The Anthropocene, an informal term used to signal the impact of collective human activity on
biological, physical and chemical processes on the Earth system, is assessed using …

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through
earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of plates, and the rise and fall of …

This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and
terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the
Pleistocene–Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an …

Stratigraphy is defined as the study of layered rocks. In the context of sedimentary geology in
general, and of this book in particular, stratigraphy is the discipline that pulls everything …

The proposal for the “Anthropocene” epoch as a formal unit of the geologic time scale has
received extensive attention in scientific and public media. However, most articles on the …

Concluding the trilogy on geological materials in construction, this authoritative volume
reviews many uses of clays, ranging from simple fills to sophisticated products …

The geological timescale before 720 Ma uses rounded absolute ages rather than specific
events recorded in rocks to subdivide time. This has led increasingly to mismatches between …