The term “Anthropocene” refers to not yet formalized epoch of geologic time during which geologic processes have been dominated by the human impact. This impact takes on many forms. Biological, physical and chemical changes to the Earth System caused by anthropogenic activity are recorded in natural archives either as new fossil assemblages (neobiota), anthropogenic deposits or a wide variety of pollutants emitted to the environment. With the current efforts to formalize the Anthropocene Epoch, a new trend in analytical chemistry has emerged. The use of different dating techniques combined with the study of chemical signals recorded in different natural archives, such as ice cores, marine and freshwater sediments, corals, tree rings, stalactites, allows us to reconstruct historic emission trends. This paper presents characteristics of specific samples to be analyzed and the pertinent analytical techniques to be applied for the purpose of gaining the knowledge required for formalizing the Anthropocene Epoch.

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分析化学在人类世研究中的作用

“人类世”一词是指尚未正式确定的地质时期，在此期间地质过程已受到人类影响。这种影响有多种形式。由人为活动引起的地球系统的生物，物理和化学变化记录在自然档案中，包括新的化石组合（新生物群），人为沉积物或排放到环境中的各种污染物。随着当前人类世纪的正式努力，分析化学出现了新的趋势。通过使用不同的测年技术，结合对不同自然档案中记录的化学信号的研究，例如冰芯，海洋和淡水沉积物，珊瑚，年轮，钟乳石，我们可以重建历史排放趋势。