A comparative study of volatile contents of primitive arc bubble-bearing melt
inclusions determined by Raman-spectroscopy and mass-balance versus experimental homogenization methods
Primitive olivine-hosted melt inclusions (MI) are a useful means to estimate the pre-eruptive volatile contents of a volcanic melts but post-entrapment processes complicate this approach. In particular, crystallization of the host phase along the wall of the MI and diffusion of H through the host cause CO and potentially S or other volatiles to exsolve from the melt to a separate fluid bubble
