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The Anthropocene as a geological time unit : a guide to the scientific evidence and current debate / edited by Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester [and three others]

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Editor:
Zalasiewicz, J. A.  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2019
Notes:
NHMAIN copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat.
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
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 extinctions. Global environmental change is placed within the context of planetary processes and deep geological time, allowing the reader to appreciate the scale of human-driven change and compare the global transition taking place today with major transitions in Earth history. This is an authoritative review of the Anthropocene for graduate students and academic researchers across scientific, social science and humanities disciplines."-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Human ecology  Search this
Nature--Effect of human beings on  Search this
Geology, Stratigraphic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1109612