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by F. P e n t a , P rof. Ing., D ire c to r o f th e Istitu to di G eo lo g ia A p p lic ata , F ac. d ’in g e g n eria, U n iv ersità di R o m a. V ia
E u d o ssia n a, 18 (S. P ietro in V incoli). R o m a,
A . C r o c e , P rof. Ing., D ire c to r o f the Istitu to di T ecn ica delle F o n d a z io n i e C o stru z io n i in T e rra , U n iv ersità di N ap o li,
V ia M ezzo can n o n e, 16. N ap o li,
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F. E su , D o tt. In g ., A ssistan t p ro fe sso r o f the Istitu to di G eo lo g ia A p p lic ata , F ac. d ’in g eg n eria. U n iv ersità di R o m a
V ia E u d o ssia n a, 18 (S. P ietro in V incoli). R o m a
Summary Sommaire
T h e a u th o rs sta te th a t the science o f Soil M echanics c a n n o t Les a u te u rs é ta b lisse n t q u e la M écanique des Sols ne peut
alw ays be applied as such to soils th a t differ fro m sedim ents, pas être a p p liq u é e d a n s to u s les cas à des sols différents des sédi
like those o f volcanic origin. m ents, com m e les p ro d u its pyroclastiques.
V olcanic soils are m ade u p o f u n altered p ro d u c ts ejected by Les sols v olcaniques so n t constitués p a r les p ro d u its non altérés
volcanoes o f m ixed ty p e like m o st o f th e Ita lia n ones. T hese soils rejetés p a r les volcans m ixtes com m e il arriv e p o u r la p lu p art
a re accu m u lated n e ar volcanic centres a n d th ey fo rm thick des volcans italiens. Les sols en question, accum ulés près de
deposits o f vario u s shapes. D u e to their origin m an y o f the centres volcaniques, c o n stitu e n t des dépôts très épais de form es
grains h a v e a glassy a n d sp o n g y tex tu re (pum ice a n d ashes). diverses.
T h e g rain size d istrib u tio n s o f som e volcanic soils, m ainly A cause de leur origine, ces sols so n t form és p a r aes grains
com posed o f grains o f the sam e type, are given b y the au th o rs. à te x tu re vitreuse et spongieuse (com m e, p a r ex., les cendres
T h e p o ro sity o f volcanic soils is very high because the et les ponces).
particles a re p o ro u s. O edom etric c o n so lid a tio n tests show th a t Les a u te u rs d o n n e n t les g ranulom étries des sols constitués
p o u r la p lu p a rt p a r des grains d ’un seul type. L a po ro sité des
— decreases w ith the increasing o f the initial void ra tio e0, sols v o lcaniques est très élevée parce que les grains so n t eux-m êm es
Cc
a n d th a t the se c o n d ary tim e effect is very p ro n o u n c ed . T his poreux. Les essais œ dom étriques d é m o n tren t que — dim inue
b e h av io u r a p p ea rs to be related to the brittleness o f the particles. Ce
T h e com pressive stren g th m easured by tria x ial a p p a ra tu s en m êm e tem ps que l’indice des vides initial et que l’effet secondaire
does n o t v a ry w hen the c o nditions o f the tests o r the m o istu re est très im p o rta n t. Ce c o m p o rtem e n t dépend p ro b a b le m e n t de
con ten ts are varied, p rovided th a t the void ra tio is c o n stan t. la fragilité des grains. La résistance à la com pression dan s les
essais tria x ia u x n ’est m odifié ni p a r le changem ent des c onditions
d ’essai ni p a r la v ariatio n de la ten e u r en eau, p o u rv u que la
po ro sité reste constante.
Introduction
T h e th e o rie s a n d a p p lic a tio n s o f S o il M e c h a n ic s m a in ly T h e s e so ils a re fa irly w id e sp re a d in Ita ly . T h e y c o v e r
a b o u t 4 to 5 p e r c e n t o f th e c o u n tr y a n d th e y a re fo u n d in la rg e
d e a l w ith th e c h a ra c te ris tic s a n d th e b e h a v io u r o f se d im e n
a re a s in th e r e g io n s o f L a tiu m a n d C a m p a n ia (F ig . 1). A p a r t
ta r y so ils. S e d im e n ts, h o w e v e r, re p re s e n t o n ly o n e o f th e ty p e s
o f so il fo u n d in n a tu r e , a s c a n b e se e n in T a b le 1. f ro m b e in g u s e d in im p o r ta n t e n g in e e rin g w o rk s th e y a re
S oils o f volcanic a n d metamorphic o rig in s a r e w id e sp re a d th e so ils u p o n w h ic h th e c itie s o f R o m e a n d N a p le s a r e b u ilt.
in m a n y re g io n s th r o u g h o u t Ita ly . F e w s tu d ie s h a v e b e e n m a d e , u s in g th e m e th o d s o f S oil
M e c h a n ic s , w h ic h d e a l w ith th e c h a ra c te ris tic s o f v o lc a n ic
T h e a p p lic a tio n o f th e sc ien c e o f S o il M e c h a n ic s to th e se
so ils a s a r a w m a te ria l f o r e n g in e e rin g p u rp o s e s o r a s m a te r
soils is n o t a lw a y s p e rm iss ib le b e c a u se th e ir p r o p e rtie s a n d
ials fo r e a r th c o n s tr u c tio n s lik e d a m s.
c h a ra c te ris tic s differ fro m th o s e o f c o h e s iv e a n d c o h e s io n le s s
se d im e n ts th a t h a v e e q u a l g ra in size d is tr ib u tio n . T h e a u th o r s c o n s id e r th e p r o d u c ts o f v o lc a n ic a c tiv ity in
th e Q u a te r n a r y a n d R e c e n t E ra s , a n d in p a r tic u la r th e u n a l
T h e a u th o r s c o n fin e th e m se lv e s to so ils o f v o lc a n ic o rig in .
te re d m a te ria ls th a t h a v e n o t u n d e r g o n e e x o g e n ic o r e n d o g e n ic
T h o se o f m e ta m o r p h ic o rig in w ill b e d e a lt w ith in s u b s e q u e n t
p a p e r s [ 1]. a lte ra tio n s . F r o m th is p o in t o f view th e se so ils d iffer fro m
so ils o f v o lc a n ic o rig in s th a t a re re fe rre d to in th e lite ra tu re
Genesis and geological characteristics of volcanic soils [3, 4],
T h e s e v o lc a n ic soils a re fo rm e d b y th e p r o d u c ts o f v o lc a
T h e te rm soils o f volcanic origin re fe rs to c o h e s io n le s s o r n o e s o f m ix e d ty p e (i. e ., v o lc a n o e s w h ic h a lte rn a te e x p lo
se m i-c o h e siv e m a te ria ls th a t a re d e sig n a te d a s loose volcanic siv e p h a se s w ith p h a se s o f e ffu s io n o f la v a ) su c h a s th o s e
tuffs o r pyroclastic soils *. w h ic h a r e a c tiv e , d o r m a n t, o r e x tin c t in I ta ly (v o lc a n o e s o f
th e L a tiu m , th e P h le g re a n F ie ld s , S o m m a V e su v io , E tn a ,
* For clastic volcanic material ejected from craters the term tephra etc .).
has also been proposed [2]. T h e se m a te ria ls , e je c te d d u r in g th e e x p lo s iv e p h a se s, a re
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T able 1 lo n g o r s h o r t p h a se s o f in a c tiv ity . F in a lly , in a v o lca n ic
a re a th e re m a y be m o re th a n o n e c r a te r o r v o lc a n o a c tiv e
L ithogenetic classification o f soils
a t th e sa m e tim e (F ig . 2).
T h e so ils re m o te fro m a n e r u p tio n c e n tre h a v e g r e a te r u n i
I
fo r m ity a n d h o m o g e n e ity a n d th e y m a y a lso be d e p o s ite d
S edim entary Slope debris. Som etim es w ith fo rm a
Alluvial deposits tion o f new m inerals in la y e rs. In e v e ry c ase th e y b la n k e t th e to p o g r a p h y o f th e
G lacial — (m ostly clay m inerals), re g io n a t th e tim e o f th e e r u p tio n .
Eolic — but w ithout cem en ta B y w a y o f e x a m p le , F ig . 3 a n d 4 sh o w so m e ty p ic a l so il
L acustrine — tion o r 1ithi ficat ion. p ro file s in R o m e a n d N a p le s [5, 6].
M arine —
R esidual soils (e.g. "g ra
nites” and “crystalline Constitution, grain size distribution and porosity
schists” o f C alabria,
dolom itic rock flour). T h e p y ro c la s tic so ils, d u e to th e ir o rig in , c o n sist o f a v a rie ty
Slide debris, soil horizons o f m a te ria ls , a s illu s tra te d in T a b le 2. T h e re th e d is tin c tio n
etc. b e tw e e n th e c o n s titu e n t m a te ria ls is m a d e o n th e ba sis o f th e
m o d e s o r c o n d itio n s o f th e ir genesis.
V olcanic E jected blocks. In the vicinity o f volcanic
Scoriae a n d scoriaceous centres o f the m ixed or
lavas. explosive ty p e : e.g. T able 2
L apilli up to volcanic P hlegrean Fields, V esu
sands directly ejected vius, V olcanoes o f La- Pyroclastic soils classified acco rd in g to the origin
from volcanoes. tium , R occam onfina, o f the c o n stitu e n t m aterials
Pum ices (pum iceous la E tn a etc.
pilli) up to loose volca
nic ashes som etim es Origin Type o f products
m ixed w ith o th er c o a r
ser m aterial o f the P ro d u cts directly derived Ejected scoriae (sim ilar to the scoriae
sam e origin (loose fro m the e ru p tin g m ag o f lava ; glassy o nly on the su r
tuffs) ; o nly non lithi- m a w hich is active at face).
fied and unaltered m a the m o m en t o f the e ru p Lapilli m ostly consisting o f pieces
terials are considered tio n (essential ejecta). o f a n g u la r o r ro u n d e d vesicular
here. lava.
Bombs.
M eta- T ectonic brecciae up to A m ixture o f crushed Vitreous scoriae.
m orphic “c la y ” (friction clay), m aterial and blocks Pumices (pum iceous lapilli) form ed
w ith o u t subsequent from the sam e rock o f fro th y glass.
c em entation. fo rm atio n ; the blocks Ashes (m ore o r less pum iceous and
being jo in te d a n d frac- sc o ria c e o u s ); pu zzo lan as w ith very
red but n o t crushed. active constituents.
Such soils are com m on
in lim estone a n d dolo- M aterials derived fro m pre P ro d u cts o f the sam e types as above,
m itic-lim estone regions viously solidified volca to rn aw ay fro m th e ch im n ey of
o f the A ppennini and nic o r intrusive rocks of the explosion. P u re liquido-m ag-
in gran ite a n d schist the volcano (accessory m atic p ro d u c ts a lre ad y solidified
regions o f C alabria. ejecta). and to rn aw ay from the ro o f of
the m agm a c h am b er o r fro m the
chim ney (fragm ents o f igneous
rocks o f deep c o n so lid a tio n in tru
th r o w n in to th e a tm o s p h e re a n d a re d e p o s ite d a r o u n d th e ded am o n g se d im e n tary b e d s ;
v o lc a n o a t d is ta n c e s w h ic h d e p e n d u p o n th e size o f th e in d iv fragm ents o f old lavas).
id u a l fra g m e n ts a n d o n th e ty p e o f e r u p tio n , a s w ell a s o n P ro d u cts o f endo-m orphism .
m e te o ro lo g ic a l c o n d itio n s a t th e tim e o f th e e ru p tio n .
T h e re fo re , a n o te w o r th y d iffere n ce e x ists b e tw ee n soils A lien m aterials ; fragm ents F ragm ents o f rocks w hose n a tu re ,
d e p o s ite d in th e im m e d ia te v ic in ity o f th e c r a te r s a n d soils o f rocks from the ro o f or geological age, facies etc. can
d e p o s ite d a t d ista n c e s a w a y fro m th e m , w hich a re so m e tim e s the walls o f the chim ney be directly recognised.
v e ry g re at. to rn aw ay during the
In th e fo rm e r, n o n u n ifo rm c o a rse g ra in e d m a te ria ls a re e x p l o s i o n s (accidental P roducts o f co n ta ct-m eta m o rp h ism
m o re fre q u e n t, w h e re a s in th e la tte r fin e -g ra in e d u n ifo rm ejecta). up to tachylyte, buchite, frag m en ts
o f m arble, etc.
m a te ria ls p re d o m in a te .
A s re g a rd s sh a p e , strik e a n d d ip o f th e g e o lo g ic al s tru c tu re s
fo rm e d b y v o lc a n ic so ils, a d is tin c tio n m u st be m a d e betw een M aterials o f the above Volcanic brecciae.
a re a s n e a r to th e e r u p tiv e c e n tre s a n d th o se w h ich a re d is ta n t m entioned types th o Volcanic ashes (som e inert volcanic
fro m th e m . ro u g h ly m ixed. m aterials generally referred to as
In th e re g io n n e a r th e c e n tre s , se v e ra l fa c to rs c o n tr ib u te p uzzolanas a n d som e actu al puzzo
lanas).
to th e f o r m a tio n o f a c o m p le x series o f so ils o f v a rio u s ty p e s
Loose volcanic tuffs.
w h ic h m a y h a v e d iffe re n t d e g ree s o f in d u r a tio n . T h e m a te r
ials e je c te d fro m v o lc a n o e s a re d e p o s ite d o n v e ry c o m p le x
slo p in g su rfa c e s a n d h e n c e len s sh a p e d b o d ie s o r m asse s a re
fo rm e d . M o re o v e r, th e e x p lo s iv e p h a se s ( p a ro x is tic o r o th e r M a n y o f th ese m a te ria ls h a v e a v itre o u s te x tu r e w h ic h is
w ise) o f m ix e d ty p e v o lc a n ic p h e n o m e n a , w h ich a re c h a r a c m o re o r less s p o n g y a n d fro th y . T h e y h a v e b e e n fo r m e d b y
teriz e d b y th e th ro w in g o u t o f lo o se p ro d u c ts , a lte rn a te w ith th e c o n s o lid a tio n o f fra g m e n ts o f m a g m a , ric h in g a s, th a t
p h a se s o f la v a e ffu sio n , w ith p h a se s o f q u ie sc e n se , a n d w ith w ere th r o w n in to th e a tm o s p h e r e a n d ra p id ly c o o le d . In to
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Fig . 1 Distrib u tio n o f volcanoes in It aly.
Rép artitio n géographique des volcans en It alie.
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s & v jiiïr .
5 m
S o lid m a tte r
S o m e p o re s a re c o m p le te ly e n c lo se d w ith in th e g ra in s a n d
E x te rn a l p o re s c o m m u n ic a tin g w ith
d o n o t c o m m u n ic a te w ith th e a tm o s p h e re . T h e y w ill be c a lle d
th e a tm o s p h e r e
internal pores. T h e se v o id s c a n still c o n ta in w a te r a n d gases.
I n o r d e r to d e fin e th ese c h a ra c te ris tic s w e w ill c o n s id e r In te r n a l p o re s n o t c o m m u n ic a tin g
w ith th e a tm o s p h e r e
th e id e a liz e d sh a p e o f a g ra in . T h is sh a p e (F ig . 7) is d e te rm in e d
b y a re g u la r su rfa c e t h a t is a ta n g e n t to th e s m o o th a re a s o f
th e g ra in su rfa c e a n d th a t p a sse s th r o u g h th e ed g es o f th e Fig. 7 Idealized section th ro u g h a grain o f pum ice.
m o s t p r o n o u n c e d su rfa c e p o re s. Section idéale d ’un grain de ponce.
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T h e p a rtic le is th e n d e fin e d b y th is id e a liz e d sh a p e a n d its
v o lu m e V is o c c u p ie d b y :
S o lid m a tte r ( F ,).
E x te r n a l p o re s c o m m u n ic a tin g w ith th e a tm o s p h e r e ( Vn).
I n te r n a l p o re s n o t c o m m u n ic a tin g w ith th e a tm o s p h e r e ( K,).
C o r r e s p o n d in g ly th re e d iffe re n t p o ro s itie s o f th e g ra in s
c a n b e d e fin e d , as fo llo w s :
T o ta l g ra in p o r o s ity
E x te r n a l g ra in p o r o s ity ma =
I n te r n a l g r a in p o r o s ity mi = ~
I t h a s b e e n fo u n d th a t th e to ta l g r a in p o r o s ity v a rie s
b e tw e e n 70 a n d 80 p e r c e n t a n d th a t th e in te r n a l g ra in p o r o s ity
re a c h e s v a lu e s f r o m a few p e r c e n ts u p to 10 p e r c e n t.
P
W h ile th e u n it w e ig h t o f so lid m a tte r ( G = — , w h e re P
is th e w e ig h t o f th e p u lv e riz e d a n d o v e n d r ie d g ra in ) r e a
c h es, in th e c a se o f P h le g r e a n p u m ic e s (N a p le s ), a v e ra g e
v a lu e s o f a b o u t 2-5 g r p e r c u b c m ,* th e ir a p p a r e n t u n it
w e ig h t ( C 2 = P \I
— is less th a n one. A u n it w e ig h t,
v)
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In d e e d , e v e n if th e w a te r fills a ll th e in te rstic e s, it c a n n o t tio n . T h e p r o c e d u r e g e n e ra lly u se d b y th e a u th o r s is to a p p ly
p e n e tr a te in to th e in te r n a l p o re s n o r c a n it d isp la c e th e a ir th e p re s s u re cr3 w ith th e d r a in a g e v a lv e s o p e n , a n d th e n a fte r
in th e e x te r n a l p o re s w h ic h a re o f te n v e ry m in u te , e x c e p t s e v e ra l h o u r s to a p p ly th e d e v ia to r stre ss (e^ — ct3), w ith th e
w ith e x tre m e d iffic u lty a n d u n d e r sp e c ia l c o n d itio n s . d r a in a g e v a lv e s c lo sed .
C E dom etric c o n s o lid a tio n tests h a v e p r o v e d t h a t v o lc a n ic In th e c ase o f v o lc a n ic a sh e s it h a s b e e n fo u n d th a t w h en
soils c o n s o lid a te a c c o rd in g to th e se m i-lo g a rith m ic law v a lid th e m o is tu re c o n te n t v a rie s, w ith n o c h a n g e in th e so il p o ro s ity ,
fo r o th e r soils. th e r e a re n o a p p re c ia b le v a r ia tio n s in c o m p re ss iv e s tre n g th .
T h e re su lts th e re b y o b ta in e d in th e tr ia x ia l c o m p re ss io n
en - e te s t g iv e v a lu e s o f th e fric tio n a n g le , <p, b e tw e e n 30° a n d 40°
T h e c o m p re s s io n in d e x C c =
Po + P a n d va lu e s o f a p p a r e n t c o h e s io n , c, w h ic h a re e ith e r n e g lig
lo g j ible o r v e ry sm a ll.
Po
T h e sig n ific a n c e o f th e se re su lts in r e la tio n to th e b e h a v io u r
o f v o lc a n ic a sh e s d e p e n d s o n th e in itia l so il p o ro s ity . o f th e m a te ria ls in situ, a n d e sp e c ia lly in r e la tio n to th e fa c t
T h e te sts sh o w th e e x is te n c e o f a lin e a r r e la tio n s h ip b e t th a t m a n y u n u s u a lly h ig h a n d n e a r ly v e rtic a l slo p e s e x is t
in v o lc a n ic so ils, is th e o b je c t o f c u r r e n t r e s e a rc h b y th e
w een — a n d th e in itia l v o id r a tio , e0 (F ig . 10). a u th o r s .
Cr V o lc a n ic soils a re s a tis fa c to rily e m p lo y e d in th e c o n s tr u c
tio n o f e m b a n k m e n ts . U n d e r th e a c tio n o f field c o m p a c tin g
e q u ip m e n t o r in th e la b o r a to r y u n d e r th e a c tio n o f th e h a m m e r
in P r o c t o r ’s te s t, th e g ra in s b r e a k u p to a c e r ta in e x te n t
w ith c o n s e q u e n t c h a n g e s in g r a in size d is tr ib u tio n s a n d in
th e o th e r p r o p e rtie s o f th e so il. T h e m e a s u re d v a lu e s o f th e
o p tim u m m o is tu re c o n te n t a re u s u a lly v e ry h ig h . B o th th ese
c h a ra c te ris tic s a re e a s ily e x p la in e d w h e n it is re m e m b e re d
w h a t h a s b e e n sa id a b o u t th e c o n s titu tio n , fo rm , a n d p o r o s ity
o f th e g ra in s , a n d th e c o n d itio n o f th e ir su rfa c e s.
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