Seems like Jan Zalasiewicz's The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Is what you are looking for. A book written by a field geologist on how long the products of present day civilisation might last. I haven't read the book but from some reviews -- generally nothing will be left of cities except higher concentrations of calcium, silicates and metals. The most lasting impact of today's technic civilisation would probably be a layer of plastic waste in the oceans.
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Date: 2023-06-04 04:32 pm (UTC)The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
Is what you are looking for. A book written by a field geologist on how long the products of present day civilisation might last. I haven't read the book but from some reviews -- generally nothing will be left of cities except higher concentrations of calcium, silicates and metals. The most lasting impact of today's technic civilisation would probably be a layer of plastic waste in the oceans.