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 |