The anthropocene review: Its significance, implications and the rationale for a new transdisciplinary journal

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-7

  Oldfield, Frank ^a   Barnosky, Anthony D ^b   Dearing, John ^c   Fischer Kowalski, Marina ^d   McNeill, John ^e   Steffen, Will ^f   Zalasiewicz, Jan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Earth system; Great acceleration; Human environmental impacts; Industrial revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006220576     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019613500445     Document Type: Editorial

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