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Table 6 Porosity data set for MSC-4 and DGF-FB grouped by facies, crystal size and crystal morphology

From: Porosity–permeability relationship derived from Upper Jurassic carbonate rock cores to assess the regional hydraulic matrix properties of the Malm reservoir in the South German Molasse Basin

Lithology

Facies

Rock density, g/cm3

Grain density, g/cm3

Porosity (He), %

Porosity (H2O), %

n

Min

Max

Med ± MAD

Min

Max

Med ± MAD

Min

Max

Med ± MAD

Min

Max

Med ± MAD

Limestone

Mudstone

2.52

2.70

2.64 ± 0.03

2.64

2.73

2.69 ± 0.02

0.3

4.6

1.0 ± 1.5

0.4

3.9

1.8 ± 1.0

48

Wackestone

2.52

2.69

2.64 ± 0.02

2.66

2.73

2.70 ± 0.01

0.3

2.9

1.1 ± 0.8

0.3

2.9

1.9 ± 0.8

15

Packstone

2.46

2.64

2.57 ± 0.06

2.70

2.71

2.71 ± 0.01

2.5

9.4

5.5 ± 2.1

2.1

7.1

4.6 ± 1.6

8

Grainstone

2.12

2.65

2.36 ± 0.10

2.58

2.73

2.71 ± 0.02

0.7

22.2

10.0 ± 6.6

1.1

19.2

9.5 ± 6.0

25

Dolom. limestone

Mudstone

2.58

2.69

2.62 ± 0.03

2.72

2.79

2.75 ± 0.01

2.4

4.7

3.3 ± 1.2

1.8

4.4

3.1 ± 1.3

3

Wackestone

2.32

2.72

2.61 ± 0.02

2.73

2.84

2.76 ± 0.02

4.8

7.6

6.4 ± 1.1

4.1

5.8

4.9 ± 0.7

7

Packstone

2.36

2.67

2.58 ± 0.06

2.73

2.77

2.76 ± 0.03

3.5

12.0

5.7 ± 1.8

2.4

10.3

5.4 ± 1.7

21

Grainstone

2.15

2.56

2.36 ± 0.09

2.71

2.80

2.75 ± 0.02

8.5

20.7

13.0 ± 3.2

7.6

17.3

11.7 ± 2.9

21

Dolostone

Fine-X

2.28

2.79

2.67 ± 0.15

2.73

2.88

2.80 ± 0.03

0.2

19.1

3.8 ± 5.2

0.3

18.4

2.6 ± 4.8

67

Medium-X

2.36

2.79

2.66 ± 0.06

2.67

2.98

2.80 ± 0.03

1.3

15.3

5.2 ± 2.3

0.7

13.8

3.1 ± 2.1

62

Coarsely X

2.32

2.58

2.52 ± 0.08

2.74

2.97

2.80 ± 0.06

4.5

17.8

10.2 ± 3.3

1.9

16.3

8.2 ± 4.0

20

Xenomorphic

2.66

2.79

2.74 ± 0.04

2.75

2.82

2.80 ± 0.02

0.2

4.9

1.5 ± 1.3

0.3

4.0

0.7 ± 1.0

12

Xeno-hypidiomorphic

2.69

2.76

2.72 ± 0.03

2.79

2.81

2.81 ± 0.01

1.6

4.2

3.2 ± 1.0

1.4

2.6

2.0 ± 0.5

12

Hypidiomorphic

2.49

2.79

2.67 ± 0.05

2.73

2.95

2.80 ± 0.03

0.8

12.5

4.2 ± 2.1

0.5

7.3

2.7 ± 1.6

67

Hypidio-idiomorphic

2.54

2.71

2.63 ± 0.04

2.76

2.82

2.79 ± 0.01

3.1

9.9

5.6 ± 1.7

1.4

8.6

2.8 ± 1.5

27

Idiomorphic

2.28

2.67

2.47 ± 0.10

2.67

2.98

2.82 ± 0.06

5.7

19.1

11.8 ± 3.5

4.6

18.4

9.9 ± 3.5

20

  1. Min minimum, Max maximum, Med median, MAD median absolute deviation, n count
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