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Abruptic Durargids	-- 65
acacia	-- 50, 57
aeolian materials	-- 12, 31, 117, 213
aerobic decomposition	-- 62
agave	-- 111, 155
Albaqualfs	-- 159, 213
albic horizon	-- 64, 213
alfalfa	-- 75, 76, 79, 82, 84, 95, 96, 109, 125
Alfisols	-- 66, 67, 68, 159, 160, 213
algae	-- 57
algerita	-- 155
allophane	-- 27
allthorn	-- 53, 155
almond, desert	-- 155
alluvial fan	-- 17, 25, 26, 29, 43, 75, 78, 82, 94, 101, 102, 105, 107, 112, 118, 119, 131, 135
alluvial surfaces	-- 24, 25, 26, 44, 88, 98, 102, 105, 107, 109, 131, 135
alluviation	-- 21
alluvium	-- 12, 17, 21, 22, 25, 26, 69, 76, 77, 79, 82, 88, 94, 96, 98, 101, 107, 108, 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 120, 125, 126, 130, 132, 148
alpine glaciation	-- 43
alpine meadows	-- 47
alpine rock field	-- 49
alpine tundra	-- 48, 49
altithermal time	-- 45
alumina sheet	-- 4
aluminum oxide minerals	-- 7
American Kestrel	-- 56
ammonium sulphate fertilizer	-- 4
amphibole	-- 213
anaerobic decomposition	-- 62
anaerobic soil environment	-- 10
Anasazi	-- 1, 2
anathermal time	-- 45
Andepts	-- 68, 159
andesite	-- 11, 23, 121, 213
anhydrite	-- 16
animals' role in soil community	-- 56
antelope	-- 130, 135, 140, 157
anthropic epipedons	-- 26, 213
anticline	-- 26, 30, 213
antlions	-- 57
ants	-- 57, 58, 59, 60
Apachian Biotic Province	-- 55
Aquic Haplustolls	-- 135
Aquic Natrustalfs	-- 104
Aquolls	-- 69, 160
arachnids	-- 58, 59
Archeozoic Period	-- 151, 153
Arctic-alpine disjuncts	-- 49
Arcto-Tertiary flora	-- 53
Argic Cryoborolls	-- 150
Argic Pachic Cryoborolls	-- 144, 150
Argids	-- 65, 66, 68, 160
argillic horizon	-- 12, 13, 24, 25, 30, 31, 60, 64, 65, 68, 213
arid-adapted crops	-- 77
Aridic Argiustolls	-- 127, 129, 130, 137, 138
Aridic Calciustolls	-- 97, 98
Aridic Paleustolls	-- 110
Aridisols	-- 65, 66, 67, 68, 160, 213
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum	-- 48
Arizona Upland Subdivision, Sonoran Desert	-- 52, 53
Arivaipa Lake	-- 99
arrowweed	-- 75, 155
arroyo cutting and filling	-- 37, 45
arthropods	-- 57, 59
ash	-- 50, 155
aspen, quaking	-- 155
augite	-- 213
authigenic, mineral origin	-- 214
available water capacity	-- 61
axial stream	-- 21
axial valley troughs	-- 21
badgers	-- 56, 60, 79, 150, 157
Badland	-- 29, 30, 113, 115, 117, 119, 164-165, 214
basalt	-- 11, 17, 23, 24, 28, 31, 69, 121, 130, 141, 214
basaltic plains	-- 129
base saturation	-- 64, 161
basic volcanic rocks	-- 11, 17, 23, 24, 28, 31, 69, 121, 130, 141
Basin and Range Province	-- 16, 17, 18-26, 34, 142
basin fill	-- 16, 17, 21
bass	-- 135
bats	-- 60, 157
bear, black	-- 139, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 157
beargrass	-- 97, 98, 127, 155
beaver	-- 56
Beaver Creek	-- 28
bedded tuffs	-- 28
bees	-- 57
beetles	-- 51, 60
Bermuda high pressure cell	-- 34
Bidahochi Formation	-- 29
Big Lake	-- 150
biological activity	-- 7
biotic communities	-- 43, 214
biotic provinces	-- 55
biotite	-- 4, 214
birds	-- 36, 56, 60, 62, 79, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 158
biseasonal precipitation pattern	-- 34
blackbrush	-- 52, 89, 91, 106, 117, 155
Black Mesa	-- 2, 153
Black Mountains	-- 85
Black Point erosion cycle	-- 32
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	-- 56, 158
Blue Grosbeak	-- 56, 156
blue paloverde	-- 52, 158
Boralfs	-- 68, 159, 214
Borolls	-- 68, 69, 160
box canyon	-- 29
brackenfern	-- 144, 155
brush control	-- 131, 132
bubbler irrigation	-- 84
burroweed	-- 96, 100, 105, 106, 155
burrowing animals	-- 56, 57, 61
bursage	-- 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 90, 91, 102, 112, 155
cactus	--
cholla	-- 52, 83, 101, 105, 112, 155
organpipe	-- 52, 156
pricklypear	-- 101, 108, 112, 156
saguaro	-- 52, 112, 156
calcareous parent material	-- 25, 31, 109
calcic horizon	-- 24, 25, 64, 68, 69, 214
Calciorthids	-- 91, 160
calcite	-- 5
calcium, exchangeable	-- 4
calliandra	-- 98, 100, 101, 103, 110, 111
cambic horizon	-- 64, 68, 214
Camborthids	-- 87, 113, 120, 168
Cambrian rocks	-- 151, 152
Canadian Life Zone	-- 46, 48, 56
canopy drip	-- 9
Canyon de Chelly	-- 15, 32, 128
Canyon Land Section	-- 26
capillary withdrawal	-- 13
carbon dioxide	-- 5, 6
carbonate accretion	-- 12, 13, 24, 68
carbonates	-- 5, 9, 11, 13, 24, 28, 68, 70, 161, 214
carbonatic family	-- 70
carnivores	-- 57
Carrizo-Chuska Mountains	-- 30, 31, 43, 49, 149
catclaw	-- 75, 81, 88, 95, 96, 101, 108, 110, 111, 155
cation exchange	-- 4
cation exchange capacity	-- 4, 9, 161
cations, exchangeable	-- 9, 12, 215
cattle	-- 61, 62, 104, 109
ceanothus	-- 124, 128, 132, 138
Cedar Ranch age	-- 28
Cenozoic Era	-- 17, 23, 151, 152, 153
Cenozoic sediments	-- 17
central-type volcanoes	-- 17
Cerbat Mountains	-- 85
chalazite	-- 16
Chaco Canyon	-- 2
channel cutting	-- 21, 30
chaparral	-- 47, 48, 49, 51, 214
Chihuahuan Desert	-- 23, 43, 48, 53, 57
Chihuahuan desert scrub	-- 53, 56
Chihuahuan grassland	-- 52
Chinle Formation	-- 15, 29, 30
Chino Valley	-- 132
Chiricahua Mountains	-- 49
Chiricahua Mountains	-- 49
Chuska Formation	-- 30, 31
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge	-- 83
cienagas	-- 21, 26, 34
cinder cones	-- 10, 28, 31, 121, 141
cinders	-- 22, 28, 68, 69, 121, 126, 141
citrus	-- 75, 84
clay	-- 3, 4, 5, 10, 13, 25, 40, 64, 65, 69, 214
clay accumulation	-- 24, 25
clay destruction	-- 24
clay dispersion	-- 13
clay minerals	-- 4, 5, 10, 65, 69
cliff retreat	-- 30, 214
cliffrose	-- 123, 124, 136, 137, 138, 155
climate	-- 33-45
change	-- 45
zones	-- 35-38
climax vegetation	-- 49, 214
coatimundi	-- 135, 157
Cochise people	-- 1
Coconino Plateau	-- 31, 121
cold highlands	-- 35
cold steppes	-- 35
colluvium	-- 43, 141
Colorado Plateau Province	-- 11, 16, 19, 26-32, 49, 114, 142
Colorado River	-- 28, 29, 30, 33, 48, 52, 75, 87
composites	-- 47
compressional shearing	-- 23
continental drift	-- 22
continental glaciers	-- 45
convective activity	-- 34
Copper Mountains	-- 73
corn	-- 2, 109, 118, 120, 125, 130, 132, 137, 149
cotton	-- 75, 76
cottontail rabbits	-- 60, 157
cottonwood	-- 50, 75, 88, 118
coyotes	-- 60, 79, 157
creosotebush	-- 35, 52, 53, 57, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 155
Cryorthents	-- 142, 147, 176
Cumulic Haplustolls	-- 131, 132
curleymesquite	-- 135, 155
dacite	-- 141, 215
dates	-- 84
Datil Section	-- 26
De Chelly Sandstone	-- 29, 30
deer	-- 135, 137, 138, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
blacktail	-- 136, 157
mule	-- 56, 61, 62, 146, 157
Defiance Plateau	-- 30
Defiance Uplift	-- 30, 31
delineated soil body	-- 71
depositional events	-- 32
Desert Botanical Garden	-- 48
desert climatic zone	-- 35, 36
desert dweller domains	-- 2
desert pavement	-- 12
desert region	-- 17
desert scrub	-- 48, 52, 53, 56
desert shrubs	-- 87
desert tortoises	-- 60
desert varnish	-- 24
desertwillow	-- 75, 95, 119, 155
Devonian Period	-- 152, 153
diorite	-- 30, 215
diurnal freeze-thaw cycles	-- 38, 39
diurnal soil dwellers	-- 57
doves	-- 79, 140, 143, 158
drip irrigation	-- 84
dryland farming	-- 2
dunes	-- 30, 117
Durargids	-- 65, 66, 160
duripans	-- 25, 64, 65, 68, 78, 104, 215
earthworms	-- 56, 57, 59
East Pacific Rise	-- 23
elk	-- 61, 139, 140, 144, 145, 148, 157
eluvial horizons	-- 7, 25, 215
encinal woodland	-- 51, 56, 215
energy loss	-- 8
Entisols	-- 66, 67, 68
Eocene Epoch	-- 153
eolian	-- see aeolian
ephemeral plant species	-- 53
ephemeral streams	-- 21
epipedons	-- 64
epigeon	-- 57
eras	-- 151
erosion	-- 8, 10, 16, 23, 28, 29, 30, 69, 215
bank cutting	-- 75, 79
creep	-- 28, 30
gully	-- 12, 31, 75
rill	-- 12
wind	-- 12, 28, 34
erosional cycles	-- 30, 32
evaporation	-- 8, 9, 10, 11, 37, 41
evapotranspiration	-- 37, 41, 42, 43, 215
evergreen shrubs	-- 51
Eutroboralfs	-- 148, 149, 159, 179
extinct megafauna	-- 1
extragrade subgroup class, soil taxonomy	-- 65, 215
fan alluvium	-- 26, 43
fan terraces	-- 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 44
faulting	-- 21, 22, 27, 31, 215
faults	--
block	-- 16, 17, 21
listric	-- 21, 23, 218
normal	-- 23, 27
San Andreas	-- 23
tilted block	-- 21, 23
fir	--
corkbark	-- 49
Douglas	-- 49, 50, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148
white	-- 49, 50, 155
filaree	-- 81, 155
Flandrian Interglacial	-- 45
flooding	-- 68
flooding potential	-- 75
floodplain alluvium	-- 21
floodplains	-- 12, 21, 22, 25, 29, 50, 75, 88, 94, 95, 96, 110, 116, 119, 131