• DOI:10.2138/am-2017-5875
Corpus ID: 111388809

On the mineralogy of the “Anthropocene Epoch”

@article{Hazen2017OnTM,
  title={On the mineralogy of the “Anthropocene Epoch”},
  author={R. Hazen and E. Grew and M. J. Origlieri and R. T. Downs},
  journal={American Mineralogist},
  year={2017},
  volume={102},
  pages={595 - 611}
}

• R. Hazen, E. Grew, +1 author R. T. Downs
• Published 2017
• Geology
• American Mineralogist

Abstract The “Anthropocene Epoch” has been proposed as a new post-Holocene geological time interval—a period characterized by the pervasive impact of human activities on the geological record. Prior to the influence of human technologies, the diversity and distribution of minerals at or near Earth’s surface arose through physical, chemical, and/or biological processes. Since the advent of human mining and manufacturing, particularly since the industrial revolution of the mid-eighteenth century… Expand

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