Table 12. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Holes 1078A, 1078B, and 1078C.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1078A-






1H-2, 0-5 1.50 3 1,356



1H-5, 0-5 6.00 12 5,365
0.1
120
2H-4, 0-5 12.00 1,029 19,258
0.4
2,573
3H-4, 0-5 21.50 28,466 26,433
1.3 0 21,897
4H-4, 0-5 31.00 53,024 25,891 0.2 3.0 1 17,675
5H-4, 0-5 40.43 7,128

1.0 0 7,128
6H-5, 0-5 50.57 4,109 48,670
0.7 1 5,870
7H-4, 0-5 59.42 3,825
0.1 0.9 1 4,250
8H-4, 0-5 68.24 2,448 33,684
0.4 0 6,120
175-1078B-






8H-5, 0-5 68.99 2,280

0.5 0 4,560
9H-4, 0-5 76.28 9,225 78,421
2.4 0 3,844
10H-4, 0-5 87.00 5,724
0.2 1.0 1 5,724
11H-4, 0-5 96.65 13,220 63,710 0.3 2.9 1 4,559
12H-4, 0-5 106.10 5,836

1.0 0 5,836
13H-2, 0-5 112.60 7,367 85,846 0.1 2.9 1 2,540
14H-4, 0-5 125.15 4,692
0.1 1.5 0 3,128
175-1078C-






1H-2, 0-5 1.50 5




2H-2, 0-5 8.20 15




3H-2, 0-5 17.70 16,301

0.9
18,112
4H-2, 0-5 27.20 48,766
0.2 3.0 1 16,255
5H-2, 0-5 36.60 18,749
0.2 2.3 2 8,152
6H-2, 0-5 46.20 8,243

1.6 1 5,152
17X-3, 0-5 148.90 1,883 107,628 0.4 3.3 2 571
18X-4, 0-5 160.00 1,557 102,936 0.2 3.4 1 458

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