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http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/gsatoday\/archive\/24\/6\/abstract\/i1052-5173-24-6-4.htm<\/a>\n\nPatricia L. Corcoran, Charles J. Moore, Kelly Jazvac\nAn anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record\nGSA Today, v. 24, no. 6, doi: 10.1130\/GSAT-G198A.1\n\nABSTRACT\nRecognition of increasing plastic debris pollution over the last several\ndecades has led to investigations of the imminent dangers posed to\nmarine organisms and their ecosystems, but very little is known about\nthe preservation potential of plastics in the rock record. As\nanthropogenically derived materials, plastics are astonishingly abundant\nin oceans, seas, and lakes, where they accumulate at or near the water\nsurface, on lake and ocean bottoms, and along shorelines. The burial\npotential of plastic debris is chiefly dependent on the material?s\ndensity and abundance, in addition to the depositional environment.\nHere, we report the appearance of a new ?stone? formed through\nintermingling of melted plastic, beach sediment, basaltic lava\nfragments, and organic debris from Kamilo Beach on the island of Hawaii.\nThe material, herein referred to as ?plastiglomerate,? is divided into\nin situ and clastic types that were distributed over all areas of the\nbeach. Agglutination of natural sediments to melted plastic during\ncampfire burning has increased the overall density of plastiglomerate,\nwhich inhibits transport by wind or water, thereby increasing the\npotential for burial and subsequent preservation. Our results indicate\nthat this anthropogenically influenced material has great potential to\nform a marker horizon of human pollution, signaling the occurrence of\nthe informal Anthropocene epoch.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/gsatoday\/archive\/24\/6\/pdf\/i1052-5173-24-6-4.pdf<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/gsatoday\/archive\/24\/6\/abstract\/i1052-5173-24-6-4.htm Patricia L. Corcoran, Charles J. Moore, Kelly Jazvac An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record GSA Today, v. 24, no. 6, doi: 10.1130\/GSAT-G198A.1 ABSTRACT Recognition of increasing plastic debris pollution over the last several decades has led to investigations of the imminent dangers posed to marine organisms and their ecosystems, but very little is known about the preservation potential of plastics in the rock record. As anthropogenically derived materials, plastics are astonishingly abundant in oceans, seas, and lakes, where they accumulate at or near the water surface, on lake and ocean bottoms, and along shorelines. The burial potential of plastic debris is chiefly dependent on the material?s density and abundance, in addition to the depositional environment. Here, we report the appearance of a new ?stone? formed through intermingling of melted plastic, beach sediment, basaltic lava fragments, and organic debris from Kamilo Beach on the island of Hawaii. The material, herein referred to as ?plastiglomerate,? is divided into in situ and clastic types that were distributed over all areas of the beach. Agglutination of natural sediments to melted plastic during campfire burning has increased the overall density of plastiglomerate, which inhibits transport by wind or water, thereby increasing the potential for burial and subsequent preservation. Our results indicate that this anthropogenically influenced material has great potential to form a marker horizon of human pollution, signaling the occurrence of the informal Anthropocene epoch. http:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/gsatoday\/archive\/24\/6\/pdf\/i1052-5173-24-6-4.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3445,3423],"tags":[1309,1587],"yoast_head":"\nAn anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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