The process of erosion has been the objective of many studies, being the mechanics involved not completelly understood. This work presents a literature review on the basics concepts involved on the process, the causes and the conditionants aspects of the phenomena. Futhermore, it mentions the main characteristics of the studied area, with a description of its localization, geology, geomorphology, climate, etc. It also presents the main methods used on erodibility analysis. Three soils from Macacu formation were choosen to be studied, based on erosive characteristics observed on site. These materials were submitted to conventional characterization tests, mineralogical analysis, chemical analysis, MCT characterization, determination of characteristics curves, tensile strength tests, desagregation tests and cone tests (modified). The main objective is to correlate experimental data obtained on this work to field observations, in order to recognize soils that are more susceptible to erosion. It should permit an identification and definition of correlations between the characteristics of the soil and its erodibility.