I just watched a Geology Hub upload on the Cerberean Caldera super eruption in what is now Australia. It happened over 300 million years ago, but in terms of the total age of the planet, even 300 million years is a relatively tiny blip. So have there been any significant epics to truly say events like x, y, or z will never happen again – in any statistically significant way? Will there be another Deccan or Siberian Traps or Columbia River Flood Basalts – one geologic timescale day in the future and countless more in the eons to follow?
(Ref. mentioned not directly relevant to question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjRaIhec_E8)
What’s a geologic epic? I’ve never seen this term used this way.
Did you mean Geologic Epoch?
Well, they way Epochs are named is for major events. Are you saying there’s no reason to believe that particular event won’t happen again?
Entropy would like a word. You can’t un-erupt a volcano.
See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale