Strength matters: Resisting erosion across upland landscapes

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• erosion 64%
• soil 40%
• shear strength 22%
• saprolite 20%
• parent material 17%
• hillslope 16%
• beryllium isotope 12%
• penetrometer 10%
• erodibility 9%
• chemical weathering 9%
• biological activity 8%
• soil depth 8%
• hydrology 6%
• spatial variation 6%
• aluminum 6%
• tectonics 5%
• rate 5%
• in situ 4%
• vegetation 4%
• world 4%
• material 3%
• distribution 2%

Social Sciences

• erosion 100%
• efficiency 11%
• regime 11%