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Table T3. Summary of permeability results from flow-through permeability experiments, Sites C0011 and C0012.

Core, section Depth
(mbsf)
Test
number
Specimen
orientation
Porosity
(%)
k (m2) kv/kh σvh
(kPa)
Lithologic
unit
322-C0011B-
4R-2 366.76 PERM068 Vertical 64.2 6.32E–18   6353 II
7R-1 394.00 PERM069 Vertical 52.5 1.68E–18   6818 II
13R-5 455.25 PERM070 Vertical 47.0 1.41E–18   7864 II
21R-5 506.28 PERM071 Vertical 44.1 2.22E–18   8735 III
27R-3 560.86 PERM072 Vertical 42.2 7.03E–17   9668 III
40R-1 672.20 PERM074 Vertical 42.1 1.68E–18   11570 III
43R-4 687.15 PERM075B Vertical 45.4 1.38E–18   11825 IV
322-C0012A-
25R-1 273.51 PERM058 Vertical 46.6 3.77E–19 0.58 1421 III
25R-1 273.60 PERM059 Horizontal 46.4 6.54E–19 1422 III
29R-2 312.41 PERM060 Vertical 48.1 6.09E–19   1631 III
34R-1 357.08 PERM063 Vertical 45.2 4.64E–19   1871 IV
40R-1 414.60 PERM064 Vertical 45.3 3.20E–19   2181 IV
46R-3 473.11 PERM065 Vertical 39.5 2.86E–19   2496 V

σvh = effective vertical stress assuming hydrostatic conditions.

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