BOOK REVIEW K. Németh, G. Carrasco-Núñez, J.J. Aranda-Gómez, and I.E.M. Smith: Monogenetic Volcanism book review Natalia Pardo 1 Accepted: 21 April 2018 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Monogenetic Volcanism is a Special Publication of the Geological Society of London in agreement with the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’ s Interior (IAVCEI), where the reader will find a com- prehensive review about the current state of knowledge arising from the IAVCEI Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism. The editors Karoly Németh (Massey University, New Zealand), Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez, and José Jorge Aranda- Gómez (UNAM-México), as well as Ian E. Smith (University of Auckland, New Zealand), have put together a compilation of 14 papers, clearly reflecting the increased interest in monoge- netic volcanoes and volcanic fields over the last decade. This increased awareness naturally arises from understanding the significance of these systems in terms of relative abundance when compared to polygenetic systems on Earth. In addition, their occurrence in practically every tectonic setting, their wide spectrum of geochemical compositions, and their extensive va- riety of eruption styles related to rapid, and complex interac- tions between internal and external processes, make monoge- netic volcanism a vast and intriguing research area. Questions dealt with in this book include the following: What can we learn from petrology regarding spatially dis- persed and episodic plumbing systems? What information could we gain regarding the magma transit from deep mantle sources to the surface? How does the tectonic setting, and specifically, the local and regional stress-fields, control the genesis, distribution, nature, and form of each volcano within a volcanic field? How does topography and climate also play a role in their occurrence and eruption styles? How do land- scape and hydrogeological settings respond to such eruptions? What are the hazard implications and how to mitigate risk? This book is a worthwhile resource covering variable research approaches and poses an exciting starting point for future in- vestigation and discussions. The first chapter, written by Smith & Nemeth, effectively introduces the reader to the controversy behind the term BMonogenetic^, and provides an extensive collection of up- dated references on the subject. After considering volcanic architecture and petrogenetic criteria for the definition of small-scale volcanoes, within a continuous spectrum ranging from monogenetic to polygenetic, the authors detail the multi- parametric influences of internal and external factors, which result in rather complex monogenetic systems. After the first chapter, the reader is free to jump from one paper to another depending on personal interest. An important highlight of the book is the explicit wide range of scales and techniques that are applicable for the study of monogenetic Editorial responsibility: R. Cioni * Natalia Pardo n.pardo@uniandes.edu.co 1 Department of Geosciences, University of Los Andes, Cra 1 # 18a-12, Bogotá D.C., Colombia Bulletin of Volcanology (2018) 80:55 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-018-1226-0