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Table 4 Type of porosity in specimens following classification by Choquette and Pray [34]

From: The quantification of physico-mechanical properties and durability of onyx-travertines from Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, Ecuador

Samples

Cut direction

Porosity

Fabric selective

Non-fabric selective

GT

Parallel to lamination

Interparticle

Vuggy

Intraparticle

Normal to lamination

Interparticle

Vuggy

Fenestral

YT

Parallel to lamination

Interparticle

Vuggy

Intraparticle

Fenestral

Normal to lamination

Interparticle

Vuggy

Fenestral

PT

Parallel to lamination

Intraparticle

Vuggy

Interparticle

Fracture

Intercrystalline

Normal to lamination

Intraparticle

Vuggy

Interparticle

Growth framework

Fracture

Intercrystalline

WT

Parallel to lamination

Interparticle

Vuggy

Normal to lamination

Vuggy

Fracture