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Table 3 Permeability and mechanical properties of selected sample

From: Characterizing the physical properties of rocks from the Paleozoic to Permo-Triassic transition in the Upper Rhine Graben

Sample

k (m2)

UCS (MPa)

E (GPa)

Saint Pierre Bois

 Basement—granite

  WAG1_1

4.83 × 10−18

108

23.9

  WAG1_2

1.05 × 10−18

92

23.7

  WAG1_6

2.49 × 10−18

103

26.0

  WAG2_1

4.16 × 10−18

84

20.3

  WAG2_6

6.37 × 10−18

98

28.2

  WAG3_1

1.73 × 10−18

124

35.6

  WAG3_4

1.32 × 10−18

106

33.0

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  WAAG1_2

1.24 × 10−18

161

18.7

  WAAG2_1

2.19 × 10−18

127

16.4

  SPB1_1

7.69 × 10−19

130

17.2

  SPB2_1

7.66 × 10−19

127

16.1

  SPB3_1

1.83 × 10−18

83

12.5

  SPB6_1

3.93 × 10−18

70

11.5

  SPB7_1

1.26 × 10−17

65

9.2

  SPB8_1

1.32 × 10−17

64

10.8

  SPB10_1

9.72 × 10−19

143

19.9

  SPB11_1

7.16 × 10−19

199

30.2

Raon l’Etape

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  WPS1_1

4.26 × 10−13

17

2.4

  WPS1_2

6.76 × 10−13

16

4.1

  WPS1_3

6.29 × 10−13

11

3.7

 Other—dolomite

  WPD1_1

< 10−19

201

36.0

Waldhambach

 Sedimentary sequence—arkose

  TAS1_1

4.26 × 10−18

80

9.6

  TAS1_2

1.69 × 10−15

79

8.7

  TAS1_3

5.23 × 10−16

–

–

  TAS2_1

2.22 × 10−16

48

8.5

  TAS2_2

5.01 × 10−16

–

–

  TAS2_3

1.39 × 10−14

63

9.4

  TAS2_4

1.26 × 10−14

–

–

  TAS2_5

2.18 × 10−14

79

12.1

  TAS3_1

7.37 × 10−19

–

–

  TAS3_2

–

67

12.0

  TAS3_3

2.97 × 10−16

–

–

  TAS3_4

8.99 × 10−18

54

8.6

  TAS3_5

2.06 × 10−14

–

–

  TAS3_7

7.90 × 10−17

71

11.8

 Other—hydrothermally altered andesite

  TAB 1_1

< 10−19

269

34.3

Albersweiler

 Basement—metagranite

  TPG2_2

< 10−19

248

42.4

 Other—metabasite

  TPDG1_1

2.21 × 10−16

204

35.3

  TPDG1_2

< 10−19

241

41.2

 Other—hydrothermally altered volcanic rock

  TPV1_1

4.20 × 10−18

74

9.1

  TPV1_2

1.04 × 10−15

72

9.0

  TPV1_3

5.15 × 10−17

–

–

 Sedimentary sequence—breccia

  TPSC1_1

4.12 × 10−16

31

3.3

  TPSC1_2

2.28 × 10−18

50

7.1

  TPSC1_3

6.65 × 10−16

40

5.6

  TPSC1_4

2.93 × 10−15

33

5.0

  TPSC1_5

3.27 × 10−16

61

5.4

  TPSC1_6

5.34 × 10−16

60

5.5

  1. k is permeability, UCS is uniaxial compressive strength, and E is elastic modulus