Spheroidal carbonaceous particles are a defining stratigraphic marker for the Anthropocene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Swindles, Graeme T ^a   Watson, Elizabeth ^a   Turner, T Edward ^a   Galloway, Jennifer M ^b   Hadlari, Thomas ^b   Wheeler, Jane ^a   Bacon, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84930636115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10264     Document Type: Article

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