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Table 1 Physical properties collected in the SAPHYR database

From: SAPHYR: Swiss Atlas of Physical Properties of Rocks: the continental crust in a database

Physical parameters

Units

Symbol

Condition

Density

 

ρ

 

 Bulk

g/cm3

 

Dry/saturated

 Grain

g/cm3

 

Dry/saturated

Porosity

 

ϕ

 

 Absolute

%

  

 Open totala

%

  

 Open macro-a

%

  

 Open micro-a

%

  

Permeability

 

κ

 

 Absolute

md

  

 Anisotropy

%

  

Thermal properties

   

 Thermal conductivity

W/mK

λ

Dry/saturated

 Specific heat capacity

J/kgK

c

Dry/saturated

 Conductivity anisotropy

%

  

Heat production

 238U, 235U, 232Th, 40K content

ppm

  

 Volumetric heat generation

µW/m3

A

 

Magnetic properties

 Bulk susceptibility

m3/mol

K

 

 Anisotropy (Kmax/Kmin)

   

 Deviation factor P

m3/mol

ΔK

 

Seismic properties

 Ultrasound velocity of P waves

km/s

Vp

Dry, room pressure and temperature

 Vp pressure derivative

km/sK

Δp − Vp

High pressure

 Vp temperature derivative

km/sMPa

ΔT − Vp

High temperature

 Vp recalculated at room pressureb

km/s

Vp0

Dry, room pressure and temperature

 Ultrasound velocity of S waves

km/s

Vs

Dry, room pressure and temperature

 Vs pressure derivative

km/sMPa

ΔP − Vs

High pressure

 Vs temperature derivative

km/sK

Δ − Vs

High temperature

 Vs recalculated at room pressureb

km/s

Vs0

Recalculated at room pressureb

 Vp and Vs anisotropy

%

 

Room pressure and temperature

  1. aOnly borehole data
  2. bCalculated at 0 MPa pressure using the dV pressure derivative of experiments conducted at high confining pressure; see text for explanation