About this book series

About 500 active volcanoes presently exist on the Earth’s surface, of which around 50 erupt each year. Volcanoes played a crucial role in the evolution of the planet and early life, and are constantly reshaping the morphology of Planet Earth. Many active volcanoes are located in dense settlement areas, with over 500 million people living in close proximity of still active or dormant volcanoes.

On one side, volcanoes provide valuable soil and rock basis for agriculture, but often the "mountains of fire" cause disastrous societal and economical disasters caused by ash clouds, lahars, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows. Eruptions are still difficult to predict, although volcanologists around the world are constantly working on new ways to understand the character and behavior of volcanoes.

Active Volcanoes of the World is an official book series of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). The series aims to be a scientific library of monographs that provide authoritative and detailed reviews of state-of-the art research on individual volcanoes or a volcanic area that has been active in the last 10.000 years, e.g. the Teide Volcano or the Chiapas Region. The books in the series cover the geology, eruptive history, petrology and geochemistry, volcano monitoring, risk assessment and mitigation, volcano and society, and specific aspects related to the nature of each described volcano.

The Active Volcanoes of the World series contains single and multi-authored books as well as edited volumes. The Series Editors, Dr. Corrado Cimarelli and Dr. Sebastian Müller are currently accepting proposals and a proposal document can be obtained from the Publisher, Dr. Annett Buettner (annett.buettner@springer.com).

Electronic ISSN
2195-7029
Print ISSN
2195-3589
Series Editor
  • Corrado Cimarelli,
  • Sebastian Müller

Book titles in this series

  1. Volcán Chaitén

    Silicic Volcanism in the Southern Patagonian Andes

    Editors:
    • Jonathan M. Castro
    • Alvaro Amigo
    • Luis E. Lara
    • Copyright: 2024

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook
  2. Merapi Volcano

    Geology, Eruptive Activity, and Monitoring of a High-Risk Volcano

    Editors:
    • Ralf Gertisser
    • Valentin R. Troll
    • Thomas R. Walter
    • I Gusti Made Agung Nandaka
    • Copyright: 2023

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook
  3. El Hierro Island

    Editors:
    • Pablo J. González
    • Copyright: 2023

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook
  4. Campi Flegrei

    A Restless Caldera in a Densely Populated Area

    Editors:
    • Giovanni Orsi
    • Massimo D'Antonio
    • Lucia Civetta
    • Copyright: 2022

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook
  5. Poás Volcano

    The Pulsing Heart of Central America Volcanic Zone

    Editors:
    • Franco Tassi
    • Orlando Vaselli
    • Raul Alberto Mora Amador
    • Copyright: 2019

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook

Abstracted and indexed in

  1. Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  2. SCImago
  3. SCOPUS