REPLY: Zalasiewicz et al. Comment
By Stanley C. Finney and Lucy E. Edwards | GSA Today
We thank Jan Zalasiewicz and his 25 co-authors for their consid- ered response. We are in complete agreement with the following two major statements:
“All chronostratigraphic units are defined by their base and char- acterized by their content;”
and
“There are clearly societal and political ramifications to the Anthropocene, and to any decision made regarding it, as remains the case for global warming science. That does not disqualify it from scientific analysis, nor from potential geologic formalization. Rather it enhances the case for the rigorous scrutiny it is undergoing.”
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