Table 2. Description of gas samples after hydrate dissociation.

Gas sample number*	Hole, core, section	Hydrate specimen number***	Sample depth (mbsf)****	Gas volume** (cm3)	CH4***** (%)	Water volume (cm3)	Water Cl-	Gas/water ratio	Storage (months)
1	994C-31X-7	1	260	617	98.8	4	57	154	7
2	996B-1H-1	1	0	347	99.3	6.5	169	53	1.5
3	996B-1H-1	2	0	183	99.4	9.1	248	20	7
4	996C-1H-1	1	0	195	99.5	3.3	294	65	1.5
5	996C-1H-1	2	0	369	NA	4.8	245	98	7
6	996E-7H-CC	1	61	908	99.7	6.4	21	143	1.5
7	997A-42X-3	1A	331	1250	98.4	9.0	187	139	1.5
8	997A-42X-3	1B	331	(1250)	(98.4)	(9.0)	(187)	(139)	7

Notes: * = numbering scheme used in Table 2 and Table 3 and Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5. *** = numbering taken from tables in Paull, Matsumoto, Wallace, et al. (1996) where A and B designate successive gas samples of the same hydrate specimen. **** = approximate depth in the sediment column (placed at the top of the core in which the specimen was collected). ** = total volume of gas released from the hydrate specimen inside of the experimental chamber (Fig. 2). ***** = methane quantity determined on ship prior to shipping and storage of gas bottles. NA= not analyzed. From Paull, Matsumoto, Wallace, et al. (1996). Parentheses for gas sample 8 indicate that reported values are the same as for gas sample 7.