Seismic Velocities of Rocks and Various Materials

Material	P-wave (m/s)	S-wave (m/s)
Air	343	N/A
Water	1450 - 1500	N/A
Ice	3400 - 3800	1700 - 1900
Oil	1200 - 1250	N/A
Vegetal Soil	300 - 700	100 - 300
Dry Sands	400 - 1200	100 - 500
Wet Sands	1500 - 2000	400 - 600
Saturated Shales and Clays	1100 - 2500	200 - 800
Porous and Saturated Sandstones	2000 - 3500	800 - 1800
Marls	2000 - 3000	750 - 1500
Chalk	2300 - 2600	1100 - 1300
Coal	2200 - 2700	1000 - 1400
Salt	4500 - 5500	2500 - 3100
Anhydrites	4000 - 5500	2200 - 3100
Limestones	3500 - 6000	2000 - 3300
Dolomites	3500 - 6500	1900 - 3600
Granite	4500 - 6000	2500 - 3300
Basalt	5000 - 6000	2800 - 2400
Gneiss	4400 - 5200	2700 - 3200