ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century, human impact upon the environment has increased exponentially. Scientists observe that since then ‘Earth has endured changes sufficient to leave a global stratigraphic signature distinct from that of the Holocene or of previous Pleistocene interglacial phases, encompassing novel biotic, sedimentary and geochemical change’ ( GSA Today, 2008). Anthropocene is the word they created to delineate this new epoch.
