The crepuscular planet. A model for the exhausted continental crust

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 694-707

  Valero, Alicia ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a   Gómez, Javier B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crepuscular planet; Exergy; Minerals; Reference environment; Upper continental crust

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CREPUSCULAR PLANET; REFERENCE ENVIRONMENT; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROSPHERE; MINERAL; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VELOCITY;

EID: 78650749902     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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