Permeability (Earth sciences) - Wikipedia
Permeability in fluid mechanics and the Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it.. The permeability of a medium is related to the porosity, but also to the shapes of the pores in the medium and their level of connectedness.. Fluid flows can be influenced in ...