FIGURE 3.

Total organic carbon (TOC) and stable carbon isotopic ratio of subsamples collected from different spatial positions of an inactive sulfide chimney and an active sulfate chimney. For comparison with TOC contents and δ13CTOC values, data of inactive and active chimneys from Manus back-arc basin (Reeves et al., 2014), Loki’s Castle of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (Joao and Menorah) (Jaeschke et al., 2012) and the Southern Mariana Trough (SMT) (Kato et al., 2010) are also plotted together (the vertical lines indicating the ranges of δ13CTOC values and triangles representing the mean values).