The Anthropocene: Is there a geomorphological case?

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-434

  Brown, Antony G ^a   Tooth, Stephen ^b   Chiverrell, Richard C ^c   Rose, James ^d   Thomas, David S G ^e   Wainwright, John ^f   Bullard, Joanna E ^g   Thorndycraft, Varyl R ^d   Aalto, Rolf ^h   Downs, Peter ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluviation; Anthropogenic; Erosion; Geomorphology; Holocene; Human impact; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875488435     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3368     Document Type: Editorial

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