On global forces of nature driving the Earth's climate. Are humans involved?

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 899-910

  Khilyuk, L F ^a   Chilingar, G V ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Earth's outgassing; Energy fluxes; Global forces of nature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGASSING; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS SUPPLY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC GASE GENERATING; EARTH'S OUTGASSING; ENERGY FLUXES; GLOBAL FORCES OF NATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL BARRIER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33746422562     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0261-x     Document Type: Article

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