Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988orli...18...13v&link_type=abstract
(International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, Meeting, 5th, Berkeley, CA, July 21-25, 1986) Origins of Life (ISSN
Mathematics
Logic
2
Biosphere, Cycles, Earth (Planet), Life Sciences, Hierarchies, Isotopes, Populations, Sea Water, Tectonics
Scientific paper
The population dynamics (i.e., the birth/death cycles) of geological- and living-system populations on earth is discussed. Mathematically, the birth/death cycle concept for the two systems is analogous, in that the constituent populations are mutually interdependent and of variable size, with larger-size populations characterized by longer life-spans. It is proposed that the subordinate populations, such as those of living systems, are constrained to operate within limits imposed by the larger, and slower, hierarchies, and that they can overstep the imposed limits only on time scales shorter than the response time of the dominant populations. Isotopic data of past sea water show that on time scales of 10 to the 7th y, the solid earth, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and living systems act as a unified system controlled by the hierarchy of the solid earth.
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