Editing Timeline of geology (section)

==Early works==
* {{circa|1025}} – [[al-Biruni]] publishes the ''Kitāb fī Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind'' (''Researches on India''), in which he discusses the [[geology of India]] and hypothesizes that it was once a sea.<ref>[[Abdus Salam|A. Salam]] (1984), "Islam and Science". In C. H. Lai (1987), ''Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam'', 2nd ed., World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 179–213.</ref>
* 1027 – [[Avicenna]] publishes ''[[The Book of Healing]]'', in which he hypothesizes on two causes of [[mountain]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goodfield|first1=Stephen Toulmin, June|title=The discovery of time|date=1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=9780226808420|page=[https://archive.org/details/discoveryoftime00toul/page/64 64]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/discoveryoftime00toul/page/64}}</ref>