Evidence for a stratigraphic basis for the Anthropocene

Waters, Colin N.; Zalasiewicz, Jan; Williams, Mark; Price, Simon J.; Ford, Jon R.; Cooper, Anthony H.. 2014 Evidence for a stratigraphic basis for the Anthropocene. In: Rocha, Rogerio, (ed.) STRATI 2013. Springer, 989-993.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_187

Abstract/Summary

The Anthropocene was proposed as a term (Crutzen and Stoermer 2000) before consideration was given to the nature of the key signatures, contrasting with standard procedures for defining such units. The term is being widely used in both popular and scientific publications before a decision is made as to whether it warrants formalisation and definition of a Global Stratigraphic Section and Point (GSSP). The deliberate human modification of the landscape and its subsurface, and the creation of human-generated novel sedimentary deposits, minerals, and landforms, are characteristic features of the development of Earth’s surface and near surface, which has accelerated in the past two centuries. The large-scale intentional excavation, transportation, and deposition of mixtures of rock and soil to form anthropogenic deposits and landforms represent a new geological process that could be used as a diagnostic signature of the Anthropocene.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_187
Date made live:	27 Aug 2015 13:10 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511686

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_187

Date made live:

27 Aug 2015 13:10 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511686