Table 6. Chemical and isotopic compositions of sediment samples obtained from inside and the edge of the clam colony (CO Site 4) and the reference site.
Sample name | SUP#_Dive#-ID# | Site | Sample information | TOC | δ13C | TN | δ15N | TOC/TN | AVS | δ34S |
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(wt.%) | (‰) | (wt.%) | (‰) | (atomic ratio) | (mM-S/kg dry sed.) | (‰) | ||||
Inside core | 12541–12001_6K1362-H2 | CO Site 4 | Inside of a clam colony | |||||||
At 2.5 cm sediment depth | 1.41 | −31.8 | 0.13 | +4.7 | 12.7 | 5.12 | −11.3 | |||
At 7.5 cm sediment depth | 0.96 | −31.4 | 0.07 | +3.5 | 16.0 | 10.99 | −9.2 | |||
At 12.5 cm sediment depth | 0.75 | −29.8 | 0.04 | +3.5 | 21.9 | 5.60 | −18.6 | |||
At 16 cm sediment depth | 0.70 | −28.5 | 0.03 | +3.4 | 27.2 | 19.11 | −13.6 | |||
Edge core | 12541–12001_6K1362-H5 | CO Site 4 | At 2.5 cm sediment depth | 0.89 | −27.8 | 0.05 | +6.5 | 20.8 | n.d. | n.a. |
At 7.5 cm sediment depth | 0.82 | −27.8 | 0.04 | +6.5 | 23.9 | n.d. | n.a. | |||
At 11 cm sediment depth | 0.70 | −27.0 | 0.02 | +4.6 | 40.8 | n.d. | n.a. | |||
Reference core | 12541–15002_6K1432-H3 | c. 5 km away from the SSF | for reference | |||||||
At 1.5 cm sediment depth | 0.16 | −25.0 | 0.009 | n.a. | 20.7 | n.d. | n.a. | |||
At 4.5 cm sediment depth | 0.05 | −23.9 | 0.004 | n.a. | 14.6 | n.d. | n.a. | |||
At 8 cm sediment depth | 0.16 | −23.8 | 0.001 | n.a. | 186.7 | n.d. | n.a. |
n.a.; not analyzed
n.d.; not detected