Unidades geotécnicas de solos de Porto Alegre

Abstract

The paper deals with the characterization of soils in Porto Alegre, for engineering purposes, by means of the identification and mapping of geotechnical units defined with the help of geology and pedology. The methodology and results of the work are presented by
means of a reduced-scale map of geotechnical units and of a description of the physical, morphological and mineralogical characteristics of materiais found in each of the units of subtropical soils, originated from granite and gneiss.