Caracterización geotécnica de suelos desarrollados sobre diferentes formaciones geológicas en el ámbito de Castilla y León

  1. S. Monterrubio 1
  2. M. Yenes 1
  3. B. Fernández Macarro 1
  4. M.A. Caramazana 1
  5. C. Fernández Calvo 2
  6. F.J. Payán de Tejada 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

  2. 2 Junta de Castilla y León
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    Junta de Castilla y León

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02s8dab97

Journal:
Geogaceta

ISSN: 0213-683X

Year of publication: 1996

Issue: 20

Pages: 1338-1341

Type: Article

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Abstract

This paper deals with geotechnic characteristics of groups of soils developed from different lithologies in Castilla y León regían (Spain). Data come from a data base previously generated from 22 geotechnic studies of roads. The analyzed groups of soils are: a/luvia/ sediments from little streams which erode granitoids, gneisses and migmatites; alluvial sediments from medium-large rivers (sediments not conditioned by underliying rocks); eluvial soils coming from the weathering of granitoids, gneisses and migmatites; detrital sediments from Tierra de Campos facies; alluvial sediments from little streams in Tierra de Campos facies; eolic sands from Tierra de Pinares facies and miocene marls of Duero basin. The analyses revea/ good quality of eluvial soils comming from granitoids, gneisses and migmatites as frame material far road explanades and terraplains, a relatively low plasticity of the detrital sediments of Tierra de Campos facies and a correlation between density and C.B.R. index within differents soils groups. The /atter fact allows to obtain indicative C.B.R. index values far future road projects.