“…(6) was used by several authors (Davis et al, 2007;Gong, 2005;Munroe and Sass, 1987;Penner, 1963;Popov et al, 1999;Popov et al, 2012;Pribnow et al, 2000;Riche and Schneebeli, 2012) to determine the thermal conductivity in the direction perpendicular to bedding λ ⊥ based on the measurements of λ 90 and λ 0 in different materials (clay sediments, igneous rocks, snow, etc. ).…”