Actually, it's not that hard to believe that a volcano erupted not too terribly long after a huge meteor impact occured. While I am not a geologist, I might even be inclined to beileve the impact caused far-reaching effects that could have contributed to said erruption.
This planet has only just recently (in the grand scheme of things.) emerged from a massive Ice Age. Lots of flood stories were no doubt influenced by the breaking of glacial dams that occured during the dawn of human cizilization. Not too hard to believe that all sorts of weird stuff was settling out while the planet warmed back up.
"This planet has only just recently (in the grand scheme of things.) emerged from a massive Ice Age. Lots of flood stories were no doubt influenced by the breaking of glacial dams that occured during the dawn of human cizilization. Not too hard to believe that all sorts of weird stuff was settling out while the planet warmed back up." Exactly. Especially when the weight of 1-3 miles thick ice being removed is considered. I would expect all kinds of plate shifts/cracking, etc. Throw in a meteor or a comet impact here and there and I expect anyone would 'get' religion. BTW, a lot of these worldwide affecting events are recorded in the 10k year tree ring data. Some have been described as near extinction events, five in particular. They are, 3195BC, 2354BC, 1628BC, 1159BC, and 540AD. There were two more minor events at 207BC and 44BC. All the events are also recorded in the ice core samples except the 540BC event which was probably a comet that plopped into the Celtic Sea and the cause of the Dark Ages, King Arthur, Merlin, etc.