A futurist perspective on the Anthropocene

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1198-1201

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; chronology; chronostratigraphy; Holocene; human impact; industrialization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 84879822007     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613483628     Document Type: Article

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