Table 14. Index properties measurements for Site 1081 (ASCII).
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
C3=
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1081A-
2H-2, 0-5 2.50 3 3,121




2H-4, 0-5 5.50 7

0.1

122
3H-3, 0-5 13.40 14 7,560 0.3 0.4

36
4H-4, 0-5 24.40 15

0.3

44
5H-4, 0-5 33.90 36 12,879 0.2 0.9

40
6H-4, 0-5 43.40 87
0.2 1.7

51
7H-4, 0-5 52.90 252 24,148 0.0 1.6

158
8H-4, 0-5 62.40 3,602
0.1 2.0

1,801
9H-4, 0-5 71.90 18,258 21,872 0.1 0.1

182,580
10H-4, 0-5 81.40 30,671
0.2 5.0
0.9 6,134
11H-4, 0-5 90.90 57,166 14,839 0.3 9.9
2.5 5,774
12H-4, 0-5 100.40 31,856
0.6 9.0
3.4 3,540
13H-6, 0-5 113.05 42,073 24,404 0.3 8.5
3.0 4,950
14H-7, 0-5 124.00 36,868
0.4 9.4
4.2 3,922
15H-4, 0-5 129.04 28,578 21,694 0.5 9.4
4.6 3,040
16H-7, 0-5 140.21 21,705
0.4 7.5
3.6 2,894
17X-4, 0-5 141.46 6,463 20,914 0.3 3.9
2.0 1,657
18H-4, 0-5 150.45 32,924
0.6 9.6
4.4 3,430
19X-4, 0-5 159.00 23,623 37,330 0.3 10.0
4.9 2,362
20X-4, 0-5 168.60 7,721
0.3 4.6
2.9 1,678
21X-4, 0-5 178.30 3,252 22,832 0.2 2.0
1.3 1,626
22X-4, 0-5 188.00 5,515
0.3 4.5
2.8 1,226
23X-4, 0-5 197.60 3,844 22,566 0.4 4.7
3.3 818
24X-4, 0-5 207.30 4,597
0.3 5.2
3.4 884
25X-4, 0-5 216.90 5,294 31,951 0.4 5.9
4.5 897
26X-4, 0-5 226.50 4,365
0.4 4.7
3.1 929
27X-4, 0-5 236.00 6,380 11,876 1.3 13.0 0.9 9.8 491
28X-4, 0-5 245.70 4,892
0.4 8.6
6.1 569
29X-4, 0-5 255.30 6,573 10,735 0.5 10.7
7.9 614
30X-4, 0-5 264.90 4,741
0.6 8.2
5.9 578
31X-3, 0-5 273.10 4,889 17,050 0.4 10.0
7.1 489
32X-5, 0-5 285.70 4,635
0.3 7.4
5.3 626
33X-4, 0-5 293.80 4,644 17,938 0.2 4.5
3.6 1,032
34X-2, 0-5 300.50 4,765
0.2 6.5
1.7 733
35X-2, 0-5 310.10 4,932 17,380 0.2 8.8 0.1 6.2 560
36X-5, 0-5 323.15 12,146
0.9 21.9
14.9 555
37X-4, 0-5 332.30 7,925 9,196 0.9 9.4 0.4 9.2 843
38X-2, 0-5 339.00 5,834
1.3 10.4
10.9 561
39X-5, 0-5 352.42 4,092 14,001 0.3 4.3 0.1 3.6 952
40X-1, 0-5 356.80 16,290
0.2 6.6
3.7 2,468
41X-4, 0-5 370.90 2,461 6,025 1.0 6.1 0.1 7.6 403
42X-4, 0-5 380.50 6,870
0.7 16.6
17.8 414
43X-4, 0-5 390.10 5,417 7,713 2.0 23.8
31.6 228
44X-2, 0-5 396.80 2,312
0.9 6.4
9.5 361
45X-4, 0-5 409.40 5,290 7,743 1.6 13.6 0.2 18.4 389
46X-4, 0-5 419.10 6,565
0.9 10.0
11.4 656
47X-4, 0-5 428.70 3,129 4,422 1.1 9.4
13.5 333
48X-6, 0-5 441.30 5,035
1.8 10.4 0.8 13.7 484
49X-3, 0-5 446.50 8,698 20,145 0.5 13.0
15.5 669

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.