Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5169
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5169
Table 2. Saturated hydraulic conductivity, bulk density, and particle size statistics for aquifer core samples, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho.
[Abbreviations: m, meter; cm/s, centimeter per second; g/cm3, gram per cubic centimeter; mm, millimeter; Ksat, saturated hydraulic conductivity; d50, uniformity coefficient]
| Hole | Depth (m) |
Description | Ksat (cm/s) |
Bulk density (g/cm3) |
Mean particle diameter (mm) |
Standard deviation |
Median particle diameter (d50, mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1823 | 221.4 | brown, silty | 1.06 × 10-4 | 1.75 | 0.043 | 0.004 | 0.065 |
| M1823 | 223.7 | tan, basalt flecks | 6.38 × 10-6 | 1.68 | 0.013 | 0.005 | 0.018 |
| M1823 | 284.0 | oxidized, crumbly | 2.54 × 10-5 | 1.72 | 0.093 | 0.007 | 0.111 |
| M2050a | 320.3 | oxidized, porous | 6.48 × 10-5 | 1.30 | 0.053 | 0.004 | 0.076 |
| M2050a | 362.7 | oxidized, hard | 1.25 × 10-9 | 1.66 | no data | no data | no data |
| M2050a | 396.2 | sandy | 1.32 × 10-4 | 1.66 | 0.088 | 0.005 | 0.160 |
| M2050a | 229.0 | oxidized, hard | 2.07 × 10-10 | 1.77 | 0.032 | 0.004 | 0.052 |
| M2051 | 214.5 | oxidized, very porous | 4.78 × 10-4 | 1.02 | 0.052 | 0.004 | 0.063 |
| USGS133 | 193.5 | oxidized w/basalt gravel | 6.13 × 10-5 | 1.85 | 0.152 | 0.006 | 0.178 |
| USGS133 | 240.9 | brown, silty | 4.68 × 10-6 | 1.98 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.010 |
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