Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, maximum entropy production and Earth-system evolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1910, 2010, Pages 181-196

  Kleidon, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gaia hypothesis; Global change; Habitability; Palaeoclimatology; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CONCENTRATION OF; EARTH SYSTEMS; ENTROPY PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY TREND; GAIA HYPOTHESIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLISTIC VIEW; HUMAN IMPACT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS; PLANETARY SCALE; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STEADY STATE; SYSTEM EVOLUTION; SYSTEM PROCESS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC STATE;

THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTROPY; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ENTROPY; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 73849085051     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0188     Document Type: Article

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