Xiaogang Li

Toward Permanence Yet Unattainable: A Thermodynamic Interpretive Framework for the Evolution of Planetary Surface Systems

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that isolated systems undergo monotonic entropy increase, tending toward disorder and homogeneity. However, over 4 billion years of Earth's stratigraphic and paleontological records, planetary surface open systems have persistently exhibi...

Toward Permanence Yet Unattainable: A Thermodynamic Interpretive Framework for the Evolution of Planetary Surface Systems

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that isolated systems undergo monotonic entropy increase, tending toward disorder and homogeneity. However, over 4 billion years of Earth's stratigraphic and paleontological records, planetary surface open systems have persistently exhibi...