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Table T1. Results from laboratory permeability tests and grain size analyses.

Core,
section		 Depth
(mbsf)		 Lithology Shipboard
porosity
(%)		 In situ
effective
stress
(Mpa)		 Effective
stress
during
testing
(Mpa)		 Porosity
during
tests
(%)		 Number of
flow tests		 k (m2) k standard
deviation
(m2)		 Grain size (wt%)
Sand Silt Clay
320-U1331A-
7H-4 58.60 Radiolarian ooze 89 0.16 0.16 87 4 1.11E–14 1.05E–15 32 28 40
320-U1332A-
7H-4 57.28 Nannofossil ooze 68 0.2 0.20 69 6 1.32E–15 1.28E–16 2 40 58
12H-5 106.28 Radiolarian ooze 83 0.37 0.10 82 3 1.11E–15 1.36E–16 29 30 41
12H-5 106.28 Radiolarian ooze 83 0.37 0.28 78 3 6.64E–16 5.33E–16 29 30 41
12H-5 106.28 Radiolarian ooze 83 0.37 0.48 77 3 7.01E–16 3.66E–17 29 30 41
320-U1333B-
7H-2 58.10 Nannofossil ooze 55 0.3 0.41 52 3 1.22E–15 1.60E–16 2 34 64
7H-2 58.10 Nannofossil ooze 55 0.3 0.55 51 4 8.65E–16 9.53E–17 2 34 64
320-U1333C-
17H-4 137.00 Nannofossil ooze and radiolarian ooze 81 0.77 0.28 81 4 2.44E–16 9.69E–18 6 33 61
17H-4 137.00 Nannofossil ooze and radiolarian ooze 81 0.77 0.55 80 4 2.08E–16 3.28E–18 6 33 61
321-U1337B-
13H-3 119.40 Nannofossil ooze 83 0.2 0.14 81 3 5.10E–16 6.14E–17 3 20 77
13H-3 119.40 Nannofossil ooze 83 0.2 0.20 80 3 4.31E–16 8.00E–17 3 20 77
13H-3 119.40 Nannofossil ooze 83 0.2 0.34 78 3 3.45E–16 3.70E–17 3 20 77
321-U1338C-
36H-5 323.81 Nannofossil/calcareous chalk 63 1.24 0.28 61 3 5.19E–16 1.59E–17 2 16 82
36H-5 323.81 Nannofossil/calcareous chalk 63 1.24 0.55 59 3 4.62E–16 1.75E–17 2 16 82

Lithology designations are from the Expedition 320/321 site reports. k = permeability.

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