The solar transformity of oil and petroleum natural gas

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-220

  Bastianoni, Simone ^a   Campbell, Daniel ^b   Susani, Ludovico ^a   Tiezzi, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergy; Oil and natural gas; Solar transformity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COAL; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; FUELS; GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

NATURAL GAS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EMERGY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; KEROGEN;

EID: 21344441474     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.01.015     Document Type: Article

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