@article{4a4f4deb45254e4b85b18c6a06af18cf,
title = "Colonization of the Americas, {\textquoteleft}little ice age{\textquoteright} climate, and bombproduced carbon: Their role in defining the anthropocene",
abstract = "A recently published analysis by Lewis and Maslin (Lewis SL and Maslin MA (2015) Defining the Anthropocene. Nature 519: 171-180) has identified two new potential horizons for the Holocene-Anthropocene boundary: 1610 (associated with European colonization of the Americas), or 1964 (the peak of the excess radiocarbon signal arising from atom bomb tests). We discuss both of these novel suggestions, and consider that there is insufficient stratigraphic basis for the former, whereas placing the latter at the peak of the signal rather than at its inception does not follow normal stratigraphical practice. Wherever the boundary is eventually placed, it should be optimized to reflect stratigraphical evidence with the least possible ambiguity.",
keywords = "Anthropocene, Little ice age, Radiocarbon fallout, Stratigraphy",
author = "Jan Zalasiewicz and Waters, {Colin N.} and Barnosky, {Anthony D.} and Alejandro Cearreta and Matt Edgeworth and Ellis, {Erle C.} and Agnieszka Ga{\l}uszka and Gibbard, {Philip L.} and Jacques Grinevald and Irka Hajdas and {Do Sul}, {Juliana Ivar} and Catherine Jeandel and Reinhold Leinfelder and McNeill, {J. R.} and Cl{\'e}ment Poirier and Andrew Revkin and Richter, {Daniel De B.} and Will Steffen and Colin Summerhayes and Syvitski, {James P.M.} and Davor Vidas and Michael Wagreich and Mark Williams and Wolfe, {Alexander P.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2015.",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1177/2053019615587056",
language = "English",
volume = "2",
pages = "117--127",
journal = "Anthropocene Review",
issn = "2053-0196",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "2",
}