Analysis of Ultimate Fossil Fuel Reserves and Associated CO2 Emissions in IPCC Scenarios

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-158

  Berg, Peter ^a   Boland, Anthony ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fossil fuels; IPCC; reserve estimates; resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897963181     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-013-9207-7     Document Type: Article

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