A stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene / edited by C.N. Waters, J.A. Zalasiewicz, M. Williams, M. Ellis and A.M Snelling.

Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : The Geological Society, 2014.
Description1 online resource (vi, 321 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).
Supplemental ContentGeoScienceWorld
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Other author/creatorWaters, C. N., editor.
Other author/creatorZalasiewicz, J. A. editor.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Mark, 1965- editor.
Other author/creatorEllis, Michael A. (Michael Alexander), 1954- editor.
Other author/creatorSnelling, A. M. (Andrea Marie), editor.
Other author/creatorGeological Society of London publisher.
SeriesGeological Society special publication ; no. 395
Geological Society special publication ; no. 395. ^A465527
Summary Mankind has pervasively influenced the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere & cryosphere, to the point of fashioning a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. To constrain the Anthropocene as a potential formal unit within the Geological Time Scale, a spectrum of indicators of anthropogenically-induced environmental change is considered, and shown as stratigraphical signals that may be used to characterise an Anthropocene unit, and to recognise its base. This volume describes a range of evidence that may help to define this potential new time unit and details key signatures that could be used in its definition.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Spec. audience char. Specialized.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version : 9781862396289
ISBN9781862396715 (ebook) :

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