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"The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining the Anthropocene as a geo...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the high-profile international team analysing its potential addition to the geological time scale. The evidence ranges from chemical signals arising from pollution, to landscape changes associated with urbanisation, and biological changes associated with species invasion and e |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-355) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108475235 110847523X |
| Index Number: | GF75 |
| CLC: | Q988 |
| Call Number: | Q988/A628-1 |
| Contents: | 1. History and Development of the Anthropocene as a Stratigraphic Concept -- 2. Stratigraphic Signatures of the Anthropocene -- 3. The Biostratigraphic Signature of the Anthropocene -- 4. The Technosphere and its Physical Stratigraphic Record -- 5. Anthropocene Chemostratigraphy -- 6. Climate Change and the Anthropocene -- 7. The Stratigraphic Boundary of the Anthropocene. |