Dust storms - What do they really cost?

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-142

  Tozer, P ^a,b   Leys, J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dust storms; ecosystem services; Red Dawn; resource economics; soil erosion; Sydney dust storm 2009; wind erosion.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879906434     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ12085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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