“…This is especially true for their permeability (e.g., Ashworth and Doster, 2020), their diffusion coefficients (e.g., Zhang et al, 2017) as well as for their mechanical properties (e.g., Cheng, 1997;Coussy, 2003). In the case of the Collavo-Oxfordian clayrocks of the Paris Basin, recent studies have demonstrated a weak anisotropy in their permeability and mechanical properties (Giot et al, 2012(Giot et al, , 2014.…”