Anthropocene: Earth system, geological, philosophical and political paradigm shifts

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 108-116

  Maslin, Mark A ^a   Lewis, Simon L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Earth system; Global environmental change; Golden spikes; GSSP; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006226435     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019615588791     Document Type: Article

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