Table 5. Sulfur species contents (percent dry weight) and 34S values in sediment collected at the head and mid-section of Taylor Slough, May 1996.
Head of Taylor Slough, Core 19, 5-22-96   (25 24.306'N     80 36.377'W)
Core Segment	Average Depth (cm)	Sulfate % Dry Wt.	AVS % Dry Wt.	DS % Dry Wt.	OS % Dry Wt.	TS % Dry Wt.	Sulfate 34S	AVS 34S	DS 34S	OS 34S
0-2 cm	1.0	0.190	0.045	0.660	0.670		28.85	24.28	22.31	22.63
2-5	3.5	0.290	0.031	0.430	0.670		28.45	26.02	22.85	22.85
5-8	6.5	0.380	0.009	0.140	0.610		29.19	25.55	22.47	23.13
8-11	8.5	0.070	0.006	0.070	0.400		23.92	n.d.	18.77	19.56
11-14	12.5	0.120	0.008	0.080	0.370		20.48	n.d.	17.09	18.42
14-17	15.5	0.180	0.005	0.070	0.230		20.94	n.d.	18.43	18.91
17-20	18.5	0.070	0.003	0.060	0.190		20.43	n.d.	20.20	18.99
20-25	22.5	0.040	0.004	0.060	0.170		20.43	n.d.	19.18	18.82
25-30	27.5	0.020	0.001	0.030	0.110		19.92	n.d.	23.04	18.38
30-35	32.5	0.010	0.001	0.040	0.070		19.56	n.d.	20.16	18.03
35-40	37.5	0.020	0.001	0.040	0.040		18.80	n.d.	21.91	17.79
40-50	45.0	0.010	0.000	0.040	0.030		n.d.	n.d	17.35	17.35
50-60	55.0	0.020	0.003	0.020	0.020		n.d.	14.51	20.96	14.16
Mid Taylor Slough, Core 5, 5-17-96  (25 17.231'N     80 38.780'W)
0-5 cm	2.5	0.050	0.011	0.300	0.770		21.13	13.96	13.77	14.93
5-10	7.5	0.280	0.004	0.130	0.660		18.51		12.38	15.14
10-15	12.5	0.230	0.001	0.070	0.590		18.52		10.62	15.01
15-20	17.5	0.220	0.001	0.080	0.480		18.45		9.64	15.18
20-30	25.0	0.220	0.001	0.070	0.540		19.63		11.61	15.14
30-40	35.0	0.110	0.002	0.090	0.760		20.29		13.30	15.02
40-50	45.0	0.100	0.002	0.060	0.530		20.08		13.32	15.54
50-60	55.0	0.070	0.000	0.050	0.350		20.62		14.30	16.03
60-70	65.0	0.030	0.000	0.030	0.390		n.d.		16.97	18.10

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