Specific permebility, k, darcys

105

104

103

102

10

1

10−1

10−2

10−3

10−4

10−5

Soil class

Clean gravels

Clean sands; mixtures of clean sands and gravels

Very fine sands; silts; mixtures of sand, silt, and clay; stratified clays; etc.

Unweathered clays

Flow characteristics

Good aquifers

Poor aquifers

Impervious

106

105

104

103

102

10

1

10−1

10−2

10−3

10−4

Laboratory coefficient of permeability, Ks, gal/day/ft2