Melt inclusions in phenocrysts of ejecta of Miyakejima volcano have been analyzed with electron microprobe focused on sulfur abundance and its speciation. Samples were collected from three different volcanic events to characterize their source magma; (1) submarine eruption on June 27, 2000, (2) summit eruption on August 18, 2000, (3) lateral fissure eruption in 1983. Major element concentrations of melt inclusions derived from submarine eruption and 1983 eruption suggest their common origin. Melt inclusions within ejecta of summit eruption show less evolved feature. Although sulfur concentrations in the melt inclusions vary from 0.32 to 0.05 wt% SO
2 possibly reflecting pre- and post-entrapment degassing, no significant difference in S concentration was observed among three magmas. Measured S
6+/S
total ratios in melt inclusions with SO
2 higher than 0.1 wt% yield pre-eruptive redox conditions of ΔNNO=+0.2~+0.5 log unit, and show no correlation with SO
2 concentration. On the other hand, melt inclusions with SO
2 less than 0.1 wt% indicate redox conditions of ΔNNO=0~-0.5 log unit, implying rapid degassing of SO
2 during eruption causes decrease of oxygen fugacity in the melts.
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