Table 15. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Hole 1084A.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
H2S
(ppmv)
C3=
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1084A-
1H-2, 0-5 1.50 3.2 2,111





2H-3, 0-5 6.00 3,248 24,605





2H-6, 0-5 10.50 26,991 63,842 0.2 0.5 26

53,982
3H-4, 0-5 17.00 45,832 59,528 0.2 0.8 27 0.2 0.6 57,290
4H-4, 0-5 26.50 64,469 82,735 0.2 1.0


64,469
5H-4, 0-5 35.90 27,032 107,765 0.7 2.8
0.7 2.2 9,654
6H-4, 0-5 45.30 68,458 135,912
1.3

1.2 52,660
7H-5, 0-5 55.98 12,536 133,617 1.2 4.6
1.2 3.7 2,725
8H-4, 0-5 64.40 27,128 209,240 0.3 1.7 23
1.3 15,958
9H-4, 0-5 73.90 13,600 193,132 0.6 2.2
0.3 1.6 6,182
10H-6, 0-5 86.50 9,520 177,778 1.1 3.8
1.1 3.0 2,505
11H-5, 0-5 93.17 20,142 213,686 0.7 2.0
0.7 1.6 10,071
12H-4, 0-5 101.26 4,277 221,269 0.7 3.2
0.5 3.0 1,337
13H-4, 0-5 112.00 13,617 248,365 0.4 1.4
0.4 1.4 9,726
14H-4, 0-5 121.50 9,722 273,365 0.9 2.4

2.5 4,051
15H-4, 0-5 131.10 3,852 172,859 0.6 1.7

1.9 2,266
16H-5, 0-5 142.00 3,783 206,605 0.4 1.4
0.3 1.8 2,702
17H-3, 0-5 148.50 1,862 201,350
0.5


3,724
19X-3, 0-5 155.50 1,605 161,340 0.2 0.6

0.6 2,675
20X-4, 0-5 164.38 1,403 138,253 0.5 1.5

1.8 935
21X-3, 0-5 174.80 2,573 229,659 0.2 0.8

0.8 3,216
22X-1, 0-5 181.50 8,311 117,098 2.5 5.9
2.2 6.7 1,409
23X-3, 0-5 193.98 2,964 157,018 0.3 1.0
0.2 1.0 2,964
24X-2, 0-5 202.30 2,590 220,395 0.4 1.3
0.3 1.5 1,992
25X-4, 0-5 214.90 2,336 298,177 2.5 9.8
2.0 11.8 238
26X-2, 0-5 221.60 2,387 226,388 0.6 2.5
0.5 3.2 955
27X-3, 0-5 231.62 1,745 216,887 0.8 2.7
0.4 2.7 646
28X-5, 0-5 245.30 4,088 286,378 0.7 4.4
0.4 3.9 929
29X-4, 0-5 253.40 3,515 282,457 1.0 4.9

4.4 717
30X-3, 0-5 261.50 3,321 218,533 0.5 3.9
0.2 2.3 852
31X-2, 0-5 269.70 3,205 154,546 0.5 3.6
0.2 1.0 890
32X-4, 0-5 281.74 5,548 270,856 0.6 5.7
0.2 2.8 973
33X-2, 0-5 288.90 5,246 303,662 0.7 4.6

6.0 1,140
34X-4, 0-5 301.10 3,038 138,190 0.3 3.0

1.6 1,013
35X-4, 0-5 311.01 5,673 209,037 0.5 6.4

3.4 886
36X-3, 0-5 319.21 2,850 155,885 1.1 14.0
2.3 28.5 204
37X-4, 0-5 330.40 5,165 153,465 0.6 6.7

4.3 771
38X-4, 0-5 340.10 4,612 200,821 0.6 4.6

2.9 1,003
39X-4, 0-5 349.70 2,837 143,251 0.2 2.4

1.5 1,182
40X-4, 0-5 359.30 4,581 186,819 0.4 3.3

2.1 1,388
41X-4, 0-5 368.90 5,115 211,704 0.4 4.3

2.6 1,190
42X-4, 0-5 378.60 14,502 322,698 1.4 17.3
0.2 10.9 838
43X-6, 0-5 391.20 3,081 126,581 0.2 3.4

2.1 906
44X-4, 0-5 397.80 2,131 72,718
1.5

0.9 1,421
45X-6, 0-5 410.40 2,730 110,027 0.4 3.1

2.3 881
46X-6, 0-5 419.18 3,563 138,629 0.3 3.4

1.8 1,048
47X-5, 0-5 427.15 3,320 95,049 0.3 2.4

1.6 1,383
48X-6, 0-5 439.07 2,203 78,686
0.7

0.7 3,147
49X-6, 0-5 449.10 850 47,283 0.5 1.4
0.1 1.4 607
50X-5, 0-5 457.20 4,412 127,188 0.4 3.0

1.8 1,471
51X-5, 0-5 466.80 8,057 102,932 0.4 5.9

2.9 1,366
52X-4, 0-5 474.50 1,928 72,465 0.3 2.0

1.5 964
53X-4, 0-5 483.29 7,040 180,890 1.3 14.2
0.3 9.9 496
54X-4, 0-5 493.26 3,747 107,424 1.1 6.4
0.1 4.8 585
55X-3, 0-5 502.10 1,520 50,263 0.8 4.5
0.2 3.7 338
56X-3, 0-5 511.70 5,033 106,451 2.1 15.7
1.3 13.8 321
57X-4, 0-5 522.80 1,828 60,902 1.3 5.7

4.7 321
58X-3, 0-5 531.00 2,080 54,816 1.3 6.7
0.9 6.0 312
59X-3, 0-5 540.70 1,701 47,267 0.8 7.3
0.5 6.0 233
60X-3, 0-5 550.30 7,219 87,005 2.0 12.3
1.3 10.0 587
61X-3, 0-5 560.00 2,632 36,135 0.6 3.8
0.3 3.1 693
62X-5, 0-5 571.40 6,439 102,691 1.3 14.3
0.6 12.2 450
63X-5, 0-5 582.20 6,383 104,360 1.3 9.4
0.6 8.0 679
64X-3, 0-5 588.90 3,485 73,508 1.5 9.5
0.8 9.3 367
65X-4, 0-5 600.00 9,105 69,502 1.1 12.3
0.5 10.2 740

Notes: C1 = methane; CO2 = carbon dioxide; C2= = ethene; C2 = ethane; H2S = hydrogen sulfide; C3= = propene; and C3 = propane. Dominance of C1 over C2 indicates that the gases originate from in situ microbial degradation of organic matter.