A distributed approach to accounting for carbon in wood products

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-91

  Marland, Eric S ^a   Stellar, Kirk ^a   Marland, Gregg H ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Carbon in wood products; Carbon sequestration; CO2 emissions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 73649100558     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-009-9205-6     Document Type: Article

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