SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SO-CALLED ANTHROPOCENE

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Leandro Peñalver Hernández
Roberto Denis Valle
Félix González Milanés

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The meaning of Anthropocene is here reviewed, as the criteria of some authors, as a possible term to be used to highlight the enormous influence of mankind in changes on the environment, ecosystems, the relief, as well as different physical-geographic, paleoecological, and landscaping aspects, among others, particularly during the last 170 years. It is emphasized that this term has not been approved by the various international associations directly related to geology, particularly the Quaternary geology. Other criteria to be taken into account in any future evaluation are also considered.

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Peñalver Hernández, L., Denis Valle, R., & González Milanés, F. (2019). SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SO-CALLED ANTHROPOCENE. Café Cacao, 12(2), 55-60. https://rgi.edicionescervantes.com/index.php/rgi/article/view/109
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Leandro Peñalver Hernández, Institute of Geology and Paleontology Geological Service of Cuba. La Habana. Cuba.

Graduated in Geography in 1971.Assistant Researcher.Assistant Professor. Worked at the Institute of Geology from March 1972 to the present, directing the Quaternary Group of that center. Participant in geological surveys in different provinces of the country. Main author of the geological maps of Cuba at scales 1: 250 000 and 1: 500 000, of the Map of Quaternary deposits in Cuba at scale 1: 250 000 and of the Quaternary commissions in maps 1: 100 00 and 1: 50 000. Director of the Institute of Geology and Paleontology from 1986 to 1989. Head of numerous research projects. Delegate and speaker in several national and international congresses held in Cuba and abroad. Author of books and monographs on the Quaternary in Cuba and articles in Cuban and foreign magazines. Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Geography of the University of Havana. Tutor of thesis and course works in the Faculty of Geography of the UH. President of the Quaternary Commission of the Stratigraphic Lexicon of Cuba.

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Peñalver Hernández, L., Denis Valle, R., & González Milanés, F. (2019). SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SO-CALLED ANTHROPOCENE. Café Cacao, 12(2), 55-60. https://rgi.edicionescervantes.com/index.php/rgi/article/view/109