Abiotic resource depletion in LCA—background and update of the anthropogenic stock extended abiotic depletion potential (AADP) model

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 709-721

  Schneider, Laura ^a   Berger, Markus ^a   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AADP; Abiotic depletion potential; LCA; Long term resource availability; Resource scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939985598     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0864-0     Document Type: Article

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