@article{3a71101bcab94c8084f47d393aa1e058,
title = "The stratigraphic basis of the Anthropocene Event",
abstract = "This paper outlines the stratigraphic basis of a proposed Anthropocene Event. It considers a diachronous event framework to be more appropriate for understanding the Anthropocene than treating it as a new geological series/epoch. Four general categories of material evidence are identified as of particular relevance: {\textquoteleft}artificial{\textquoteright} strata with natural constituents; humanly modified ground; legacy sediments; and {\textquoteleft}natural{\textquoteright} geo-deposits containing artefactual material. All these arise from the interaction and mixing of human, natural, and hybrid human-natural forces. Taken together, such stratigraphic evidence supports the case for recognising the Anthropocene as an unfolding event.",
keywords = "Anthropocene, Diachroneity, Event, Humanly-modified ground, Legacy sediment",
author = "Matthew Edgeworth and Philip Gibbard and Michael Walker and Dorothy Merritts and Stanley Finney and Mark Maslin",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Craig Cessford, Matt Brudenell, Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Hendrik Bruins, Alex Peloggia and Peter Davies for help in providing illustrations, and Philip Stickler for his drawing skills. Useful comments came from anonymous peer review. Two authors are members of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG), and are grateful for the stimulating debate by AWG members. We also thank colleagues who have worked on recent formulations of the Anthropocene Event. It is partly from this ongoing work that this paper springs. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100088",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Quaternary Science Advances ",
issn = "2666-0334",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}