The mineral signature of the anthropocene in its deep-time context

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 395, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-117

  Zalasiewicz, Jan ^a   Kryza, Ryszard ^b   Williams, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

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EID: 84901058251     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP395.2     Document Type: Article

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