Book contents
- The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
- The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Figure credits
- 1 History and Development of the Anthropocene as a Stratigraphic Concept
- 2 Stratigraphic Signatures of the Anthropocene
- 2.1 Rock Components – Synthetic Mineral-Like Compounds
- 2.2 Anthropogenic Rock Types
- 2.3 Novel Materials as Particulates
- 2.4 Black Carbon and Primary Organic Carbon from Combustion
- 2.5 Artificial Ground, or Ground Modified by Humans
- 2.6 Magnetostratigraphy
- 2.7 A Pedology and Pedostratigraphy for the Anthropocene
- 2.8 Changes to Holocene/Anthropocene Patterns of Sedimentation from Terrestrial to Marine
- Contents
- 3 The Biostratigraphic Signature of the Anthropocene
- 4 The Technosphere and Its Physical Stratigraphic Record
- 5 Anthropocene Chemostratigraphy
- 6 Climate Change and the Anthropocene
- 7 The Stratigraphic Boundary of the Anthropocene
- References
- Index
Contents
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2019
- The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
- The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Figure credits
- 1 History and Development of the Anthropocene as a Stratigraphic Concept
- 2 Stratigraphic Signatures of the Anthropocene
- 2.1 Rock Components – Synthetic Mineral-Like Compounds
- 2.2 Anthropogenic Rock Types
- 2.3 Novel Materials as Particulates
- 2.4 Black Carbon and Primary Organic Carbon from Combustion
- 2.5 Artificial Ground, or Ground Modified by Humans
- 2.6 Magnetostratigraphy
- 2.7 A Pedology and Pedostratigraphy for the Anthropocene
- 2.8 Changes to Holocene/Anthropocene Patterns of Sedimentation from Terrestrial to Marine
- Contents
- 3 The Biostratigraphic Signature of the Anthropocene
- 4 The Technosphere and Its Physical Stratigraphic Record
- 5 Anthropocene Chemostratigraphy
- 6 Climate Change and the Anthropocene
- 7 The Stratigraphic Boundary of the Anthropocene
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Anthropocene as a Geological Time UnitA Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate, pp. 41 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019