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The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Juliana A. Ivar do Sul, Patricia L. Corcoran, Anthony D. Barnosky, Alejandro Cearreta, Matt Edgeworth, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Catherine Jeandel, Reinhold Leinfelder,

Anthropocene · 2016 · 898 citations · 95 references

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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Jenna Jambeck, Roland Geyer, Chris Wilcox et al. · Science · 2015 · 12.7K citations

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Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science · 2004 · 7.5K citations

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Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

Mark A. Oakley Browne, Phillip Crump, S. J. Niven et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2011 · 4.6K citations

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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton, Henry S. Carson et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Geology of mankind

Paul J. Crutzen · Nature · 2002 · 4.4K citations · Full text