That is why we can find the so - called technofossils or traces of human activity on the beaches, in this case the industrial waste of international companies which helps to calculate the age of the beachrock.» (sciencedaily.com)
Certainly some record of cities, plastics and the millions of fossil - fuel wells and mines will persist as what he calls technofossils. (scientificamerican.com)
Plastics already enable fine time resolution within Anthropocene deposits via the development of their different types and via the artefacts, known as «technofossils», they are moulded into, and many of these may have long - term preservation potential when buried in strata. (sciencedaily.com)