Comment on "When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary is stratigraphically optimal" by Jan Zalasiewicz et al. (2015), Quaternary International, 383, 196-203

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-207

  Walker, Mike ^a,b   Gibbard, Phil ^c   Lowe, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Anthropocene'; Geological time scale; GSSAs; GSSPs; Holocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944514944     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.007     Document Type: Note

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