How to account for mineral depletion. the exergy and economic mineral balance of Spain as a case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 548-559

  Valero, Antonio ^a   Carpintero, Óscar ^b   Valero, Alicia ^a   Calvo, Guiomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic mineral balance; Exergy analysis; Exergy replacement costs; Material consumption; Mineral resource accounting

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EXERGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS;

ECONOMIC MINERALS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; REPLACEMENT COSTS; RESOURCE ACCOUNTINGS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST ANALYSIS; EXERGY; EXPORT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IMPORT; MINERAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84905858291     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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