The anthropocene as rupture

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-106

  Hamilton, Clive ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Earth system; Ecosystems; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997221434     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019616634741     Document Type: Article

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