Research Article

Laterization Process Recognition along the Northern Border of the Congo Craton by Geoelectrical and Geotechnical Data

Table 2

Permeability of some residual tropical soils [30].

ReferenceSoil typeCountryParent rockPermeability (cm/s)

Vargas [31]Residual gneissBrasilGneiss à
Residual basaltBrasilBasal2.10−7
Terzaghi and Robertson [32]Sasumua clayKenyaVolcanic ash à
Matyas [33]Sasumua clayKenyaVolcanic ash à
Fruhauf and Willis [34]LateriteHawaïBasalt à
de Graft-Johnson et al. [35]Lateritic clayGhanaGranite à