Table 13. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Holes 1077A and 1077B.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
C3=
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1077A-







1H-2, 0-5 1.50 6 1,011




1H-3, 145-150 3.00 9.6





2H-4, 0-5 9.50 102

0.2

510
3H-4, 0-5 28.50 334

0.3

1,113
4H-4, 0-5 38.00 10,271 21,096
1.4

7,336
5H-4, 0-5 47.50 18,458
0.2 1.9

9,715
6H-4, 0-5 57.04 30,241
0.2 3.5

8,640
7H-4, 0-5 66.50 54,717
0.2 5.8
1 9,434
8H-4, 0-5 76.00 37,234 18,403 0.2 4.2
1 8,865
9H-4, 0-5 85.10 48,443
0.2 5.8
1 8,352
10H-4, 0-5 94.80 47,700
0.3 5.9
1 8,085
11H-4, 0-5 109.00 44,095
0.2 5.7
1 7,736
12H-7, 0-5 118.50 34,920 22,576 0.2 5.5
1 6,349
13H-7, 0-5 123.40 27,645
0.1 4.9
1 5,642
14H-4, 0-5 137.50 16,398
0.3 3.5

4,685
15H-7, 0-5 147.00 38,264
0.2 7.1
2 5,389
16H-7, 0-5 151.90 26,687 17,868 0.1 6.1 0.04 2 4,375
17H-4, 0-5 151.90 44,860
0.4 9.3
2 4,824
18H-7, 0-5 166.00 15,168
0.04 4.3 0.04 1 3,527
19H-7, 0-5 175.50 12,331 15,605 0.09 2.9
1 4,252
20H-3, 0-5 178.90 24,069
0.21 6.3
1 3,820
21H-7, 0-5 194.50 8,548

2.3
0 3,717
22H-7, 0-5 203.90 8,568 18,126 0.05 2.8
1 3,060
175-1077B-







12H-3, 0-5 103.74 10,954 8,313 0.2 2.3

4,763
12H-5, 0-5 106.85 27,946
0.3 5.3

5,273
12H-7, 0-5 110.02 19,356
0.2 3.3

5,865
13H-3, 0-5 112.94 10,992 11,068 0.4 2.8
1 3,926
13H-5, 0-5 115.91 13,670
0.5 3.3
1 4,142
13H-7, 0-5 118.95 40,694 16,932 0.3 6.5
1 6,261
14H-3, 0-5 121.32 7,116
0.3 1.8
0 3,953
14H-5, 0-5 124.19 15,126
0.8 4.4
1 3,438
14H-7, 0-5 127.13 34,809 21,493 0.5 7.6
2 4,580

Notes: C1 = methane; CO2 = carbon dioxide; C2= = ethene; C2 = ethane; C3= = propene; and C3 = propane. Dominance of C1 over C2 indicates that the gases originate from in situ microbial degradation of organic matter.