Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

Jaia Syvitski, Colin N. Waters, John Day, John D. Milliman, Colin Summerhayes, Will Steffen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alejandro Cearreta, Agnieszka Galuszka, Irka Hajdas, Martin J. Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, J. R. McNeill, Clement Poirier, Neil L. Rose, William Shotyk, Michael Wagreich, Mark Williams

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Original languageEnglish
Article number32
Number of pages13
JournalCommunications Earth & Environment
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Oct 2020

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 105205 Climate change
  • 105112 Historical geology

Keywords

  • GLOBAL PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
  • SEA-LEVEL
  • QUATERNARY SYSTEM/PERIOD
  • PLEISTOCENE SERIES/EPOCH
  • ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS
  • SEDIMENT FLUX
  • RECENT TRENDS
  • NITROGEN
  • CLIMATE
  • TRANSFORMATION

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