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. 2018 Jan 17;4(1):eaao4842. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4842

Table 1. Calculated fractions of ancient and modern C–sourced CH4 in each sample.

Station Water depth
(m)
Distance
offshore (km)
Sample type Ancient C–sourced
CH4 fraction, fs
Atmospheric-sourced
CH4 fraction, fa
In situ produced
CH4 fraction, fi
1 2 3 Lagoon 0.18 ± 0.06 0.47 ± 0.18 0.35 ± 0.25
2 3 2 Lagoon 0.50 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.12 0.27 ± 0.17
3 14 12 Surface 0.26 ± 0.06 0.37 ± 0.18 0.37 ± 0.24
Near-seafloor 0.60 ± 0.04 0.18 ± 0.10 0.22 ± 0.13
4 15 10 Surface 0.39 ± 0.05 0.29 ± 0.15 0.33 ± 0.20
Near-seafloor 0.45 ± 0.05 0.25 ± 0.14 0.30 ± 0.18
5 13 18 Surface 0.42 ± 0.05 0.27 ± 0.14 0.31 ± 0.19
Near-seafloor 0.58 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.10 0.23 ± 0.14
6 19 27 Surface 0.53 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.12 0.26 ± 0.16
Near-seafloor 0.83 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.04 0.10 ± 0.06
7 28 48 Surface 0.10 ± 0.03 0.72 ± 0.10 0.18 ± 0.13
Near-seafloor 0.86 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.04 0.08 ± 0.05
8 38 69 Surface 0.07 ± 0.03 0.79 ± 0.07 0.14 ± 0.10
Near-seafloor 0.61 ± 0.03 0.17 ± 0.10 0.22 ± 0.13