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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2019

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Colin N. Waters ,
Mark Williams  and
Colin P. Summerhayes
Jan Zalasiewicz
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University of Leicester
Colin N. Waters
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University of Leicester
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University of Leicester
Colin P. Summerhayes
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Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
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The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate
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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

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Save book to Dropbox

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Save book to Google Drive

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