ABSTRACT Physical properties of the Technosols formed by the tailings deposition may constitute a physical barrier that limits water movement and plant development due to the properties received from those sediments. This study aimed to evaluate the physical quality of the Technosols formed by the deposition of sediments displaced by the Fundão Dam failure, Mariana, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, based on the evaluation of physical properties and Load Bearing Capacity Models (LBCM). For that, three areas under different vegetation types […]

Soil compaction is one of the main consequences of inadequate soil management and can lead to a loss of the agricultural sustainability. The compressive behavior of a clayey Red Latosol (Oxisol) under four water tensions and under native vegetation, no-till, and conventional till with a disk plow for two decades was studied. Undisturbed soil samples were used to characterize the soil porosity and for uniaxial compression tests. Preconsolidation pressures and compression indexes were obtained from the soil compression curves, and […]