A monogenetic volcanic field is a type of volcanic field consisting of a group of small monogenetic volcanoes, each of which erupts only once, as opposed to polygenetic volcanoes, which erupt repeatedly over a period of time. The small monogenetic volcanoes of these fields are the most common subaerial volcanic landform.[1]

Many monogenetic volcanoes are cinder cones, often with lava flows, such as Parícutin in the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field, which erupted from 1943 to 1952. Some monogenetic volcanoes are small lava shields, such as Rangitoto Island in the Auckland volcanic field. Other monogenetic volcanoes are tuff rings or maars. A monogenetic field typically contains between ten and a hundred volcanoes. The Michoacán-Guanajuato field in Mexico contains more than a thousand volcanoes and is exceptionally large.[2]

Monogenetic fields occur only where the magma supply to the volcano is low or where vents are not close enough or large enough to develop plumbing systems for continuous feeding of magma. Monogenetic volcanic fields can provide snapshots of the underlying region beneath the surface, and may be useful in studying the generation of magma and the composition of the mantle since the single eruption produced would match that of the chamber from which it erupted.[3] The magma supplying such fields is thought to have rapidly ascended from its source region, with only short resident times (decades or less) in shallow magma chambers.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Michelfelder, Gary S.; Horkley, Lawrence K.; Reinier, Clayton; Hudson, Sarah (2021). "A preliminary assessment of olivine phenocrysts from the monogenetic basalt of the McCartys Flow, Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference Series. 72: 141–152. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ Walker, George P. L. (2000). "Basaltic volcanoes and volcanic systems". In Sigurdsson, Haraldur (ed.). Encyclopedia of Volcanoes.
  3. ^ McGee, Lucy E.; Smith, Ian E. M.; Millet, Marc-Alban; Handley, Heather K.; Lindsay, Jan M. (October 2013). "Asthenospheric Control of Melting Processes in a Monogenetic Basaltic System: a Case Study of the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand". Journal of Petrology. 54 (10): 2125–2153. doi:10.1093/petrology/egt043.
  4. ^ Bischoff, Alan; Nicol, Andrew; Cole, Jim; Gravley, Darren (2019-10-25). "Stratigraphy of Architectural Elements of a Buried Monogenetic Volcanic System". Open Geosciences. 11 (1): 581–616. doi:10.1515/geo-2019-0048.
  5. ^ Burns, F.; Cole, M.; Vaccaro, W.; Alonso Cótchico, M.; Melián, G.; Asensio-Ramos, M.; Padron, E.; Hernandez Perez, P.A.; Perez, N.M. (2017). Monitoring diffuse degassing in monogentic volcanic field during a quiescent period: the case of Cumbre Vieja (La Palma,Canary Islands, Spain). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2023.


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