Can the magnetic signatures from inorganic fly ash be used to mark the onset of the Anthropocene?

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-13

  Oldfield, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Chronological markers; Inorganic fly ash; Lake sediments; Magnetic measurements; Ombrotrophic peats

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006226912     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019614534402     Document Type: Article

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