Life as the major driver of planetary geochemical disequilibrium. Reply to comments on "Life, hierarchy, and the thermodynamic machinery of planet Earth"

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-476

  Kleidon, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 78649665293     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2010.11.001     Document Type: Note

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