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Table 2 Summary of the grain density; \(\rho _{\text {grain}}\) (kg/m\({}^{\text {3}}\)), effective porosity; \(\phi _{\text {eff}}\) (%), and permeability; k\((\text {m}^{\text {2}})\) for the studied plugs

From: A laboratory approach for the calibration of seismic data in the western part of the Swiss Molasse Basin: the case history of well Humilly-2 (France) in the Geneva area

Core

Sample

\(\rho _{\text {grain}}\) (kg/m\(^{\text{3 }}\))

\(\phi _{\text {eff}}\) (%)

k \((\times \text {10}^{-{\text {18}}} \; \text {m}^{\text{2 }})\)

X-direction

Y-direction

Z-direction

X-direction

Y-direction

Z-direction

X-direction

Y-direction

Z-direction

Core I

HU01

NA

2710 (5)

2709 (1)

NA

12.5 (0.7)

10.2 (0.4)

NA

508

389 (5)

HU03

2715 (2)

NA

2722 (2)

12.8 (0.1)

NA

13.0 (0.1)

586 (15)

NA

436 (5)

HU06

2763 (3)

2710 (3)

2714 (2)

16.7 (0.2)

13.1 (0.2)

14.9 (0.2)

719 (16)

752

908 (21)

Core II

HU07

2713 (2)

2696 (2)

2713 (2)

2.1 (0.1)

1.3 (0.3)

2.0 (0.2)

358 (5)

236

0.9 (0.1)

HU08

2738 (3)

2726 (1)

2735 (3)

2.6 (0.2)

0.9 (0.1)

2.3 (0.2)

0.987

BL

0.987

HU09

2718 (2)

2725 (3)

2728 (3)

2.6 (0.2)

2.9 (0.4)

2.7 (0.2)

11.8

3.3

0.987

HU10

2708 (0)

2707 (1)

2713 (2)

1.3 (0.2)

1.5 (0.3)

2.3 (0.4)

BL

2.0

BL

HU11

2714 (1)

2704 (1)

2712 (1)

1.7 (0.2)

1.4 (0.2)

1.5 (0.2)

BL

1.0

3.948

HU12

2704 (1)

2701 (1)

2711 (2)

1.7 (0.3)

1.3 (0.2)

1.8 (0.1)

0.2 (0.0)

1.0

BL

Core III

HU13

2645 (3)

NA

2669 (1)

2.1 (0.2)

NA

2.1 (0.2)

BL

NA

BL

HU14

2678 (2)

2680 (1)

2687 (1)

0.8 (0.2)

0.2 (0.5)

0.3 (0.1)

BL

BL

BL

HU15

2708 (3)

2723 (3)

2688 (1)

1.5 (0.2)

2.4 (0.4)

0.6 (0.2)

BL

1.0

BL

Core IV

BX107

2839 (3)

NA

2893 (3)

9.5 (0.7)

NA

5.4 (1.0)

910.9

NA

11.84

Core V

HU17

2946 (2)

2852 (1)

2938 (2)

0.5 (0.3)

0.3 (0.1)

0.6 (0.3)

BL

BL

BL

HU18

2863 (3)

2858 (1)

2859 (2)

1.4 (0.2)

1.5 (0.2)

1.7 (0.1)

1.974

38.49

461.9

HU19

2869 (2)

2852 (1)

2877 (3)

0.8 (0.3)

0.3 (0.1)

0.4 (0.2)

0.987

0.3

BL

HU20

2850 (2)

2842 (1)

2891 (1)

0.7 (0.4)

0.6 (0.3)

0.9 (0.2)

BL

BL

BL

HU21

2948 (1)

2925 (0)

2933 (1)

0.3 (0.1)

0.3 (0.0)

0.5 (0.2)

BL

BL

BL

HU22

2877 (2)

2878 (1)

2894 (1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.6 (0.1)

0.8 (0.1)

BL

BL

10.86

HU24

2863 (2)

2903 (2)

2909 (2)

0.7 (0.1)

0.4 (0.1)

0.7 (0.2)

0.4 (0.1)

BL

BL

HU25

2683 (3)

2663 (2)

2661 (4)

4.5 (0.2)

3.7 (0.4)

3.6 (0.3)

3.9 (0.9)

3.0

0.6 (0.2)

HU26

2640 (2)

2655 (3)

2630 (1)

2.1 (0.3)

3.1 (0.2)

2.5 (0.3)

6.5 (0.3)

54

0.4 (0.1)

HU27

2772 (3)

2772 (2)

2779 (3)

2.9 (0.2)

2.4 (0.5)

2.4 (0.2)

34.3 (2.5)

47.7

4.4 (5.0)

HU29

2748 (3)

2725 (3)

2732 (1)

1.6 (0.2)

1.3 (0.3)

0.9 (0.2)

0.5 (0.3)

2.0

BL

  1. Standard deviations inside parentheses are expressed in units of the last digit. The permeability measurement performed at Geneva University are in italic
  2. NA not available, BL below limit (lower limit = \(\text {9.87} \times \text {10}^{-{\text {20}}} \text {m}^{\text {2}}\)), NM Not Measured
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