How to date natural archives of the Anthropocene

Colin N. Waters; Ian J. Fairchild; Francine M. G. McCarthy; Chris S. M. Turney; Jan Zalasiewicz; Mark Williams

doi:10.1111/gto.12245

How to date natural archives of the Anthropocene

Colin N. Waters, Ian J. Fairchild, Francine M. G. McCarthy, Chris S. M. Turney, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams

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Abstract

The Anthropocene Epoch, as currently being formulated, is a little under 70 years old. Geologists who are used to defining geological time intervals in rocks that are many millions of years old now need to make use of very high-resolution time signals, such as annual growth layers and geochemical or artefact markers, to characterize this proposed new Epoch.

Original language	English
Pages	182-187
Number of pages	6
Volume	34
No.	5
Specialist publication	Geology Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12245
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

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Geology
Earth-Surface Processes
Stratigraphy
Palaeontology

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