A stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene
By: edited by C.N. Waters, British Geological Survey, UK, J.A. Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, UK, M. Williams, University of Leicester, UK, M. Ellis, British Geological Survey, UK and A.M Snelling, British Geological Survey, UK
Contributors: Geological Society of London
Series: Geological Society special publication -- No. 395; Geological Society special publication -- no. 395.
Publisher: The Geological Society
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781862396289
Subjects: Climatic changes; Effect of human beings on; Nature; Sequence stratigraphy; Geological time; Stratigraphy; Anthropocene
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene? / C.N. Waters [and 4 others]; title: The 'Anthropocene' as a ratified unit in the ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart: fundamental issues that must be addressed by the Task Group / S.C. Finney; title: The term 'Anthropocene' in the context of formal geological classification / P.L. Gibbard and M.J.C. Walker; title: Can an Anthropocene Series be defined and recognized? / J. Zalasiewicz [and 2 others]; title: An assessment of lithostratigraphy for anthropogenic deposits / J.R. Ford [and 3 others]; title: The relationship between archaeological stratigraphy and artificial ground and its significance in the Anthropocene / M. Edgeworth; title: The mineral signature of the Anthropocene in its deep-time context / J. Zalasiewicz [and 2 others]; title: Geomagnetic and mineral magnetic characterization of the Anthropocene / I. Snowball [and 2 others]; title: Is the fossil record of complex animal behaviour a stratigraphical analogue for the Anthropocene? / M. Williams [and 3 others]; title: Palaeontological evidence for defining the Anthropocene / A.D. Barnosky; title: Coral reefs in the Anthropocene: persistence or the end of the line? / O. Hoegh-Guldberg; title: Microbiotic signatures of the Anthropocene in marginal marine and freshwater paleoenvironments / I.P. Wilkinson [and 4 others]; title: Assessing the Anthropocene with geochemical methods / A. Galuszka [and 2 others]; title: Definition of the Anthropocene: a view from the underworld / I.J Fairchild and S. Frisia; title: Ice Sheets and the Anthropocene / E.W. Wolff; title: The release and persistence of radioactive anthropogenic nuclides / G.J. Hancock [and 3 others]882524682; title: Volcanic markers for dating the onset of the Anthropocene / V.C. Smith / Technology as a geological phenomenon: implications for human well-being / P.K. Haff.