How long have we been in the Anthropocene era? An Editorial Comment

Climatic Change

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-257

  Crutzen, Paul J ^a   Steffen, Will ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE;

EID: 0347033328     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000004708.74871.62     Document Type: Editorial

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