Research Article

Methane Source and Turnover in the Shallow Sediments to the West of Haima Cold Seeps on the Northwestern Slope of the South China Sea

Table 5

Fractions of DIC from different sources contributed to the total DIC pool and δ13C values from different sources.

Core IDδ13CSMTZ (‰, VPDB)δ13Cex (‰, VPDB)δ13CSW (‰, VPDB)δ13COM (‰, VPDB) (%) (%) (%) (%)δ13Cmethane (‰, VPDB)

CL30-46.4-48.10-209.86.628.055.5-74.1
CL44-41.0-46.10-209.85.334.350.6-75.4
CL47-38.8-43.10-208.75.232.953.1-66.7