The 'Anthropocene' is most useful as an informal concept.

Anthropocene, geology, Holocene, human impact, stratigraphy The "Anthropocene" is most useful as an informal concept Keywords: Anthropocene; geology; Holocene; human impact; stratigraphy EN Anthropocene geology Holocene human impact stratigraphy 453 454 2 05/09/23 20230501 NES 230501 The "Anthropocene" (Crutzen & Stoermer, [4]; Crutzen, [3]) concept has rapidly gained prominence in recent years in both public narratives around the climate and environmental crisis, and academic discourses across a range of disciplines - the latter being demonstrated by the multitude of papers published discussing various aspects of the proposed new geological epoch (e.g. Waters et al., [14]). [Extracted from the article]