Table 1. Interstitial data from selected samples from Site 997.
 
IW
sample
Depth
(mbsf)
Ammonium
(mM)
15N-NH4+
( Air)
164-997A-


3H-3

16.80

1.5

4.1

6H-2

43.80

4.1

4.1

12H-2

92.80

8.4

4.3

17H-5

144.70

13.2

4.8

21X-2

169.75

15.6


30X-1

233.60

17.5

3.6

37X-5

296.15

20.4

4.5

164-997B-




14X-2

493.56

22.2

4.9

29X-4

612.25

18.2

4.2

39X-3

687.65

10.6

3.9

Notes: IW = interstitial water. Ammonium concentrations are in millimolar (mM) units (from Paull, Matsumoto, Wallace, et al., 1996). Nitrogen isotopic data for pore-water ammonium are expressed in per mil units () relative to the nitrogen isotopic standard, Air.