1. Abdel Rahman, S.I., Hanna, F.S., Rabie, F.H. & Stoops, G., 1992. Impact of the soil environment on the micromorphological and mineralogical characteristics of some minerals in Vertisols of Egypt. Abstracts of 9th International Working Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Townsville, pp. 59.
2. Acquaye, K., Dowuona, G., Mermut, A. & St. Arnaud, R., 1992. Micromorphology and mineralogy of cracking soils from the Accra Plains of Ghana. Soil Science Society of America Journal 56, 193-201.
3. Ahmad, N., 1996. Management of Vertisols in rainfed conditions. In Ahmad, N. & Mermut, A. (eds.), Vertisols and Technologies for their Management. Developments in Soil Science, Volume 24. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 363-428.
4. Aydemir, S., Drees, L.P., Hallmark, C.T. & Cullu, M.A., 2004. Micromorphological characteristics of vertisols and vertic-like soils in the Harran Plain of Southeastern Turkey. In Kapur, S., Akça, E., Montanarella, L., Ozturk, A. & Mermut, A. (eds.), Extended abstracts of 12th International Working Meeting on Soil Micromorphology, Adana, pp. 124-126.
5. Baer, J.U., Kent, T.F. & Anderson, S.H., 2009. Image analysis and fractal geometry to characterize soil desiccation cracks. Geoderma 154, 153-163.