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doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.320321.217.2014

Data report: permeabilities of Expedition 320 and 321 sediments from the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect1

Elizabeth Screaton,2 Kusali Gamage,2,3 and Stephanie James2

Abstract

Permeability tests were conducted on seven core samples from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expeditions 320 and 321, which investigated the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect. Samples included biogenic sediments as well as clastic sediments. Measured vertical permeabilities vary from 2.1 × 10–16 to 1.1 × 10–14 m2. Grain sizes of samples were measured using wet sieving to estimate fraction of sand-sized (>63 µm) material and a SediGraph to distinguish silt-sized (4–63 µm) and clay-sized (<4 µm) particles.

1 Screaton, E., Gamage, K., and James, S., 2014. Data report: permeabilities of Expedition 320 and 321 sediments from the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect. In Pälike, H., Lyle, M., Nishi, H., Raffi, I., Gamage, K., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 320/321 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 320/321: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/​iodp.proc.320321.217.2014

2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611, USA. Correspondence author: screaton@ufl.edu

3 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA.

Initial receipt: 13 February 2014
Acceptance: 18 April 2014
Publication: 18 June 2014
MS 320321-217