Amiri, Z., Khormali, F., Frechen, M., & Kehl, M., 2023. Micro-morphological analysis and estimation of paleoprecipitation in the Loess-Paleosol sequence, eastern Golestan Province, 8(3,4), 414-430 (In Persian).
Bajnoczi, B., & Kovacs-Kis, V., 2006. Origin of pedogenic needle-fiber calcite revealed by micromorphology and stable isotope composition-a case study of a Quaternary paleosol from Hungary. Geochemistry, 66(3), 203-212.
Brewer, R., & Sleeman, J. R., 1960. Soil structure and fabric: definition, classification and interpretation. Journal of Soil Science, 11,172-185.
Bronger, A., 2003. Correlation of loessepaleosol sequences in East and Central Asia with SE Central Europe: towards a continental Quaternary pedostratigraphy and paleoclimatic history. Quaternary International, 106-107, 11-31.
Bullock, P., Federoff, N., Jongerius, A., Stoops, G., Tursina, T. & Babel, U. 1985. Handbook for Soil Thin Section Description. Waine Research Publications, Wolverhampton, UK.
Challier, A., Thomsen, K., Kurbanov, R., Sosin, P., Murray, A., Guerin, G., Meshcheryakova, O., Karayev, A., Khormali, F., Taratunina, N., Utkina, A & Buylaert, J. 2024. A detailed quartz and feldspar luminescence chronology for the Khonako II loess section (Southern Tajikistan). Quaternary Geochronologhy. 83. 101571.
Dar, R.A., Chandra, R., Romshoo, S.A., & Kowser, N., 2015. Micromorphological investigations of the Late Quaternary loess–paleosol sequences of the Kashmir Valley, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 111, 328-338.
Ding, Z. L., Ranov, V., Yang, S.L., Finaev, A., Han, J.M., Wang, G.A., 2002. The loess record in southern Tajikistan and correlation with Chinese loess. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 200 (3-4), 387-400.
Dodonov, A.E., & Baiguzina, L.L., 1995. Loess stratigraphy of central asia: palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental aspects. Quat. Sci. Rev. 14, 707–720.
Dodonov, A. E., Sadchikova, T.A., Sedov, S.N., Simakova, A.N & Zhou, L.P., 2006. Multidisciplinary approach for paleoenvironmental reconstruction in loess-paleosol studies of the Darai Kalon section, Southern Tajikistan. Quat. Int, 152, 48–58.
Frindte, K., Lehndorff., E,. Vlaminck, S., Werner, K., Kehl, K., Khormali, F & Knief, C., 2020. Evidence for signatures of ancient microbial life in paleosols. Geoderma 179-180, 113-122.
Ghafarpour, A., Khormali, F., Balsam, W., Steven, L., Forman & Cheng, L., 2021. The formation of iron oxides and magnetic enhancement mechanisms in northern Iranian loess-paleosol sequences: Evidence from diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry and temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility, Quaternary International, 589, 68-82.
Gunal, H., & Ransom, M.D., 2006. Clay illuviation and calcium carbonate accumulationalong a precipitation gradient in Kansas. Catena, 68, 59-69.
He, M., BaoDong, J., Jin, Zh., Chun-YaoLiu, Ch,. Xiao, J,. Zhang, F., Sun, H., Zhao, Zh,. Gou, L., Liu, W., Luo, Ch,. Son, Y., Ma, L & Deng, L., 2021. Pedogenic processes in loess-paleosol sediments: Clues from Li isotopes of leachate in Luochuan loess, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 299, 151-162.
Kehl, M., Vlaminck, S., Köhler, T., Laag, Ch., Rolf., Ch., Tsukamoto, S., Frechen, M,. MariSumita, M., Schmincke, U. & Khormali, F., 2021. Pleistocene dynamics of dust accumulation and soil formation in the southern Caspian Lowlands - New insights from the loess-paleosol sequence at Neka-Abelou, northern Iran, Quaternary Science Reviews, 253, 106774.
Kemp, R. A., Toms, P. S., Sayago, J. M., Derbyshire, E., King, M., & Wagoner, L., 2003. Micromorphology and OSL Dating of the basal part of the loessosol sequence at La Mesada in Tucuman province, Northwest Argentina, Quaternary International, 106, 111-117.
Khormali, F., Abtahi, A. & Stoops, G., 2006. Micromorohology of calcitic features in highly calcareous soils of Fars Province, Southern Iran. Geoderma, 132, 31-46.
Khormali, F., Ghergherechi, S., Kehl, M. & Ayoubi, S., 2012. Soil formation in loess derived soils along a subhumid to humid climate gradient, Northeastern Iran, Geoderma, 179-180, 113-122.
Li, Y., Song, Y., Dimitris G. Xiuling, K., Yunus, Ch., Liangcheng Tan, M. ,2019. Atmospheric dust dynamics in southern Central Asia: Implications for buildup of Tajikistan loess sediments, Atmospheric Research, 229, 78-85.
Maleki, S., Khormali, F., Kehl, M., Azizi, Gh., Shahpouri, F., Shahbazi, R. &Frechrn., M., 2023. A loess-paleosol record of climate and vegetation change during the past 27,000 years from South East of the Caspian Sea, Iran. Quaternary International, 652, 1-16.
Mantel, S., Dondeyne, S & Deckers., S., 2023. World reference base for soil resources (WRB). Encyclopedia of soil in the Environment (Second Edition), 4, 206-217.
Najafi, H., Karimi, A., Haghnia, G.H., Khormali, F., Ayoubi, S. & Tazikeh, H., 2019. Paleopedology and magnetic properties of Sari loess-paleosol sequence in Caspian lowland, northern Iran. Journal of Mountain Science, 16(7), 1559-1570.
Nordt, L.C., Wilding, L.P., Lynn, W.C., & Crawford, C.C., 2004. Vertisol genesis in humid climate of the coastal plain of Texas, U.S.A. Geoderma, 122, 83-102.
Panin, P. G., Timireva, S.N., Konstantinov, E.A., Kalinin, P.I., Kononov, Yu. M., Alekseev, A.O., 2019. Plio-Pleistocene paleosols: Loess-paleosol sequence studied in the Beregovoye section, the Crimean Peninsula, 172,590–618.
Parviz, N., Shen, Zh, Yunus, M & Zulqarnain, S., 2020. Loess deposits in southern Tajikistan (Central Asia). Magnetic properties and paleoclimate. Science Reviews, 158, 15-28.
Pourmasoumi Parashkouh, M., Khormali, F., Ayoubi, S. O., Kiani, F., Kehl, M., & Lehndorff, E. (2019). The micromorphology of forest soils developed on loess along a precipitation gradient in northern Iran. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Soil Science and Agricultural Mechanization, (Scientific Journal of Agriculture), 42(2), 1-20. (In Persian).
Shahriari, A., Kormali, F., Kehl, M., Karimi, A.R & Lehndorff, E. (2014). Using stable isotopes composition and biomarkers as proxies of paleoclimate and paleovegetation along an ecological gradient in some parts of loess deposits of northern Iran. Thesis of Ph.D In Soil Sience (Soil Genesis & Classification and Land Evaluation). (In Persian).
Soil Survey Staff. 2023. Soil classification systems: World reference base and soil taxonomy. USDA. 4, 197-205.
Stoops, G., 2003. Guidelines for the Analysis and Description of Soil and Regolith Thin Sections. SSSA. Madison, WI . Book Series:ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Books.
Stoops, Georges, Marcelino, V., & Mees, F., 2018. Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Elsevier.
Stoops, G., Langohr, R. and Van Ranst, E. 2020. Micromorphology of soils and palaeosoils in Belgium. An inventory and meta-analysis. CATENA, 194, 104718.
Taheri, M., Khormali, F., Wang, X., Amini, A,. Wei, H., Kehl, M., Frechen, M., Chen, F., 2016. Micromorphology of the lower Pleistocene loess in the Iranian Loess Plateau and its paleoclimatic implications, Quaternary International, 1-10.
Tian, S, Sun, J., Zhang, Z., Abdulov, S., Cao, M., Gadoev, M. & Oimahmadov, I., 2020. Loess deposits in the Tajik Basin, Central Asia: chronology, provenance and palaeoclimatic implications since the Last Glacial, 1–20.
Vlaminck, S., Kehl, M., Rolf. Ch., Oliver Franz, S., Lauer, T., Lehndorff, E., Frechen, M. & Khormali, F., 2018. Late Pleistocene dust dynamics and pedogenesis in Southern Eurasia Detailed insights from the loess profile Toshan (NE Iran), 180, 75-95.
Zarate, M. A., Kemp, R. A., & Blasi, A. M., 2002. Identification and differentiation of Pleistocene paleosols in northern Pampas of Bueneos Aires, Argentina. Journal of south America. Earth Science, 15, 303-313.