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Table 1 Locations and transport properties of the core samples used for the laboratory experiments

From: Pressure dependence of fluid transport properties of shallow fault systems in the Nankai subduction zone

Sample number

Section

Lithology

Core depth below seafloor (m)

In situ effective pressure (MPa)

Matrix density (g/cm3)

Permeability (m2)

Porosity

Porosity-permeability

Shape of specimen

C4C–1

316-C0004D-10H-1, 114 to 116 cm

Mudstone

81.99

0.51

-

1.80 × 10−16 × (10−6 Pe)−1.58

-

-

Cylinder

C4D–1

316-C0004D-19R-1, 75 to 77 cm

Fault breccia

226.26

1.59

2.66

1.24 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.25

0.452 × exp(−3.30 × 10−9 Pe)

k = 497.51 × Φ57.4

Cylinder

C4D–2

316-C0004D-28R-2, 33 to 38 cm

Mudstone

271.27

1.97

2.71

8.40 × 10−18 − 3.89 × 10−25 Pe

0.454 to 0.00956 × log(Pe)

-

Cuboid

C4D–3

316-C0004D-39R-1, 71 to 73 cm

Mudstone

319.72

2.40

2.62

5.81 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.26

0.312 × exp(−1.64 × 10−9 Pe)

k = 43,340 × Φ42.7

Cylinder

C4D–4

316-C0004D-54R-3, 68 to 70 cm

Mudstone

390.00

3.06

2.62

7.22 × 10−16 × (10−6 Pe)−1.56

0.334 × exp(−1.59 × 10−9 Pe)

k = 1.38 × 1013 × Φ60.9

Cylinder

C7C–1

316-C0007C-7X-5, 77 to 79 cm

Mudstone

67.09

0.55

-

9.17 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.19

-

-

Cylinder

C7D–1

316-C0007D-18R-3, 80 to 83 cm

Mudstone

335.64

2.97

2.70

4.13 × 10−17 × exp(−0.290 × 10−6 Pe)

0.483 to 0.0158 × log(Pe)

k = 9.9 × 1013 × Φ85.4

Cuboid

C7D–2

316-C0007D-20R-2, 85 to 87 cm

Mudstone

353.28

3.14

2.60

9.87 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.36

-

-

Cuboid

C7D–3

316-C0007D-23R-1, 80 to 84 cm

Mudstone

380.32

3.40

2.70

4.87 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.15

0.397 to 0.00799 × log(Pe)

-

Cuboid

C7D–4

316-C0007D-25R-3, 110 to 112 cm

Mudstone

402.48

3.62

2.63

3.76 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.16

0.393 to 0.00897 × log(Pe)

k = 2.6 × 1038 × Φ117

Cuboid

C7D–5

316-C0007D-28R-2, 111 to 114 cm

Mudstone

429.54

3.88

2.68

3.10 × 10−17 × (10−6 Pe)−1.17

0.493 to 0.00950 × log(Pe)

-

Cuboid

  1. Locations and transport properties were determined by laboratory tests, which were described as functions of effective pressure. Pe is the effective pressure (Pa), k is the permeability (m2), and Ф is the porosity (no units). Equations in the list were evaluated from compression data.