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Colonization of the Americas, 'Little Ice Age' climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene

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dc.contributor.authorZalasiewicz, J
dc.contributor.authorWaters, Colin
dc.contributor.authorBarnosky, Anthony D.
dc.contributor.authorCearreta, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorEdgeworth, Matt
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Erle
dc.contributor.authorGaluszka, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorGibbard, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorGrinevald, Jacques
dc.contributor.authorHajdas, Irka
dc.contributor.authorIvar do Sul, Juliana
dc.contributor.authorJeandel, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorLeinfelder, Reinhold
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, John R
dc.contributor.authorPoirier, Clement
dc.contributor.authorRevkin, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorRichter, Daniel deB
dc.contributor.authorSteffen, Will
dc.contributor.authorSummerhayes, Colin
dc.contributor.authorSyvitski, James
dc.contributor.authorVidas, Davor
dc.contributor.authorWagreich, Michael
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Mark
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Alexander P.
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-24T22:41:58Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:49:55Z
dc.description.abstractA recently published analysis by Lewis and Maslin (Lewis SL and Maslin MA (2015) Defining the Anthropocene. Nature 519: 171–180) has identified two new potential horizons for the Holocene−Anthropocene boundary: 1610 (associated with European colonization of the Americas), or 1964 (the peak of the excess radiocarbon signal arising from atom bomb tests). We discuss both of these novel suggestions, and consider that there is insufficient stratigraphic basis for the former, whereas placing the latter at the peak of the signal rather than at its inception does not follow normal stratigraphical practice. Wherever the boundary is eventually placed, it should be optimized to reflect stratigraphical evidence with the least possible ambiguity
dc.identifier.issn2053-0196
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/98882
dc.publisherSage Journals
dc.sourceThe Anthropocene Review
dc.titleColonization of the Americas, 'Little Ice Age' climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage127
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage117
local.contributor.affiliationZalasiewicz, J, Leicester University
local.contributor.affiliationWaters, Colin, British Geological Survey
local.contributor.affiliationBarnosky, Anthony D., University of California
local.contributor.affiliationCearreta, Alejandro, Univeridad del Pais Vasco
local.contributor.affiliationEdgeworth, Matt, University of Leicester
local.contributor.affiliationEllis, Erle, University of Maryland
local.contributor.affiliationGaluszka, Agnieszka, Jan Kochanowski University
local.contributor.affiliationGibbard, Phillip, University of Cambridge
local.contributor.affiliationGrinevald, Jacques, University of Geneva
local.contributor.affiliationHajdas, Irka, ETH Zurich
local.contributor.affiliationIvar do Sul, Juliana, Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
local.contributor.affiliationJeandel, Catherine, Universite Paul Sabatier
local.contributor.affiliationLeinfelder, Reinhold, Freie Universitat
local.contributor.affiliationMcNeill, John R, Georgetown University
local.contributor.affiliationPoirier, Clement, Universite de Caen Basse
local.contributor.affiliationRevkin, Andrew, Pace University
local.contributor.affiliationRichter, Daniel deB, Duke University
local.contributor.affiliationSteffen, Will, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSummerhayes, Colin, Cambridge University
local.contributor.affiliationSyvitski, James, CSDMS/INSTAAR
local.contributor.affiliationVidas, Davor, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
local.contributor.affiliationWagreich, Michael, University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationWilliams, Mark, Leicester University
local.contributor.affiliationWolfe, Alexander P., University of Alberta
local.contributor.authoruidSteffen, Will, u4279891
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor040600 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE
local.identifier.absseo960300 - CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4279067xPUB1532
local.identifier.citationvolume2
local.identifier.doi10.1177/2053019615587056
local.type.statusPublished Version

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