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Table 1 Depth, lithostratigraphic unit, sample orientation, connected porosity, total porosity, P-wave velocity, and permeability for each of the 42 Buntsandstein samples prepared for this study

From: Permeability anisotropy in sandstones from the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal reservoir (France): implications for large-scale fluid flow modelling

Sample number

Depth (m)

Unit

Orientation

Connected porosity (%)

Total porosity (%)

P-wave velocity (km/s)

Permeability (m2)

176 1

1086

Karlstal

Perpendicular

9.8

9.5

3.25

2.02 × 10−17

176 2

1086

Karlstal

Perpendicular

9.8

9.9

3.25

2.99 × 10−17

176 3

1086

Karlstal

Perpendicular

10.2

10.3

3.16

4.50 × 10−17

176 4

1086

Karlstal

Parallel

13.9

14.2

3.69

4.43 × 10−16

176 5

1086

Karlstal

Parallel

10.9

10.9

3.72

1.22 × 10−16

176 6

1086

Karlstal

Parallel

10.2

10.3

3.76

5.64 × 10−17

189 1

1098

Karlstal

Perpendicular

13.7

13.5

3.71

2.35 × 10−17

189 2

1098

Karlstal

Perpendicular

13.7

13.7

3.52

3.61 × 10−17

189 3

1098

Karlstal

Perpendicular

11.2

13.2

3.60

6.31 × 10−17

189 4

1098

Karlstal

Parallel

13.1

13.0

3.79

7.66 × 10−14

189 5

1098

Karlstal

Parallel

12.4

12.3

3.81

7.42 × 10−14

189 6

1098

Karlstal

Parallel

14.2

14.1

3.88

5.36 × 10−16

190 1

1099

Karlstal

Perpendicular

13.9

13.5

3.43

3.58 × 10−17

190 2

1099

Karlstal

Perpendicular

14.1

13.4

3.31

3.22 × 10−17

190 3

1099

Karlstal

Perpendicular

13.6

13.1

3.31

5.39 × 10−17

190 4

1099

Karlstal

Parallel

12.5

11.9

3.95

4.43 × 10−15

190 5

1099

Karlstal

Parallel

13.2

12.7

3.94

3.86 × 10−16

190 6

1099

Karlstal

Parallel

13.3

12.9

4.16

7.31 × 10−14

254 1

1155

Rehberg

Perpendicular

14.7

14.3

3.43

1.56 × 10−16

254 2

1155

Rehberg

Perpendicular

14.7

14.3

3.35

1.07 × 10−16

254 3

1155

Rehberg

Perpendicular

14.0

13.6

3.49

1.83 × 10−16

254 4

1155

Rehberg

Parallel

14.2

13.6

3.99

1.32 × 10−15

254 5

1155

Rehberg

Parallel

16.3

15.8

3.81

1.43 × 10−14

254 6

1155

Rehberg

Parallel

16.2

15.6

4.04

7.03 × 10−14

257 1

1158

Rehberg

Perpendicular

9.6

9.7

3.21

3.80 × 10−17

257 2

1158

Rehberg

Perpendicular

11.2

11.3

3.24

7.69 × 10−17

257 3

1158

Rehberg

Perpendicular

10.7

9.2

3.23

1.90 × 10−17

257 4

1158

Rehberg

Parallel

12.3

12.5

3.55

2.02 × 10−15

257 5

1158

Rehberg

Parallel

10.9

11.2

4.07

5.67 × 10−16

257 6

1158

Rehberg

Parallel

9.2

9.2

3.71

1.79 × 10−16

285 1

1183

Rehberg

Perpendicular

5.2

4.7

3.72

2.45 × 10−17

285 2

1183

Rehberg

Perpendicular

5.4

5.2

3.85

1.46 × 10−17

285 3

1183

Rehberg

Perpendicular

6.4

6.0

3.80

2.00 × 10−17

285 4

1183

Rehberg

Parallel

8.4

8.3

4.20

2.18 × 10−16

285 5

1183

Rehberg

Parallel

8.7

8.5

4.20

3.10 × 10−17

285 6

1183

Rehberg

Parallel

7.2

6.8

4.34

8.20 × 10−17

356 1

1247

Rehberg

Perpendicular

6.8

6.9

3.32

2.48 × 10−18

356 2

1247

Rehberg

Perpendicular

6.6

6.7

3.28

5.88 × 10−18

356 3

1247

Rehberg

Perpendicular

6.8

6.8

3.27

4.19 × 10−18

356 4

1247

Rehberg

Parallel

6.3

6.3

4.19

3.22 × 10−17

356 5

1247

Rehberg

Parallel

12.9

13.1

3.71

2.95 × 10−17

356 6

1247

Rehberg

Parallel

9.6

9.7

3.88

7.81 × 10−18