Geological history may refer to:
*
Historical geology
Historical geology or palaeogeology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of geology to reconstruct the geological history of Earth. Historical geology examines the vastness of geologic time, measured in billions of years, and inve ...
, or paleogeology is a discipline that seeks to reconstruct and understand the
**
geological history of Earth, or;
*
History of geology
The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth.
Antiquity
Some of the first geological thoughts were about the ori ...
, the development of the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
{{disambig