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stabilism, n. Geol.|ˈsteɪbɪlɪz(ə)m|
[f. L. stābil-is stable + -ism, after *mobilism n.]
The hypothesis that the continents are not capable of lateral movement (opposed to the theory of continental drift). So ˈstabilist n., one who believes in stabilism or in its application in a particular case; also as adj.
1973A. Hallam Revolution in Earth Sci. iii. 26 Leading Dutch geologists working in the East Indies found that Wegener's ideas made more sense than those of the ‘stabilists’ in accounting for the complexities of structure. Ibid. viii. 108 About the only common element that one can extract from such a hotchpotch of views is a belief in a ‘stabilist’ rather than a ‘mobilist’ Earth. 1976Nature 2 Sept. 83/2 The stabilists believe that the Caribbean Sea is an ancient oceanic structure. Ibid. 83/3 Such surveys..may resolve many of the problems of the stabilism–mobilism controversy. |