Table 13. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Hole 1085A.
Core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
C3=
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
175-1085A-
1H-2, 0-5 1.50 7 2,392




2H-2, 0-5 5.20 7 4,628




2H-4, 0-5 8.20 9 6,672




3H-4, 0-5 17.70 26 17,784




4H-4, 0-5 27.20 64 20,016
0.6

107
5H-4, 0-5 36.70 117 23,091 0.2 0.7

167
6H-4, 0-5 46.20 2,764 29,048
1.0

2,764
7H-4, 0-5 55.70 8,582 23,189
1.3

6,602
8H-4, 0-5 65.20 17,790 25,881
1.7

10,465
9H-4, 0-5 74.70 26,232 27,683
2.4
1.1 10,930
10H-4, 0-5 84.20 33,380 34,462 0.2 3.0
1.6 11,127
11H-4, 0-5 93.70 38,038 28,479
2.9
1.3 13,117
12H-4, 0-5 103.20 31,004 28,883 0.2 2.9
1.5 10,691
13H-4, 0-5 112.70 35,653 37,844 0.2 3.0
1.2 11,884
14H-4, 0-5 122.20 36,634 27,943
2.7
1.1 13,568
15H-4, 0-5 131.72 30,948 34,945 0.2 3.0
1.6 10,316
16H-3, 0-5 139.70 19,668 28,157 0.2 2.2
1.4 8,940
17H-5, 0-5 150.92 28,008 32,271 0.2 2.8 0.2 1.5 10,003
18H-4, 0-5 160.20 28,507 34,197 0.2 3.0 0.1 1.7 9,502
19H-7, 85-90 175.05 26,403 33,448 0.3 3.2 0.2 1.9 8,251
20H-7, 28-33 183.78 47,987 46,381 0.5 4.6 0.3 2.5 10,432
21H-4, 0-5 188.70 18,051 34,803 0.2 2.0 0.1 1.2 9,026
22H-7, 66-71 203.36 21,839 32,758 0.3 2.3
1.6 9,495
23H-7, 77-82 212.97 23,319 29,861 0.5 2.5 0.2 1.2 9,328
24H-4, 0-5 217.30 29,346 38,544 0.5 3.3 0.2 1.8 8,893
25H-6, 124-129 230.94 25,679 31,684 0.4 3.0 0.2 1.6 8,560
26H-7, 41-46 239.71 30,927 29,179 0.4 3.1 0.1 1.4 9,976
27H-4, 0-5 245.70 25,054 31,358 0.6 3.2 0.3 1.9 7,829
28H-6, 112-117 259.32 21,537 30,722 0.5 3.6 0.3 2.5 5,983
29H-7, 30-35 269.50 40,072 23,575 0.4 4.9 0.2 3.0 8,178
31H-4, 0-5 283.70 43,091 25,762 0.5 4.3
1.7 10,021
32H-6, 0-5 295.85 40,622 28,930 1.0 4.5 0.5 2.2 9,027
33H-5, 0-5 304.20 47,651 28,031 1.0 6.0
3.6 7,942
34X-4, 0-5 309.50 18,497 15,676 0.2 2.1
1.0 8,808
35X-7, 0-5 322.80 6,342 12,281 0.4 1.3
0.9 4,878
36X-6, 0-5 331.90 15,314 11,073 0.4 2.3
1.5 6,658
37X-4, 0-5 338.50 24,245 14,583 0.4 2.8
1.5 8,659
38X-6, 0-5 351.20 34,696 21,055 0.5 4.1
2.2 8,462
39X-6, 0-5 360.90 39,962 16,362 0.4 3.9
1.6 10,247
40X-4, 0-5 367.50 19,590 12,811 0.2 1.9
0.8 10,311
41X-6, 0-5 380.20 29,843 17,753 0.2 2.9
1.1 10,291
42X-6, 0-5 389.90 28,115 12,426 0.4 3.1
1.5 9,069
43X-4, 0-5 396.60 35,492 17,238 0.2 3.5
1.4 10,141
44X-6, 0-5 409.30 17,471 10,626 0.2 2.2
1.0 7,941
45X-6, 0-5 419.00 25,466 8,499 0.4 2.8
1.1 9,095
46X-4, 0-5 425.60 18,870 6,068 0.2 2.1
0.7 8,986
47X-6, 0-5 438.20 17,118 750 0.6 2.1 0.5 1.1 8,151
48X-6, 0-5 447.83 16,471 4,931 0.3 1.9 0.3 0.9 8,669
49X-4, 0-5 454.50 25,768 5,165 0.4 2.5 0.3 0.9 10,307
50X-5, 0-5 465.70 28,038 4,104 0.7 2.8 0.6 1.0 10,014
51X-5, 0-5 474.90 53,132 1,283 0.6 4.6 0.6 1.5 11,550
52X-4, 0-5 483.00 29,376 1,637 0.4 2.5 0.6 0.9 11,750
53X-5, 0-5 494.11 42,589 766 0.4 3.3 0.7 0.9 12,906
54X-5, 0-5 503.90 34,780 2,566 0.8 2.8 0.6 0.9 12,421
55X-4, 0-5 512.10 49,757 3,466 0.2 3.3 0.6 1.0 15,078
56X-4, 0-5 521.70 33,765 2,080 0.3 2.4 0.5 0.6 14,069
57X-4, 0-5 531.40 19,542 945 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.2 15,032
58X-4, 0-5 541.10 46,725 1,258 0.1 2.5
0.3 18,690
59X-6, 0-5 553.62 7,386 1,288 0.2 0.4 0.1
18,465
60X-6, 0-5 563.30 5,128 1,712 0.2 0.3

17,093
61X-4, 0-5 570.00 24,643 1,256 0.1 1.0

24,643
62X-5, 0-5 581.10 28,461 590
0.8

35,576
63X-6, 0-5 592.20 16,998 1,513
0.4

42,495
64X-4, 0-5 598.90 10,831 1,115
0.3

36,103

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.