Stratigraphical Basis for the Anthropocene, A
Product code: SP395
Print publication date: 01/06/2014
Earth and Solar System History, Stratigraphy, Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862396289
Author/Edited by: Edited by C.N. Waters, J.A. Zalasiewicz, M. Williams, M.A. Ellis and A.M. Snelling
Weight: 0.9kg
Number of pages: 321
Online publication date: 13/05/2014
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/395/1
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Edited by C.N. Waters, J.A. Zalasiewicz, M. Williams, M.A. Ellis and A.M. Snelling
Special Publication 395
Humankind has pervasively influenced the Earth’s atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere, arguably to the point of fashioning a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. To constrain the Anthropocene as a potential formal unit within the Geological Time Scale, a spectrum of indicators of anthropogenically-induced environmental change is considered, and shown as stratigraphical signals that may be used to characterize an Anthropocene unit, and to recognize its base. This volume describes a range of evidence that may help to define this potential new time unit and details key signatures that could be used in its definition. These signatures include lithostratigraphical (novel deposits, minerals and mineral magnetism), biostratigraphical (macro- and micro-palaeontological successions and human-induced trace fossils) and chemostratigraphical (organic, inorganic and radiogenic signatures in deposits, speleothems and ice and volcanic eruptions). We include, finally, the suggestion that humans have created a further sphere, the technosphere, that drives global change.
Published online 14/05/2014. Print copy available from 04/06/2014. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/395/1
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An introduction to the Anthropocene: case for and against a new epoch
WATERS, C. N., ZALASIEWICZ, J. A., WILLIAMS, M., ELLIS, M. A. & SNELLING, A. M. A stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene?
FINNEY, S. C. The ‘Anthropocene’ as a ratified unit in the ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart: fundamental issues that must be addressed by the Task Group
GIBBARD, P. L. & WALKER, M. J. C. The term ‘Anthropocene’ in the context of formal geological Classification
ZALASIEWICZ, J., WILLIAMS, M. & WATERS, C. N. Can an Anthropocene Series be defined and recognized?
The nature of anthropogenic deposits and landscape modification
FORD, J. R., PRICE, S. J., COOPER, A. H. & WATERS, C. N. An assessment of lithostratigraphy for anthropogenic deposits
EDGEWORTH, M. The relationship between archaeological stratigraphy and artificial ground and its significance in the Anthropocene
ZALASIEWICZ, J., KRYZA, R. & WILLIAMS, M. The mineral signature of the Anthropocene in its deep-time context
SNOWBALL, I., HOUNSLOW, M. W. &NILSSON, A. Geomagnetic and mineral magnetic characterization of the Anthropocene
A biostratigraphical signature for the Anthropocene
WILLIAMS, M., ZALASIEWICZ, J. A.,WATERS, C. N.&LANDING, E. Is the fossil record of complex animal behaviour a stratigraphical analogue for the Anthropocene?
BARNOSKY, A. D. Palaeontological evidence for defining the Anthropocene
HOEGH-GULDBERG, O. Coral reefs in the Anthropocene: persistence or the end of the line?
WILKINSON, I. P., POIRIER, C., HEAD, M. J., SAYER, C. D. & TIBBY, J. Microbiotic signatures of the Anthropocene in marginal marine and freshwater palaeoenvironments
Geochemical signatures and catastrophic events
GAŁUSZKA, A., MIGASZEWSKI, Z. M. & ZALASIEWICZ, J. Assessing the Anthropocene with geochemical methods
FAIRCHILD, I. J. & FRISIA, S. Definition of the Anthropocene: a view from the underworld
WOLFF, E. W. Ice Sheets and the Anthropocene
HANCOCK, G. J., TIMS, S. G., FIFIELD, L. K.&WEBSTER, I. T. The release and persistence of radioactive anthropogenic nuclides
SMITH, V. C. Volcanic markers for dating the onset of the Anthropocene
The technosphere concept
HAFF, P. K. Technology as a geological phenomenon: implications for human well-being
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