Humans as the third evolutionary stage of biosphere engineering of rivers

Anthropocene

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-63

  Williams, Mark ^a   Zalasiewicz, Jan ^a   Davies, Neil ^b   Mazzini, Ilaria ^c   Goiran, Jean Philippe ^d   Kane, Stephanie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Biosphere; Bioturbation; Earth evolution; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOCENE; ARCHEAN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSPHERE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INNOVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVER SYSTEM; ROOT SYSTEM; TRACE FOSSIL; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HOMO SAPIENS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84930183057     PISSN: 22133054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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