“…However, comparison of the percentage of small clasts found in pavement samples did not vary from local high points to local low points (Spearman rank order correlation, corrected 0.21, uncorrected 0.04, n = 100), nor do steeper slopes accumulate larger percentages of small gravels compared to flat pavements (Spearman rank order correlation, corrected 0.03, uncorrected ‐0.06, n = 118) (Wessa, ), suggesting that downslope movement of the smallest gravel clasts does not occur preferentially within pavement surfaces (Table ). Similar evidence for a lack of downslope movement was indicated by a lack of relevant clast orientation of larger pavement clasts (Adelsberger & Smith, ), although potential bimodality in clast orientation was not assessed as part of this study (Dietze & Kleber, ).…”