Is ‘Anthropocene’ a Suitable Chronostratigraphic Term?
Is ‘Anthropocene’ a Suitable Chronostratigraphic Term?
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“人类世”是一个合适的年代地层术语吗？
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2022
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通讯作者：
E. Luciano
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作者：
E. Luciano
过去二十年来，“人类世”一词引发了学术界和公众的广泛兴趣。自 2009 年以来，人类世工作组 (AWG) 一直在地层学基础上考虑该术语。 AWG 一直在倡导人类世的年代地层定义，提出了一项提案，正式承认人类世为地质时标和国际年代地层图上的一个后全新世时代/系列。该提议（即人类世假说）引发了人类、社会和自然科学家之间的争论。针对该提案的一种批评涉及“人类世”一词在年代地层学上的适用性。此类批评认为，该术语与年代地层系列的标准命名实践不一致；它与新生代的其他时代不一致；它的词源在几个方面是错误的；和/或应在风格上强调其非正式性质（例如，用引号或以小写首字母书写术语）。本文回顾了这一批评，并在（年代）地层分类和命名的背景下进行讨论，以评估“人类世”是否是一个合适的年代地层术语。为此，分析对《国际地层指南》起草的指南、建议和建议进行了评论和讨论，该指南代表了地层分类和命名的国际参考框架。根据指南的基本理念和建议，似乎有理由认为“人类世”是年代地层命名法中的合适术语。
Over the past two decades, the term ‘Anthropocene’ has ignited widespread academic and public interest. Since 2009, the term has been considered on stratigraphic grounds by the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG). The AWG has been championing a chronostratigraphic definition of the Anthropocene by advancing a proposal to formally recognize the unit as a post-Holocene epoch/series on the Geologic Time Scale and International Chronostratigraphic Chart. The proposal (i.e., the Anthropocene Hypothesis) has ignited debates among human, social, and natural scientists alike. One line of critique against the proposal concerns the chronostratigraphic suitability of the term ‘Anthropocene.’ This type of criticism holds that the term is inconsistent with the standard naming practices of the chronostratigraphic series; that it is inconsistent with other epochs of the Cenozoic era; that its etymology is faulty in several respects; and/or that its informal nature should be emphasized stylistically (e.g., with quotation marks or by writing the term with a lower case initial). The present contribution reviews this criticism and discusses it in the context of (chrono)stratigraphic classification and nomenclature to assess whether ‘Anthropocene’ is a suitable chronostratigraphic term. To do so, the analysis comments on and discusses guidelines, recommendations, and suggestions drafted by the International Stratigraphic Guide, which represents an international framework of reference for stratigraphic classification and nomenclature. Based on the underlying philosophy and recommendation of the Guide, there seem to be reasons to consider the ‘Anthropocene’ a suitable term in the context of chronostratigraphic nomenclature.
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W. Laurance
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W. Laurance