The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene
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Summary
C climatic, biological, and geochemical signatures of human activity in sediments and ice cores, Combined with deposits of new materials and radionuclides, as well as human-caused modification of sedimentary processes, the Anthropocene stands alone stratigraphically as a new epoch beginning sometime in the mid–20th century.
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- 2016-01-08
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Keywords
Anthropocene, Holocene, Geology, Paleontology
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