Dating the Anthropocene: Towards an empirical global history of human transformation of the terrestrial biosphere

Elementa

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ellis, Erle C ^a   Fuller, Dorian Q ^b   Kaplan, Jed O ^c   Lutters, Wayne G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Baltimore County   (United States)

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EID: 84922042936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000018     Document Type: Article

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