The ‘Anthropocene’ is most useful as an informal concept

The Anthropocene as an Event, not an Epoch

(2022) Philip Gibbard et al.   JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

The Anthropocene serves science better as an event, rather than an epoch

(2022) Lucy E. Edwards et al.   JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

The proposed Anthropocene Epoch/Series is underpinned by an extensive array of mid‐20 th century stratigraphic event signals

(2022) Martin J. Head et al.   JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

(2016) C. N. Waters et al.   SCIENCE

Defining the Anthropocene

(2015) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Spheroidal carbonaceous particles are a defining stratigraphic marker for the Anthropocene

(2015) Graeme T. Swindles et al.   Scientific Reports