Science is supposed to be observation-based, and what I’m saying is that none of these geologists are eyewitnesses to supervolcanic eruptions, as they call them. There’s certainly evidence of past volcanism, but the cause certainly could be pyroclastic activity of the kind that has been witnessed even in modern times.
BTW, use Wikipedia sparingly; it’s not an authoritative source and relies on external sources for its verification. The article on the Antelope County fossil beds is severely lacking in sources and footnotes and has some unencyclopedic writing.
Maybe you’d prefer this.
http://ashfall.unl.edu/ashfallstory.html
Chemical analysis indicates the source of the ash that killed the animals there. Forensics, just like on CSI.
I am aware of Wiki’s limitations. My experience has been that it’s quite good for most subjects that aren’t of politically or socially controversial, for which it is of little use.
Unless you’d care to point out inaccuracies in the article??
And yes, we have OBSERVED ashfall and pyroclastic flow patterns, and measured their depth and age, via radioisotope dating.
Since you don’t trust geologist’s expertise. . . perhaps you should not avail yourself of the fruits of their expertise.
No oil or anything fossil-fuel powered, no petroleum derivatives, and I assume you’re going to move to a log cabin with absolutely no metal fixtures or items. . .
I find that Wiki is fairly accurate for anything that doesn’t have a political agenda.