What did the author of the following quote mean?

"The result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning -- no prospect of an end."
A) James Hutton had postulated the age of the Earth, and it was considerably older than most scientists imagined.
B) Unconformities, nonconformities, and the slow rate of erosion defined Earth as much older than religious leaders and scientists of the time believed.
C) The water cycle had a much greater scope and a capacity of hidden water than scientists had imagined.
D) Rocks had been transforming through the rock cycle for billions of years and could be expected to continue to do so for billions of years more.


Answer: B

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