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Monogenetic volcanism: personal views and discussion

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Monogenetic volcanism produces small-volume volcanoes with a wide range of eruptive styles, lithological features and geomorphic architectures. They are classified as spatter cones, scoria (or cinder) cones, tuff rings, maars (maar–diatremes) and tuff cones based on the magma/water ratio, dominant eruption styles and their typical surface morphotypes. The common interplay between internal, such as the physical–chemical characteristics of magma, and external parameters, such as groundwater flow, substrate characteristics or topography, plays an important role in creating small-volume volcanoes with diverse architectures, which can give the impression of complexity and of similarities to large-volume polygenetic volcanoes. In spite of this volcanic facies complexity, we defend the term “monogenetic volcano” and highlight the term’s value, especially to express volcano morphotypes. This study defines a monogenetic volcano, a volcanic edifice with a small cumulative volume (typically ≤1 km3) that has been built up by one continuous, or many discontinuous, small eruptions fed from one or multiple magma batches. This definition provides a reasonable explanation of the recently recognized chemical diversities of this type of volcanism.

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Acknowledgments

The original lecture that formed the basis of this paper was presented as a keynote lecture during the Basalt 2013 conference in Görlitz, Germany. To make that happen, we have to say a big thank you to the conference organizers, particularly to Jörg Büchner (Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz), Olaf Tietz (Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz) and Vladislav Rapprich (Czech Geological Survey, Prague), for the invitation to present the keynote speech. This paper also contains numerous aspects of the subject presented during Basalt 2013 in the form of posters, particularly by Javier Agustin-Flores (Massey University), Hugo Murcia (University of Auckland) and Bob Stewart (Massey University). We would also like to say thank you to Zoltán Pécskay (ATOMKI, Debrecen) who encouraged us to prepare this review and managed the successful volcanology session during the Basalt 2013 meeting. Comments by Mark Bebbington and Kate Arentsen (both from Massey University) helped to keep the manuscript focused and reader friendly. Journal reviewers, Gianluca Groppelli, Volker Lorenz and Greg Valentine, have provided enlightening reviews that also contributed significantly to improving this paper.

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Németh, K., Kereszturi, G. Monogenetic volcanism: personal views and discussion. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 104, 2131–2146 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-015-1243-6

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