Table 1 Values of parameters for the different sediments used in SOIL8MIN model to determine unfrozen water content (SL), a semiā€empirical model that includes the soil properties and the geochemical composition of soil water.

From: Improved prediction of the vertical distribution of ground ice in Arctic-Antarctic permafrost sediments

Soil

Dry porosity

Ī²

Tp (Ā°C)

Ī”Tf

Hamaker constant

Rsoil (Āµm)

Inuvik clay1

0.55

0.245

āˆ’0.01

0.01050

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’18

1

Inuvik clay1

0.45

0.245

āˆ’0.06

0.05102

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’18

1

Chena silt1

0.55

0.531

0.0

0.00657

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’18

5

Chena silt1

0.45

0.531

āˆ’0.01

0.0140

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’18

5

Lebanon gravel

0.45

0.408

āˆ’0.01

0.00137

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’18

100

Nagare peat2

0.84

0.725

1Eāˆ’5

0.02209

āˆ’6.32 Eāˆ’17

10

  1. Reference: 1. Adersland and Ladanyi (2004); 2. Nagare et al., (2012).
  2. Hamaker constant for peat was estimated using the SL profile published by Nagare et al. 2012 (ref.84).
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