Researchers propose Crawford Lake in Ontario, Canada as a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point to mark the Anthropocene Epoch, citing sediment layers containing fossil fuel fallout and plutonium. The Anthropocene Working Group supports updating the Chronostratigraphic Chart with a formal start date in the 1950s, and a museum housing a frozen sediment section and plaque is planned for Ottawa.
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This Epoch began approximately 11,700 years ago, marking the end of the last ice age.
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The AWG further suggests the 1950s as the formal start date for the Anthropocene Epoch.
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