{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225744674","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","title":"Field-observed soil\u2013regolith depth covaries with rainfall regime and landscape position along a semi-arid tropical mountain transect","display_name":"Field-observed soil\u2013regolith depth covaries with rainfall regime and landscape position along a semi-arid tropical mountain transect","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225744674","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115998457","display_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","issn_l":"1439-0108","issn":["1439-0108","1614-7480"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066614884","display_name":"Ailson de Lima Marques","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-275X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-275X"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ailson de Lima Marques","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-275X","affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033873652","display_name":"Christiane Farias da Fonseca","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6917-0321","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6917-0321"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christianne Farias da Fonseca","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082187241","display_name":"Rodrigo Santana Macedo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0462-1480","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0462-1480"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rodrigo Santana Macedo","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077206624","display_name":"D\u00e9bora Coelho Moura","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2663-2308","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2663-2308"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Debora Coelho Moura","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3890,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3890},"apc_paid":{"value":3890,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3890},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"26","issue":"12","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13102","display_name":"Soil and Environmental Studies","score":0.9169999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13102","display_name":"Soil and Environmental Studies","score":0.9169999957084656,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10770","display_name":"Soil Geostatistics and Mapping","score":0.0617000013589859,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10889","display_name":"Soil erosion and sediment transport","score":0.012799999676644802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C69661492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1447141","display_name":"Transect","level":2,"score":0.8205999732017517},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.6413999795913696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6350597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339495","display_name":"Altitude (triangle)","level":2,"score":0.631600022315979},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37054046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641888","display_name":"Elevation (ballistics)","level":2,"score":0.5547000169754028},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100970517","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52107","display_name":"Physical geography","level":1,"score":0.4848000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107054158","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25257","display_name":"Precipitation","level":2,"score":0.4449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.42239999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41642174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106551","display_name":"Regolith","level":2,"score":0.4169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C122523270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34027","display_name":"Latitude","level":2,"score":0.3864000141620636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780554747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36477","display_name":"Longitude","level":3,"score":0.3846000134944916},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.38359999656677246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132651083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7942","display_name":"Climate change","level":2,"score":0.352400004863739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76886044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2883300","display_name":"Hydrology (agriculture)","level":2,"score":0.3199000060558319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780030769","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4968575","display_name":"Plateau (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.30709999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49204034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52139","display_name":"Climatology","level":1,"score":0.3061000108718872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554190296","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47528","display_name":"Radar","level":2,"score":0.3005000054836273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194691359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14079","display_name":"Liana","level":2,"score":0.26980000734329224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141452985","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650994","display_name":"General Circulation Model","level":3,"score":0.26510000228881836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94747663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7574086","display_name":"Spatial variability","level":2,"score":0.25679999589920044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91586092","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757520","display_name":"Atmospheric sciences","level":1,"score":0.2554999887943268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776133958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7918366","display_name":"Vegetation (pathology)","level":2,"score":0.2524999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168754636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620920","display_name":"Climate model","level":3,"score":0.25110000371932983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126691448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028919","display_name":"Magnitude (astronomy)","level":2,"score":0.25029999017715454}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115998457","display_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","issn_l":"1439-0108","issn":["1439-0108","1614-7480"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-026-04616-y","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115998457","display_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","issn_l":"1439-0108","issn":["1439-0108","1614-7480"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Soils and Sediments","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":39,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1480646436","https://openalex.org/W1967760731","https://openalex.org/W1972659536","https://openalex.org/W1982455662","https://openalex.org/W2038372526","https://openalex.org/W2041484102","https://openalex.org/W2045128846","https://openalex.org/W2046033161","https://openalex.org/W2046749094","https://openalex.org/W2052611179","https://openalex.org/W2101355689","https://openalex.org/W2110065044","https://openalex.org/W2112606960","https://openalex.org/W2123594378","https://openalex.org/W2125348493","https://openalex.org/W2158196600","https://openalex.org/W2199578048","https://openalex.org/W2261645655","https://openalex.org/W2274438909","https://openalex.org/W2560591462","https://openalex.org/W2725897987","https://openalex.org/W2784327149","https://openalex.org/W2796034401","https://openalex.org/W2808720724","https://openalex.org/W2887135363","https://openalex.org/W2905526266","https://openalex.org/W2946882019","https://openalex.org/W2981198594","https://openalex.org/W3182778440","https://openalex.org/W3190780319","https://openalex.org/W3199003906","https://openalex.org/W4313594662","https://openalex.org/W4317821316","https://openalex.org/W4392190592","https://openalex.org/W4395697685","https://openalex.org/W4399696919","https://openalex.org/W7087391846","https://openalex.org/W7117503319","https://openalex.org/W7143754969"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Purpose":[1],"Field-observed":[2],"soil\u2013regolith":[3],"depth":[4,45,111,187,236],"records":[5],"the":[6,22,25,108,260,267,270],"upper":[7],"profile-to-rock":[8],"transition":[9],"and":[10,16,30,50,80,89,98,103,122,137,143,228,237,259],"can":[11],"reflect":[12],"weathering,":[13],"pedogenesis,":[14],"preservation":[15],"erosion,":[17],"but":[18],"need":[19],"not":[20,171,247],"equal":[21],"thickness":[23],"of":[24,252],"entire":[26],"weathered-bedrock":[27],"zone.":[28],"Climatic":[29],"geomorphic":[31],"associations":[32],"are":[33],"difficult":[34],"to":[35,179,205],"disentangle":[36],"in":[37,233],"semi-arid":[38],"crystalline":[39],"mountains.":[40],"We":[41,54],"examined":[42],"how":[43],"recorded":[44,234],"covaries":[46],"with":[47,76,115,124],"rainfall":[48,132],"regime":[49],"landscape":[51],"position.":[52],"Methods":[53],"analyzed":[55],"14":[56],"georeferenced":[57],"profiles":[58],"from":[59],"an":[60,248],"observational,":[61],"non-probability":[62],"mountain-to-pediment":[63],"transect,":[64],"including":[65],"two":[66],"purposively":[67],"selected":[68,109,221],"environmental":[69,169],"end":[70],"members.":[71],"Field":[72],"descriptions":[73],"were":[74],"combined":[75],"AESA":[77,116],"rainfall,":[78],"CHIRPS":[79,125],"IMERG":[81,130],"rainfall-regime":[82],"metrics,":[83],"TerraClimate,":[84],"Copernicus":[85],"GLO-30,":[86],"MERIT":[87],"Hydro":[88],"SGB":[90],"geology.":[91],"An":[92],"exploratory":[93,261],"six-model":[94],"comparison":[95],"used":[96],"AICc":[97],"cross-validation,":[99],"supplemented":[100],"by":[101,212],"robust":[102],"spatial-confounding":[104],"diagnostics.":[105],"Results":[106],"Within":[107],"profiles,":[110],"was":[112,176,189],"positively":[113],"associated":[114],"precipitation":[117],"(Spearman":[118],"\u03c1":[119,197],"=":[120,128,135,140,183,198,201,217],"0.851)":[121],"negatively":[123],"PCI":[126,175,204],"(\u03c1":[127,134,139,182],"\u22120.701),":[129],"interannual":[131],"variability":[133],"\u22120.711)":[136],"altitude":[138],"\u22120.657).":[141],"Depth":[142],"coarse":[144],"fragments":[145],"shared":[146],"a":[147,206,224,229,243,274,279],"P7\u2013P8":[148,231],"change":[149],"point":[150],"(permutation":[151],"p":[152,200,216],"\u2248":[153],"0.006":[154],"for":[155,194],"each).":[156],"Although":[157],"three":[158],"climate-plus-altitude":[159],"models":[160],"had":[161],"\u0394AICc":[162],"<":[163],"1,":[164],"these":[165],"predictors":[166],"represented":[167],"correlated":[168],"gradients,":[170],"independent":[172],"causal":[173],"mechanisms.":[174],"strongly":[177],"related":[178],"transect":[180,222],"position":[181,195],"\u22120.952);":[184],"its":[185],"partial":[186],"association":[188,227],"approximately":[190],"zero":[191],"after":[192],"controlling":[193],"(partial":[196],"\u22120.002,":[199],"0.995).":[202],"Adding":[203],"position-plus-altitude":[207],"sensitivity":[208],"model":[209],"increased":[210],"R\u00b2":[211],"only":[213],"0.00014":[214],"(":[215],"0.920).":[218],"Conclusion":[219],"The":[220],"documents":[223],"coupled":[225],"hydroclimatic\u2013geomorphic":[226],"distinct":[230],"shift":[232],"profile":[235],"coarse-fragment":[238],"abundance.":[239],"Rainfall":[240],"concentration":[241],"is":[242],"spatially":[244],"confounded":[245],"co-gradient,":[246],"independently":[249],"identified":[250],"driver":[251],"erosion":[253],"or":[254],"regolith":[255],"thickness.":[256],"Purposive":[257],"sampling":[258],"candidate":[262],"set":[263],"restrict":[264],"generalization":[265],"beyond":[266],"studied":[268],"profiles;":[269],"production\u2013preservation\u2013removal":[271],"framework":[272],"remains":[273],"testable":[275],"interpretation":[276],"rather":[277],"than":[278],"measured":[280],"process":[281],"balance.":[282]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-11T12:16:26.678958","created_date":"2026-11-11T00:00:00"}