I sedimenti tardo quaternari dell'area litorale veneziana: analisi delle caratteristiche fisico-meccaniche

This paper describes the geotechnical properties of the Venetian littoral. Analyses of 110 cohesive soil samples and 338 granular, taken from 30 cores, 25-30 meters in depth, were considered. The classical geotechnical classification supported by statistical analysis has pointed out that the compression index presents the best correlations with void ratio index and natural water content. Moreover, this paper shows the importance of the Atterberg limits to distinguish the cohesive soils of the late Pleistocene from those of the Holocene. Granular sediments have shown a zonation of both the grain size distribution and permeability coefficient.