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Candidate sites and other reference sections for the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point of the Anthropocene series by Waters, Colin N, Turner, Simon D, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Head, Martin J

“…We review and compare proposals for 12 reference sections submitted to the Anthropocene Working Group of the International Subcommission on Quaternary…”
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Current-Use Brominated Flame Retardants in Water, Sediment, and Fish from English Lakes by Harrad, Stuart, Abdallah, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa, Rose, Neil L, Turner, Simon D, Davidson, Thomas A

“…Concentrations are reported of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) and tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBP-A) in water (n = 27), sediment (n = 9), and fish samples (n =…”
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Historical Reconstruction of Mercury Pollution Across the Tibetan Plateau Using Lake Sediments by Yang, Handong, Battarbee, Richard W, Turner, Simon D, Rose, Neil L, Derwent, Richard G, Wu, Guangjian, Yang, Ruiqiang

“…The Tibetan Plateau is described as the “Roof of the World” averaging over 4000 m above sea level; it is remote, isolated, and presumed to be a pristine…”
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Microplastics in the sediments of a UK urban lake by Vaughan, Rebecca, Turner, Simon D., Rose, Neil L.

“…While studies on microplastics in the marine environment show their wide-distribution, persistence and contamination of biota, the freshwater environment…”
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Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man: The Roles of Climate and Other Factors by Chiverrell, Richard C., Innes, James B., Blackford, Jeff J., Davey, Peter J., Roberts, David H., Rutherford, Mairead M., Tomlinson, Philippa R., Turner, Simon D.

“…The Isle of Man is a large island which lies in the middle of the northern Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland and, because of its insularity and size, has…”
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Defining the onset of the Anthropocene by Waters, Colin N., Turner, Simon D.

“…Twelve sites are considered for defining the Anthropocene geological epoch Earth’s geological history is divided into chronostratigraphic units that…”
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The Paleoecology of Microplastic Contamination by Bancone, Chiara E. P., Turner, Simon D., Ivar do Sul, Juliana A., Rose, Neil L.

“…While the ubiquity and rising abundance of microplastic contamination is becoming increasingly well known, there is very little empirical data for the scale of…”
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An assessment of the mechanisms for the transfer of lead and mercury from atmospherically contaminated organic soils to lake sediments with particular reference to Scotland, UK by Rose, Neil L., Yang, Handong, Turner, Simon D., Simpson, Gavin L.

“…While the sediment records of upland lakes are known to be valuable natural archives of depositional changes, recent studies in the UK have shown that full…”
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Vanadium: A Re-Emerging Environmental Hazard by Watt, James A. J, Burke, Ian T, Edwards, Ron A, Malcolm, Heath M, Mayes, William M, Olszewska, Justyna P, Pan, Gang, Graham, Margaret C, Heal, Kate V, Rose, Neil L, Turner, Simon D, Spears, Bryan M

“…Vanadium (V) is a contaminant which has been long confined to the annals of regulatory history. This follows the reduction of its historical primary source…”
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Anthropocene microplastic stratigraphy of Xiamen Bay, China: A history of plastic production and waste management by Long, Zouxia, Pan, Zhong, Jin, Xianglong, Zou, Qingping, He, Jianhua, Li, Weiwen, Waters, Colin N., Turner, Simon D., do Sul, Juliana A. Ivar, Yu, Xingguang, Chen, Jian, Lin, Hui, Ren, Jianye

“…•Temporal MPs in Anthropocene strata does not increase linearly with time.•MP stratigraphy mirrors a history of plastic production and use.•MPs reflect policy…”
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Natural archives of long-range transported contamination at the remote lake Letšeng-la Letsie, Maloti Mountains, Lesotho by Rose, Neil L., Milner, Alice M., Fitchett, Jennifer M., Langerman, Kristy E., Yang, Handong, Turner, Simon D., Jourdan, Anne-Lise, Shilland, James, Martins, César C., de Souza, Amanda Câmara, Curtis, Christopher J.

“…•Lake sediment and wetland cores were collected from a mountain lake in Lesotho.•High resolution multi-pollutant analyses revealed low but detectable…”
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Hexabromocyclododecanes, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and polychlorinated biphenyls in radiometrically dated sediment cores from English lakes, ~1950–present by Yang, Congqiao, Rose, Neil L., Turner, Simon D., Yang, Handong, Goldsmith, Ben, Losada, Sara, Barber, Jonathan L., Harrad, Stuart

“…This paper reports input fluxes between ~1950 and present, of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and…”
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Palaeotoxicity: reconstructing the risk of multiple sedimentary pollutants to freshwater organisms by Rose, Neil L., Turner, Simon D., Yang, Handong, Yang, Congqiao, Hall, Charlotte, Harrad, Stuart

“…‘Real-world’ contaminant exposure of sediment-dwelling biota is typically long-term, low-level and to multiple pollutants. However, sediment quality…”
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The Anthropocene as an epoch is distinct from all other concepts known by this term: a reply to Swindles et al. (2023) by Head, Martin J., Waters, Colin N., Zalasiewicz, Jan A., Barnosky, Anthony D., Turner, Simon D., Cearreta, Alejandro, Leinfelder, Reinhold, McCarthy, Francine M.G., Richter, Daniel de B., Rose, Neil L., Saito, Yoshiki, Vidas, Davor, Wagreich, Michael, Han, Yongming, SumMerhayes, Colin P., Williams, Mark, Zinke, Jens

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Stable Isotopes Trace Estuarine Transformations of Carbon and Nitrogen from Primary- and Secondary-Treated Paper and Pulp Mill Effluent by Oakes, Joanne M., Eyre, Bradley D., Ross, Donald J., Turner, Simon D.

“…Stable isotope analysis of a novel combination of carbon and nitrogen pools traced inputs and processing of primary-treated (PE) and secondary-treated effluent…”
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Evidence and experiment: Curating contexts of Anthropocene geology by Rosol, Christoph, Schäfer, Georg N, Turner, Simon D, Waters, Colin N, Head, Martin J, Zalasiewicz, Jan, Rossée, Carlina, Renn, Jürgen, Klingan, Katrin, Scherer, Bernd M

“…Together with research teams from around the world, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) has been meticulously quantifying and scrutinizing the global…”
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The East Gotland Basin (Baltic Sea) as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series by Kaiser, Jérôme, Abel, Serena, Arz, Helge W, Cundy, Andrew B, Dellwig, Olaf, Gaca, Pawel, Gerdts, Gunnar, Hajdas, Irka, Labrenz, Matthias, Milton, James A, Moros, Matthias, Primpke, Sebastian, Roberts, Sarah L, Rose, Neil L, Turner, Simon D, Voss, Maren, Ivar do Sul, Juliana A

“…The short sediment core EMB201/7-4 retrieved from the East Gotland Basin, central Baltic Sea, is explored here as a candidate to host the stratigraphical basis…”
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in English freshwater lakes, 2008–2012 by Yang, Congqiao, Harrad, Stuart, Abdallah, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa, Desborough, Jennifer, Rose, Neil L., Turner, Simon D., Davidson, Thomas A., Goldsmith, Ben

“…•PBDE concentrations are comparable to the limited data available for the Great Lakes.•ΣBDE concentrations in water samples showed TSS dependence.•ΣBDE…”
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Environmental legacy of pre-Columbian Maya mercury by Cook, Duncan E., Beach, Timothy P., Luzzadder-Beach, Sheryl, Dunning, Nicholas P., Turner, Simon D.

“…The Mexico and Central American region has a history of mercury use that began at least two millennia before European colonisation in the 16th century…”
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North Flinders Reef (Coral Sea, Australia) Porites sp. corals as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series by Zinke, Jens, Cantin, Neal E, DeLong, Kristine L, Palmer, Kylie, Boom, Arnoud, Hajdas, Irka, Duprey, Nicolas, Martínez-García, Alfredo, Rose, Neil L, Roberts, Sarah L, Yang, Handong, Roberts, Lucy R, Cundy, Andrew B, Gaca, Pawel, Milton, James Andy, Frank, Grace, Cox, Adam, Sampson, Sue, Tyrrell, Genevieve, Agg, Molly, Turner, Simon D

“…Corals are unique in the suite of proposed Anthropocene Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) archives, as living organisms that produce…”
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