczyDski demonstrated both romantic traditions and catastrophism . 4. The discovery of fossils of extinct species was explained by theories such as catastrophism . 5. Fox also wrote a number of books on pre-Columbian American cultures and catastrophism . 6. This led Cuvier to become an active proponent of the geological school of thought called catastrophism . 7. Another early Y2K doomsayer, consultant and author Ian Hayes, also dismisses New Year's catastrophism . 8. In this work he narrated the geological history of the West as a mixture of uniformitarianism and catastrophism . 9. See Talk : Catastrophism # NeoCatastrophism . talk ) 19 : 36, 19 December 2009 ( UTC) 10. Scenting the unfashionable odor of catastrophism , many of Bretz's colleagues turned their backs on the flood.