Material flow analysis for Europe: An exergoecological approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 603-610

  Calvo, Guiomar ^a   Valero, Alicia ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exergy replacement cost; Material flow analysis; Mineral balance; Mineral trade; Sankey diagram

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; RECYCLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; CRITICAL MINERALS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; REPLACEMENT COSTS; SANKEY DIAGRAM; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUEL; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALS INDUSTRY; MINING; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RECYCLING; SELF SUFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84940099305     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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