Table 14. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Hole 1082A.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
H2S
(ppmv)
C3=
(ppmv
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1082A-








1H-2, 0-5 1.50 3 1,513

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1H-3, 0-5 3.00 6 3,397 0.7 0.7 20
0.3 8
1H-4, 0-5 4.50 118 24,581 1.4 1.4

1.0 84
1H-5, 0-5 6.00 13 29,513 1.3 0.9

0.7 14
2H-3, 0-5 10.80 35 12,862 0.1 0.5 15

70
2H-4, 0-5 12.20 322 43,198 1.1 1.3

0.5 248
2H-5, 0-5 13.60 116 49,725 2.1 2.1

1.5 55
2H-6, 0-5 15.00 150 43,534 2.7 2.8
0.7 1.2 54
2H-7, 0-5 16.40 247 61,950 1.8 2.4

0.7 103
3H-2, 0-5 18.70 800 75,504 1.5 2.9

0.8 276
3H-3, 0-5 20.10 2,955 28,480
1.0


2,955
3H-4, 0-5 21.50 9,351 81,913 2.8 5.2
0.7 1.3 1,798
3H-5, 0-5 22.90 20,113 81,120 2.8 6.3

2.8 3,193
3H-6, 0-5 24.30 28,728 110,359 0.8 4.8 19
1.0 5,985
3H-7, 0-5 25.70 36,760 130,824 1.5 5.9

1.6 6,231
4H-2, 0-5 28.20 21,630 58,284 0.5 3.2

0.8 6,759
4H-3, 0-5 29.60 25,500 38,120 0.2 2.8 22
0.6 9,107
4H-4, 0-5 31.00 31,592 82,381 0.8 3.8

0.9 8,314
4H-5, 0-5 32.40 36,693 52,156 1.7 5.7

2.4 6,437
4H-6, 0-5 33.80 83,199 83,032 3.0 9.9
0.8 3.3 8,404
4H-7, 0-5 35.20 70,468 81,325 3.1 9.2
0.9 3.3 7,660
5H-2, 0-5 37.70 19,558 92,638 0.7 2.9

0.9 6,744
5H-3, 0-5 39.10 14,987 43,427
1.9

0.4 7,888
5H-4, 0-5 40.50 21,938 79,215 2.1 4.8
0.6 2.2 4,570
5H-5, 0-5 41.90 19,813 55,020 2.8 5.3
0.8 2.8 3,738
5H-6, 0-5 43.30 26,379
3.8 7.0
1.0 3.8 3,752
5H-7, 0-5 44.70 36,019 86,842 3.5 8.4
1.0 4.4 4,288
6H-2, 0-5 47.20 10,934 120,700 1.5 4.6
0.1 2.2 2,377
6H-3, 0-5 48.60 9,988 34,462 0.3 2.5

0.6 3,995
6H-4, 0-5 50.00 11,363 106,911 3.2 7.0
0.4 4.5 1,623
6H-5, 0-5 51.40 13,438 86,175 4.6 10.4
1.4 7.2 1,292
6H-6, 0-5 52.80 13,130
1.2 4.9
0.3 2.1 2,680
6H-7, 0-5 54.20 14,239 78,067 4.6 11.5
1.5 7.6 1,242
7H-4, 0-5 59.80 53,469 84,848 0.2 8.2

2.0 6,521
8H-5, 0-5 69.51 30,546 101,834 0.2 5.3 21
1.4 5,763
9H-5, 0-5 80.10 31,761 143,078 0.3 6.9 29
2.0 4,603
10H-5, 0-5 88.54 9,998 91,465
2.9

1.0 3,448
11H-5, 0-5 99.15 17,658 141,058 0.4 8.6

3.5 2,053
12H-5, 0-5 107.19 9,998 171,092 0.3 5.0

2.3 2,000
13H-6, 0-5 118.66 5,250 110,549 0.2 4.1 24
2.3 1,280
14H-4, 0-5 126.30 8,817 124,767 0.2 4.1

1.5 2,150
15X-3, 0-5 131.22 5,748 118,051 0.4 4.9

2.7 1,173
16X-4, 0-5 142.80 2,470 80,672
1.0

0.6 2,470
17X-2, 0-5 149.40 3,722 115,744
2.8

1.6 1,329
18X-3, 0-5 160.25 3,834 95,170 0.2 3.2

2.0 1,198
19X-3, 0-5 169.01 3,365 76,715
1.7

1.0 1,979
20X-5, 0-5 181.74 3,162 82,081
2.7

2.1 1,171
21X-4, 0-5 189.92 4,336 136,983 0.4 5.2

4.2 834
22X-4, 0-5 200.32 6,335 142,740 0.3 5.3

4.7 1,195
23X-4, 0-5 209.56 3,830 97,311 0.2 3.9
0.7 1.3 982
24X-4, 0-5 219.76 3,740

2.0

2.0 1,870
25X-4, 0-5 229.68 3,349
0.4 7.4

8.5 453
26X-4, 0-5 239.30 3,685 3,104
1.6

1.2 2,362
27X-4, 0-5 248.90 4,278
0.3 5.0

5.9 861
28X-4, 0-5 258.50 1,567 33,961 0.3 1.0

0.9 1,507
29X-4, 0-5 268.10 2,928
0.9 3.4


849
30X-4, 0-5 277.80 5,208 86,673 0.5 3.4

3.6 1,545
31X-4, 0-5 286.39 5,040
1.4 6.6
0.2 9.6 761
32X-4, 0-5 297.00 3,024 66,569 0.7 2.0

1.8 1,512
33X-4, 0-5 306.64 2,641
0.4 2.5
0.1 3.3 1,056
34X-4, 0-5 316.18 2,887
0.4 1.8

2.4 1,604
35X-4, 0-5 325.90 6,973 98,034 0.5 6.8

7.8 1,025
37X-4, 0-5 334.19 2,124 41,706 0.4 5.0

6.5 425
38X-4, 0-5 345.10 2,239
0.3 1.7

1.8 1,317
39X-4, 0-5 353.62 3,427 56,214 0.9 8.0

10.0 430
40X-5, 0-5 363.69 3,602
0.5 4.6

5.1 783
41X-4, 0-5 374.00 4,414 68,072 2.2 12.3
0.9 14.2 359
42X-4, 0-5 383.70 4,902
0.4 4.5

4.2 1,089
43X-4, 0-5 392.49 3,908
1.1 9.4

10.2 416
44X-3, 0-5 401.40 2,519 101,315 1.0 4.0
0.4 4.0 630
45X-3, 0-5 411.10 2,623
0.8 3.0
0.4 3.0 874
46X-3, 0-5 420.70 3,907
1.0 3.3

3.0 1,184
47X-4, 0-5 431.80 3,486 103,868 0.8 6.0
0.2 6.0 581
48X-3, 0-5 440.00 2,770
0.2 1.6

1.1 1,731
49X-4, 0-5 451.30 1,662 47,590 0.3 2.0

2.0 831
50X-4, 0-5 460.26 1,410
0.8 5.6

6.1 252
51X-4, 0-5 470.40 3,097 43,068 0.2 4.3

3.5 720
52X-4, 0-5 479.19 3,556
1.7 3.8
0.8 3.5 936
53X-4, 0-5 489.20 8,201 21,321 1.2 3.0
0.5 2.0 2,734
54X-5, 0-5 499.58 5,867
2.7 9.0
1.7 10.4 652
55X-4, 0-5 508.25 4,581 41,332 1.4 3.5

3.0 1,309
56X-5, 0-5 518.93 5,135
1.1 5.7
0.6 6.0 901
57X-6, 0-5 530.53 5,351 38,751 0.9 4.0

4.0 1,338
58X-4, 0-5 537.60 7,415
0.4 2.3

1.6 3,224
59X-5, 0-5 548.76 2,759 39,092 0.5 1.4

1.0 1,971
60X-5, 0-5 557.74 18,957
1.2 5.8
0.6 4.1 3,268
61X-5, 0-5 567.87 5,076 45,667 0.6 2.4

2.0 2,115
62X-4, 0-5 576.20 10,821
0.3 3.0

2.0 3,607
63X-5, 0-5 586.30 2,942 23,015 0.5 1.6 36
1.3 1,839
64X-4, 0-5 595.40 4,214
0.3 1.8

1.6 2,341

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.