Modelo 3D geológico-geotécnico del subsuelo en una área definida entre las parroquias de Cuenca y Nulti utilizando datos existentes del suelo

Abstract

Population growth implies looking for new areas for living and building safe and habitable infrastructures. For this reason, designers, engineers, and builders need to have geological-geotechnical and seismic information that provides the necessary data on the characteristics and properties of soils to study the behavior of structures and bridges. There is not enough published information on the subsoil of cities in developing countries, electrical tomography test data, or tests to determine the geomorphological properties of the soil, and many times, this is for the exclusive use of geotechnical engineers. Considering this, most of this information is restricted. Therefore, it is proposed to make use of the data collected by the linkage project "Seismic Microzonation of the Canton of Cuenca," which is uploaded in the Geo-portal of geographic information of the DATACHADEMICS laboratory of the Catholic University of Cuenca, including geological and geotechnical information, stratigraphic profiles, soil types, and soil classification with local standards (NEC-SE-DS) and international Unified Soil Classification System (SUCS), by its Spanish acronym). This database stores the tests that, year after year, the experts perform, which are fundamental for the three-dimensional geological-geotechnical modeling within the seismic microzonation project of the Canton of Cuenca. In addition, this study aims to work with Geographic Information System (GIS) and software to generate a three-dimensional 3D subsoil map model of a defined area between the parishes of Cuenca and Nulti, correlating information that enables easy visualization of areas with possible risk conditions.