Table 11. Results of headspace gas analyses of sediments from Holes 1087A and 1087C.
Hole, core, section,
interval (cm)
Depth
(mbsf)
C1
(ppmv)
CO2
(ppmv)
C2=
(ppmv)
C2
(ppmv)
C3
(ppmv)
C1/C2
1087A-1H-2, 0-5 1.50 2 1,266



1087A-1H-4, 0-5 4.50 3 1,357



1087A-2H-4, 0-5 12.70 6 3,737



1087A-3H-4, 0-5 22.10 25 16,520
0.3
93
1087A-4H-4, 0-5 31.70 54 21,675
0.7 0.4 82
1087A-5H-4, 0-5 41.20 68 19,416 0.4 0.7 0.6 98
1087A-6H-4, 0-5 50.70 79 28,958
0.9 0.7 92
1087A-7H-4, 0-5 60.20 78 1,296
0.8 0.6 97
1087A-8H-5, 0-5 71.20 183 25,908
1.0 1.0 192
1087A-9H-4, 0-5 79.20 381 38,386
0.8 0.7 476
1087A-10H-4, 0-5 88.70 897 32,535
1.4 1.6 641
1087A-11H-4, 0-5 98.20 1,241 31,720
1.4 1.6 886
1087A-12H-6, 0-5 110.70 1,171 22,720
1.1 1.2 1,065
1087A-13H-6, 0-5 120.20 1,299 20,255
1.2 1.5 1,082
1087A-14H-4, 0-5 126.70 1,573 22,167
1.4 1.9 1,124
1087A-15H-6, 0-5 139.20 2,064 23,247
1.4 1.9 1,474
1087A-16H-6, 0-5 148.70 2,046 20,390
1.4 1.8 1,461
1087A-17H-4, 0-5 155.20 2,865 26,412
1.5 2.1 1,910
1087A-18H-5, 0-5 166.20 2,153 19,421
1.2 1.5 1,794
1087A-19H-6, 0-5 177.20 2,541 20,980
1.5 2.5 1,694
1087A-20H-4, 0-5 183.70 4,043 29,420 0.2 2.0 2.9 2,022
1087A-21H-6, 0-5 196.20 4,383 26,995 0.2 2.0 2.5 2,192
1087A-22H-5, 0-5 204.20 3,596 19,354
1.4 1.8 2,569
1087A-23H-4, 0-5 212.20 3,636 20,261
1.4 1.6 2,597
1087C-25H-4, 0-5 224.60 2,390 12,177
0.9 1.0 2,656
1087A-24H-6, 0-5 224.70 3,361 16,412
1.1 1.2 3,055
1087A-25H-6, 0-5 234.20 3,473 15,569
1.3 1.7 2,672
1087C-26H-6, 0-5 237.10 2,935 13,106
1.1 1.4 2,668
1087A-26H-4, 0-5 240.70 4,311 17,323
1.3 1.4 3,316
1087C-27H-6, 0-5 246.60 3,550 13,708
1.0 1.1 3,550
1087C-28X-4, 0-5 253.10 4,748 16,501
1.4 1.7 3,391
1087A-27H-6, 0-5 253.20 4,519 15,535
1.2 1.4 3,766
1087C-29X-5, 0-5 260.90 5,300 17,492
1.4 1.5 3,786
1087C-30X-6, 0-5 268.70 5,670 17,037
1.4 1.6 4,050
1087C-31X-4, 0-5 275.30 2,298 7,406
0.4 0.5 5,745
1087C-32X-6, 0-5 287.90 5,685 15,022
1.1 1.2 5,168
1087C-33X-6, 0-5 297.50 3,867 10,094
0.8 0.7 4,834
1087C-34X-4, 0-5 304.20 3,210 9,463
0.7 0.6 4,586
1087C-35X-6, 0-5 316.75 5,894 11,916
1.0 0.8 5,894
1087C-36X-6, 0-5 326.40 5,924 10,644
0.9
6,582
1087C-37X-4, 0-5 333.00 5,712 10,816
0.8 0.7 6,720
1087C-38X-6, 0-5 345.70 8,972 9,666 0.3 1.2 1.2 7,477
1087C-39X-5, 0-5 353.80 7,733 6,565 0.7 1.2 1.4 6,444
1087C-40X-4, 0-5 361.90 7,032 4,624 1.0 1.5 1.4 4,688
1087C-41X-4, 0-5 371.60 14,254 11,463
1.3 0.8 10,965
1087C-42X-5, 0-5 382.70 9,653 8,714
0.9 0.4 11,224
1087C-43X-4, 0-5 390.80 9,580 6,067 0.2 0.9 0.6 10,886
1087C-44X-4, 0-5 400.50 9,143 4,896
0.7 0.4 13,061
1087C-46X-4, 0-5 419.70 16,509 6,886
1.0 0.5 16,509
1087C-47X-4, 0-5 429.30 14,230 3,542
0.7 0.3 20,329
1087C-48X-4, 0-5 439.00 10,791 3,936
0.6 0.2 19,270
1087C-49X-4, 0-5 448.60 10,241 3,362
0.5 0.1 20,482
1087C-50X-2, 0-5 455.30 7,469 746
0.5
14,938
1087C-51X-6, 0-5 470.90 7,907 1,180
0.2
39,535
1087C-52X-4, 0-5 477.60 8,297 990
0.4
20,742
1087C-53X-6, 0-5 490.20 11,927 989
0.5
23,854

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