The present work is the first contribution for the knowledge of the Campos Gerais soils, the study of which was started by the Biological Institute and Technological Research, in Curitiba. In it there are discussed the soils of the Vila Velha region. Exposed the geological constitution of the landscape integrated by devonian beds in the Campos Gerais serie and the glacial deposits of the Itararé formation, the results of petrographic-sediment researches and the coefficients of selection of various sediments are given. A rapid exposition of the phytogeographic and climate conditions - according to Koeppen = 7 Cfb - is followed by the presentation of the results of the physical and chemical researches made in the soils of eight profiles, illustrated with the corresponding charts and by volumetric-chemical diagrams. The authors came to the conclusion that the part of Campos Gerais here taken into consideration is characterized by poor and washed soils, motivated by geological and climatic conditions. These soils lack specially in phosphorus, calcium, nitrogen and potassium. Two of the profiles constituted exception as they correspond to the area covered by a forest island, therefore, showing its soils in a little better condition.
Devonian beds; Vila Velha; Campos Gerais; soil profiles
