The new world of the anthropocene

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2228-2231

  Zalasiewicz, J A N ^a   Williams, Mark ^a,b   Steffen, Will ^c   Crutzen, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOCENE; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); SHORT SURVEY; VOLCANO;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950428754     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903118j     Document Type: Short Survey

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