The stratigraphic basis of the Anthropocene Event

This paper outlines the stratigraphic basis of a proposed Anthropocene Event. It considers a diachronous event framework to be more appropriate for understanding the Anthropocene than treating it as a new geological series/epoch. Four general categories of material evidence are identified as of part...

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Main Authors: Matthew Edgeworth, Philip Gibbard, Michael Walker, Dorothy Merritts, Stanley Finney, Mark Maslin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Quaternary Science Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000205