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• • Now published (1 February 2011) -The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time? heme Issue 'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?' compiled and edited by Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alan Haywood and Mike Ellis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A369, 835-1112.

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• Report of the International Commission on Stratigraphy meeting in Prague, 31.5.10 - 3.6.10 by Professor Martin Head (SQS representative).

• New Earth Epoch Has Begun, Scientists Say - article on National Geographic.com about the Anthropocene published 6.4.10.

• The British Royal Mail Post Office stamps celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society includes a design including the image of Nick Shackleton.

  
• Dec 2009 - New version of the Iberian Peninsula chronostratigraphical chart published online.
• Dec 2009 - First issue of Anthropocene Newsletter published.
• Nov 2009 - Website update in progress
• Nov 2009 - Charts update: new version of Global chronostratigraphical correlation chart for the last 2.7 million years online

• July 2009 - Definitions update: Ratification processed completed, base of the Quaternary and the Pleistocene at 2.6 Ma
• Nov 2008 - Definitions update: Base of the Holocene ratified at 11.7 ka (11,702 b2k)

• New workinggroup established: The Anthropocene.
• Article on the Anthropocene in GSA Today and popular press (Independent, 26.1.08).

• June 2008 - New publications:
  • Book The Concise Geologic Time Scale by Ogg, J.G., Ogg, G. & Gradstein, F.M. (eds) 2008. University Press: Cambridge.
    Includes Ch. 15 Quaternary by P.L. Gibbard, K.M. Cohen & J. Ogg.
  • Episodes issue The Quaternary, special issue, Episodes 31(2).
    Contains 15 papers on variety of Quaternary topics (stratigraphy, climate, palaeohumans, definitions).
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More stratigraphical news

• See IUGS' ICS' www.stratigraphy.org
  Contains the International Stratigraphic Guide, an abridged version developed to promote international agreement on principles of stratigraphic classification and to develop an internationally acceptable stratigraphic terminology and rules of procedure.

• See the webpage of INQUA
  
  • INQUA Commission on Stratigraphy and Chronology (INQUA-SACCOM) website
  • INQUA Subcommission on European Quaternary Stratigraphy (INQUA-SEQS) website
  • INQUA Subcommission on Asian Quaternary Stratigraphy (INQUA-SAQS) website

• See IUGS www.iugs.org