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Dan Richter publishes on the Anthropocene

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Was first nuclear test the start of new human-dominated epoch, the Anthropocene?

20 Jan 2015
News Source: UC Berkeley News Center

Dan Richter helps answer the question "When did the Anthropocene begin?"

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Geology / Chronology
Soil Science / Pedology

Calhoun

Calhoun CZO PI Dan Richter is one of several authors of a new paper in Quaternary International that attempts to define and delineate the Anthropocene: "When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal".

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Key Links

Zalasiewicz et al. 2015. When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal.

Nature News: First atomic blast proposed as start of Anthropocene

People Involved

CZO

Daniel Richter

Calhoun, INVESTIGATOR

Publications

2015

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal. Zalasiewicz J., C.N. Waters, M. Williams, A.D. Barnosky, A. Cearreta, P. Crutzen, E. Ellis, M.A. Ellis, I.J. Fairchild, J. Grinevald, R. Leinfelder, J. McNeill, C. Poirier, D. Richter, W. Steffen, D. Vidas, M. Wagreich, A.P. Wolfe, and A. Zhisheng (2015): Quaternary International 383: 204-207