dc.contributor.author
Zalasiewicz, Jan
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Head, Martin J.
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Waters, Colin N.
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Turner, Simon D.
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Haff, Peter K.
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Summerhayes, Colin
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Williams, Mark
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Cearreta, Alejandro
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Wagreich, Michael
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Leinfelder, Reinhold
dc.date.accessioned
2024-10-23T12:05:20Z
dc.date.available
2024-10-23T12:05:20Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/45392
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-45104
dc.description.abstract
The Anthropocene as a prospective new, ongoing series/epoch must be defensible against all relevant concerns. We address the seven, still-relevant challenges posed to the Anthropocene Working Group by the Chair, International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), in 2014. (1) Concept or reality? The Anthropocene possesses a substantial, sharply distinctive stratigraphic record recognisable through many proxy signals from the mid-20th century onwards; (2) GSSP or GSSA? The Anthropocene can be defined by a GSSP and correlated globally; (3) Past or future? The Anthropocene unquestionably represents geological time, its transformations having already moved the Earth System beyond Holocene norms towards an irreversible future trajectory; (4) Utility? The Anthropocene’s distinctive material content allows useful delineation on geological sections/maps; (5) Indelibility? Many of the Anthropocene’s transformative effects cannot be subsequently effaced or overprinted; (6) Fit within the Geological Time Scale (GTS)? The Anthropocene represents a unique, youngest, interval in Earth history and strata of profound significance; (7) What is its value? The chronostratigraphic Anthropocene has conceptual usefulness even informally, but would then lack the clarity, stability and recognition that formalization provides. Without its formalization, the GTS would no longer accurately reflect Earth history, diminishing the relevance of geological science for analysis of ongoing planetary change.
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dc.format.extent
19 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject
Anthropocene
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dc.subject
Geological Time Scale
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dc.subject
fundamental questions
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dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften
dc.title
The Anthropocene within the Geological Time Scale: a response to fundamental questions
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.18814/epiiugs/2023/023025
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Episodes
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
65
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
83
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
47
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2023/023025
refubium.affiliation
Geowissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften / Fachrichtung Paläontologie
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2586-1298
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