Anthropocene Working Group
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The Anthropocene Working Group is an international team of scientists and scholars tasked with formally assessing and defining the proposed Anthropocene epoch in the geological time scale.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthropocene Working Group canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international research group
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scientific working group ⓘ subcommission working group ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Earth system scientists
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archaeologists ⓘ environmental scientists ⓘ geologists ⓘ historians ⓘ social scientists ⓘ stratigraphers ⓘ |
| field |
Earth system science
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anthropocene studies ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Anthropocene
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surface form:
Anthropocene epoch
geological time scale ⓘ global environmental change ⓘ stratigraphic markers of human impact ⓘ |
| hasRole |
to communicate scientific findings on the Anthropocene to international bodies
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to identify potential Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene ⓘ to recommend formal or informal status for the Anthropocene ⓘ to review stratigraphic data relevant to the Anthropocene ⓘ |
| hasScope |
Holocene
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surface form:
Holocene epoch
Quaternary period ⓘ proposed Anthropocene epoch ⓘ |
| operatesOnScale | global ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ |
| partOf |
International Commission on Stratigraphy
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subcommission on Quaternary stratigraphy ⓘ
surface form:
Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
|
| purpose |
to assess the stratigraphic evidence for the Anthropocene
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to define the start date and stratigraphic boundary of the Anthropocene ⓘ to evaluate whether the Anthropocene should be formalized as a geological epoch ⓘ to prepare a formal proposal on the Anthropocene for the International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ |
| studies |
biostratigraphic changes linked to human influence
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chemical signatures of industrialization ⓘ chronostratigraphic boundaries in the recent geological past ⓘ radioisotope markers in geological strata ⓘ sedimentary records of human activity ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
publications on the Anthropocene epoch
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scientific debate about the formalization of the Anthropocene ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
correlation of geological records
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interdisciplinary assessment of human impacts ⓘ multi-proxy environmental reconstruction ⓘ stratigraphic analysis ⓘ |
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