Defining the Anthropocene

Simon L. Lewis () and Mark A. Maslin
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Simon L. Lewis: University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Mark A. Maslin: University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

Nature, 2015, vol. 519, issue 7542, 171-180

Abstract: Formal criteria must be met to define a new human-driven epoch; the geological evidence appears to do so, with 1610 and 1964 both likely to satisfy the requirements for the start of the Anthropocene.

Date: 2015
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