Dr. Vic Camp
Geological Sciences
San Diego State University email: vcamp@sdsu.edu phone: 619-594-7170
Volcanology & petrology
Evolution of volcanic terrains
Philosophy -- I believe in the teacher-scholar approach
to higher education. As an educator, my primary focus lies in
a wide variety of courses that I teach for non-majors, majors,
and graduate students alike. I have a firm belief that the quality
of teaching is enhanced by an active research program and enriched
by field experiences beyond the classroom.
Research
Interests -- My main
field of research is in volcanology and petrology, with a specific
focus on the tectonomagmatic evolution of continental volcanic
terrains. Field mapping and the development of coherent volcanic
stratigraphies is an essential first step in deciphering the
genesis of such terrains, along with laboratory support incorporating
major- and trace-element geochemistry, paleomagmatism, and isotopic
dating. I have successfully used this interdisciplinary approach
in regional studies to develop a variety of working models for
volcanic terrains in Iran, Arabia, and in the Pacific Northwest,
for example: (1) ocean closure along a Mesozoic continental suture
zone in the Neo-Tethyan belt of eastern Iran (e.g., Camp and
Griffis, 1982; Tirrul et al., 1983), (2) terrane accretion in
the early Proterzoic mobile belts of the Arabian shield (e.g.,
Camp, 1984; Stoeser and Camp, 1985), (3) mantle upwelling in
the Cenozoic harrat volcanic province of western Saudi Arabia
(e.g., Camp et al., 1989; Camp and Roobol, 1991, 1992a, 1992b),
and (4) plume emplacement in the Columbia River Basalt province
and the northern Basin and Range (e.g., Camp, 1995; Camp et al.,
2003; Camp and Ross, 2004; Hooper et al., 2007; Camp and Hanan,
2008; Camp, 2013, 2015, 2019; Reidel et al., 2016, 2018; Camp et al., 2013, 2014, 2017a,b). This latter
region is where I concentrate most of my current research.
Education:
Ph.D. - 1976
- Washington State University
M.S. - 1972
- Miami University
B.S. - 1970
- Marshall University
Geol 600: Tectonomagmatic Evolution
of the Pacific Northwest
Student Thesis:
Masters Theses:
2009 - Michelle Dooley: "Geologic
Mapping and Volcanic Evolution of the Warner Valley, Oregon"
1996 - Bill Hanson: "Volcanic Stratigraphy and Geologic Evolution
of Riverside, Oregon"
Senior Theses:
2016 - Mohammad El-Najjar: "Field
and Petrochemical Description of the Mount Calavera Volcanic Dome,
Carlsbad, California"
2016 - Kendra Carty: "Petrochemistry of the Jacumba Volcanics
at Devils Canyon, west of Ocotillo,California"
2013 - Geogre Zach: "The chemistry and mineralogy of mafic
dikes in the Lookout Mountain-West Point area, Skamania County,
Washington: Feeders fot the basaltic andesite of Elkhorn Mountan?"
2011 - Steven Warner: "Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of mid-Miocene
Volcanoes from the Ancestral Cascades of northeastern California"
2010 - Zachary Hasten: "Tertiary volcanism in the southern
Buffalo Hills, Smoke Creek, Nevada"
2010 - Danny Cornquist: "The Smoke Creek dike swarm, northwestern
Nevada"
2008 - Ryan Sholty: "Petrochemical stratigraphy of Steens
Basalt from Catlow Peak, Oregon"
2007 - Maureen Moses: "Petrochemistry of the Jacumba Volcanics,
Southern California"
2007 - Nicole Garcia: "Physical volcanology and petrochemistry
of a basalt dike, Blizzard Gap, Oregon"
2005 - Dominique Ducote: "A field and petrochemical investigation
of a Tertiary vent, Abert Rim, Oregon"
2003 - Mark Repking: "Major and trace element geochemistry
and petrogenesis of the north-central Pisgah lavafield, Mojave
Desert, California
2003 - Greg Collins: "Flow-emplacement features of the north-central
Pisgah crater lavafield, Mojave Desert, California"
1999 - Josephine Gabriel: "The Genesis of a highly vesiculated
lava found in the San Quintin volcanic field, Mexico"
1999 - Tiffany Hilborn: co-worker with Josephine Gabriel on the
above thesis
1999 - Avi Schwartz: An educational website on the nature of volcanic
eruptions
1999 - Dennise Brooks: co-worker with Avi Schwartz on above thesis
Masters Theses Committee
Member:
2019 - Mark Korte-Nahabedian 2018 - Kemille Green 2018 - Nicole Fenton 2018 - Jennifer Luscombe 2017 - Diane Cheung-Harris
2016 - Marcelo Azevedo
2015 - Nicole Garcia (eng.)
2015 - Ashley Heath
2014 - Brian Rockwell
2014 - Greg Fisch
2014 - Jamie Purcell
2013 - Jason Parizek
2013 - Rachel Errthum
2013 - Jason Parizek
2013 - Will Munson
2012 - Eryn Voyles
2012 - Brian Tillquist
2012 - Tom Colby
2012 - Shane Peterson
2012 - Chris Kohl
2011 - Daniel Heaton
2011 - Adam Kjos
2011 - Nick Godinez
2010 - Holly Olsen
2010 - Lauren Sutton
2010 - Jason Ricketts
2010 - Cassady Bethel-Thompson
2010 - Adam Kjos
2009- Dale Burns
2008- Melanie Biggs
2008 - Jenny Duncan
2006 - Jennifer Perez
2006 - Jody Ebsen
2005 - Jared Marske
2004 - Derek Rector
2003 - Jeffery Marsh
2001 - Gregory Pierce (Art)
2001 - Patrick Garrow
Baker, L.L., Camp, V.E., Reidel, S.P.,
Martin, B.S., Ross, M.E., and Tolan, T.L., 2019, Alteration, mass
analysis, and magmatic compositions of the Sentinel Bluffs Member,
Columbia River flood basalt province: Comment: Geosphere, v. 15, doi:
10.1130/GES02047.1.
Camp, V.E., 2019, Plume-modified mantle flow
in the northern Basin and Range and southern Cascadia back-arc region
since ca. 12 Ma, Geology, v. 7, doi: 10.1130/G46144.1
Al-Amri
A., Mellors R., Harris D., Camp V., Abdelrahman K., 2019, Geothermal
and Volcanic Evaluation of Harrat Rahat, Northwestern Arabian Peninsula
(Saudi Arabia). In: Doronzo D., Schingaro E., Armstrong-Altrin J.,
Zoheir B. (eds) Petrogenesis and Exploration of the Earth’s Interior.
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK
Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer,
Switzerland.
Reidel, S., Tolan, T., and Camp, V., 2018, Columbia
River flood basalt flow emplacement rates—Fast, slow, or variable?, in
Poland, M., Garcia, M., Camp, V., and Grunder, A., eds., Field
Volcanology: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of Don Swanson:
Geological Society of America Special Paper 538, p. 1-19,
https://doi.org/10.1130/2018.2538(01).
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Duncan,
R.A., and Kimbrough, 2017, Uplift, rupture, and rollback of the
Farallon slab reflected in volcanic perturbations along the Yellowstone
adakite hotspot track, Jounral of Geophysical Research, v. 122,
p. 7009-7041, doi:10.1002/2017jB014517.
Camp, V.E., Reidel, S.P., Ross,
M.E., Brown, R.J., and Self, S., 2017, Field-Trip Guide to the
Vents, Dikes, Stratigraphy, and Structure of the Columbia River
Basalt Group, Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington, U.S.
Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 201-5022-N,
88 p., doi.org/10.3133/2016.0014(04).
Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Martin, B.S., Tolan, T.L., and Wolff,
J.A., 2016, The Columbia River Basalt Group of western Idaho and
eastern Washington—Dikes, vents, flows, and tectonics along
the eastern margin of the flood basalt province, in Lewis, R.S.,
and Schmidt, K.L., eds., It is Exploring the Geology of the Inland
Northwest: Geological Society of America Field Guide 41, p. 1–24,
doi:10.1130/2016.0041(04).
Hooper, P.R., Camp, V.E., Reidel,
S.P., and Ross, M.E., 2015, The Columbia River Basalt Province:
Stratigraphy, Petrogenesis, and Tectonic Setting, Cheney, E.,
editor, The Geology of Washington and Beyond: from Laurentia to
Cascadia, University of Washington Press, 350 p.
Camp, V.E., Pierce, K.L., and
Morgan, L.A., 2015, Yellowstone plume trigger for Basin and Range
extension, and dike injection oblique to regional stress along
the Nevada-Columbia Basin magmatic belt: Geosphere, v. 11, no.
11.
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Duncan,
R.A., Jarboe, N.A., Coe, R.C., Hanan, B.B., and Johnson, J.A.,
2013, The Steens Basalt: Earliest lavas of the Columbia River
Basalt Group, in Evolution of the Columbia River Basalt
Group, in Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Wolff,
J.A., Martin, B.S., Tolan, TlL., and Wellsm R.E., editors, The
Columbia River Flood Basalt Province: Geological Society of
America Special Paper 497, p. 87-116.
Camp, V.E., 2013, Origin of the
Columbia River Basalt: Passive rise of shallow mantle, or active
rise of a deep-mantle plume?: in Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E.,
Ross, M.E., Wolff, J.A., Martin, B.S., Tolan, TlL., and Wellsm
R.E., editors, The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province: Geological
Society of America Special Paper 497, p. 181-199.
Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Tolan,
T.L., and Martin, B.S., 2013, The Columbia River Flood-Basalt
Province: stratigraphy, areal extent, volume, and physical volcanology,
in Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Wolff, J.A., Martin,
B.S., Tolan, TlL., and Wellsm R.E., editors, The Columbia River
Flood Basalt Province: Geological Society of America Special
Paper 497, p. 1-43.
Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Tolan,
T., Kaufman, J., and Garwood, D., 2013, Tectonic evolution of
the Columbia River Flood-Basalt Province, in Reidel, S.P.,
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Wolff, J.A., Martin, B.S., Tolan, TlL.,
and Wellsm R.E., editors, The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province:
Geological Society of America Special Paper 497, p. 293-324..
Barry, T.L.,Kelley, S.P., Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Self, S.,
Jarboe, N.A., Duncan, R.A., and Renne, P., 2013, Age of the Columbia
River Basalt Group, in Reidel, S.P., Camp, V.E., Ross,
M.E., Wolff, J.A., Martin, B.S., Tolan, TlL., and Wellsm R.E.,
editors, The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province: Geological
Society of America Special Paper 497, p. 45-66.
Camp, V.E., and Hanan, B.B., 2008,
A Plume-triggered Delamination Origin for the Columbia River Basalt
Group, Geosphere, v. 4, no. 3, p. 480-495.
Hooper, P.R., Camp, V.E., Reidel,
S.P., and Ross, M.E., 2007, Origin of the Columbia River Flood
Basalts: Plume vs. Nonplume Models, inThe Origins
of Melting Anamalies: Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes,
G.R. Foulgar and D.M. Jurdy, editors,Geological Society
of America Special Paper 430, p. 635-668.
Camp, V.E., and Ross, M.E., 2004,
Mantle Dynamics and Genesis of Mafic Magmatsim in the Intermontane
Pacific Northwest, Journal of Geophysical Research,
v. 109, no. B8, B)8204, d.o.i. 10.1029/2003JB2838 [printed 109(B8),
2004].
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., and Hanson,
W., 2003, Genesis of flood basalts and basin-and-range volcanics
from Steens Mountain to the Malheur River Gorge, Oregon, Geological
Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, p.l05-128.
Mellors, R.J., Camp, V.E., Vernon,
F.L., Al-Amri, M.S., and Gharib, A., 1999, Regional waveform propagation
in the Arabian Peninsula, Journal of Geophysical Research,
v. 104, no. B9, p. 20,221-20,235.
Camp, V.E., 1995, Mid-Miocene
propagation of the Yellowstone mantle plume head beneath the Columbia
River basalt source region, Geology, v. 23, no.
5, p. 435-438.
Camp, V.E. and Roobol, M.J., 1992,
Upwelling asthenosphere beneath western Arabia and its regional
implications: Journal of Geophysical Research, v.
97, p. 15,255-15,271.
Camp, V.E., Roobol, M.J., and
Hooper,P.R., 1992, The Arabian continental alkali basalt province:
Part III, Evolution of Harrat Kishb, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104,
p. 379-396.
Camp, V.E., and Roobol, M.J.,
1991, Comment on "Topographic and volcanic asymmetry around
the Red Sea: constraints on Red Sea models", by T.H. Dixon
and others: Tectonics, v. 10, p. 649-652.
Camp, V.E., Roobol, M.J., and
Hooper, P.R., 1991, The Arabian continental alkali basalt province:
Part II, Evolution of Harrats Kura, Khaybar, and Ithnayn, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 103, p. 363-391.
Roobol, M.J., and Camp, V.E.,
1991, Discussion on the structural control of young basaltic fissure
eruptions in the plateau basalt area of the Arabian Plate, northeastern
Jordan, by I. Guba and H. Mustafa: Journal of Volcanology
and Geothermal Research, v. 43, p. 365-366.
Camp, V.E., Roobol, M.J., 1989,
The Arabian continental alkali basalt province: Part I, Evolution
of Harrat Rahat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Geological Society
of America Bulletin, v. 101, p. 71-95.
Camp, V.E., Hooper, P.R., Roobol,
M.J., and White, D.L., 1987, The Madinah historical eruption,
Saudi Arabia: magma mixing and simultaneous extrusion of three
basaltic chemical types, Bulletin of Volcanology,
v.49, p. 489-508.
Stoeser, D. B., and Camp, V. E.,
1985, Pan-African microplate accretion of the Arabian Shield:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 96, p.
817-826.
Camp, V. E., 1984, Island arcs
and their role in the evolution of the western Arabian Shield:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 95, p.
913-921.
Camp, V. E., Jackson, N. J., Ramsay,
C. R., Roobol, M. J., Stoeser D. B., and White, D.L., 1984, Discussion
on the Upper Proterozoic ophiolitic melange zones of the easternmost
Arabian Shield, by A. Al-Shanti and I. G. Gass: Journal
of the Geological Society of London, v. 141, p. 1083-1087.
Tirrul, R., Bell, I. R., Griffis,
R. J., and Camp, V. E., 1983, The Sistan suture zone of eastern
Iran: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.
94, p. 134-150.
Camp, V. E., Hooper, P. R., Swanson,
D. A., and Wright, T. L., 1982, Columbia River Basalt in Idaho:
physical and chemical characteristics, flow distribution, and
tectonic implications, in, Bonnichsen, B. and Breckenridge, R.
N., Eds.: The Cenozoic Geology of Idaho, Idaho Bureau
of Mines and Geology Bulletin 26, p. 55-75.
Camp, V. E., and Griffis, R. J.,
1982, Character, genesis, and tectonic setting of igneous rocks
in the Sistan Suture Zone, eastern Iran: Lithos,
v. 15, p. 221-239.
Camp, V. E., 1981, Upper Miocene
basalt distribution, reflecting source locations, tectonism, and
drainage history in the Clearwater Embayment, Idaho: Geological
Society of America Bulletin, v. 92, p. 669-678.
Camp, V. E., and Hooper, P. R.,
1981, Late Cenozoic evolution of the southeast part of the Columbia
River Basalt Province: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 92, p. 659-668.
Hooper, P. R., and Camp, V. E.,
1981, Deformation of the southeast part of the Columbia Plateau:
Geology, v. 9, p. 323-328.
Camp, V. E., 1974, Mineralogy
and petrology of a contact aureole, Elkhorn District, Montana:
Northwest Geology, v. 4, p. 29-31.
Recent Abstracts:
Camp, V.E., 2019, An alternative model
for bimodal volcanism in the southern Cascadia back-arc region since
~12 Ma, GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting (Portland), Session T13..
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., Duncan,
R.A., and Kimbrough, D.L., 2017, Farallon slab uplift and back-arc
volcanism along the Yellowstone adakite hotspot track, GSA Annual
Meeting (Seattle), v. 49, no. 6, doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-300327.
Camp, V.E., 2016, The Columbia
River Basalt Group: A retrospective of stratigraphic field studies,
leading to current ideas on flood-basalt genesis: GSA Annual Meeting
(Denver), v. 48, no. 56-3, doi:10.1130abs/2016AM-280336.
Reidel, S.P., and Camp, V.E., 2016, Emplacement rates of Columbia
River flood basalt flows - fast, slow or variable: GSA Annual
Meeting (Denver), v. 48, no.56-5, doi:10.1130abs/2016AM-281221.
Mellors, R.J., Camp, V.E., Harris, D., and Al-Amri, A., 2016,
Using seismic networks to explore for geothermal resources in
western Saudi Arabia: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions,
v. 40, p. 24.
Mellors, R.J., Camp, V.E., Harris, D., and Al-Amri, A., 2015,
Investigating potential geothermal resources in western Saudi
Arabia: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 39, p. 17.
Kimbrough, D.L., and Camp, V.E., 2014, Middle Miocene high-magnesium
andestie and high-silica adakite in the Jacumba volcanics and
Alverson formation of San /Diego and Imperial Counties, California:
GSA Annual meeting (Vancouver), Abstracts with Programs, Paper
343-13.
Camp, V.E. Ross, M.E., Duncan,
R.A., and Kimbrough, D.L., 2014, Early Manifestation of Yellowstone
hotspot volcanism along a northeast-trending, 280-km-long lithospheric
discontinuity, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, p. 93.
Camp, V.E., 2013, Yellowstone
plume catalyst for Basin and Range extension, Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, v.
45, p. 56.
Camp, V.E., 2011, Was mid-Miocene
extension in the Northern Basin and Range a product of plume impingement,
plate reorganization, or both?, GSA Cordilleran-Rocky Mountain
Joint Section meeting, v. 43, no. 4 , Abs. 2-8, p.4
Warner, S.J., and Camp, V.E.,
2011, Geochemistry and petrogenesis of mid-Miocene volcanoes from
the ancestral Cascades of northeastern California, GSA Cordilleran-Rocky
Mountain Joint Section meeting, v. 43, no. 4, Abs. 19-8.
Hasten, Z., and Camp, V.E., 2010,
Tertiary Volcanism in the southern Buffalo Hills, Smoke Creek,
Nevada, GSA Cordilleran Section meeting, v. 42, no. 4, Abs. 173679.
Cornquist, D. and Camp, V.E.,
2010, The Smoke Creek dike swarm, northwestern Nevada, GSA Cordilleran
Section meeting, v. 42, no. 4, Abs. 173702.
Camp, V.E., 2009, Mid-Miocene
emplacement of the Yellowstone mantle plume in the Cascadia back-arc
region, GSA Annual meeting - Keynote Pardee Symposium, v. 41,
p. 571 (invited)
Camp, V. E., and Ross, M.E., 2009,
Regional synthesis of Steens Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group,
GSA Annual meeting, v. 41, p. 225.
Camp, V.E. and Hanan, B.B., 2008,
Derivation of the Columbia River Flood Basalts by plume emplacement
and delamination against the cratonic margin of North America,
Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia,
p. A132.
Camp, V.E., 2007, Is the uplift
and tectonic history of the Blue Mountains, Oregon, consistent
with a model of plume-induced delamination?, GSA Annual
meeting, v. 39, No. 6, Abstract 125802.
Camp, V.E. and Hanan, B.B., 2007,
Melting of Columbia River flood basalt source components by delamination
above the Yellowstone mantle-plume head, GSA Annual meeting,
v. 39, No. 6, Abstract 125796 (invited).
Ross, M.E. and Camp, V.E., 2007,
Pillows formed by the injection of lava into the crystal mush
of a thin Steens basalt flow, GSA Annual meeting,
v. 39, No. 6, Abstract 125294.
Camp, V.E. and Hanan, B.B., 2007, A mantle-plume trigger for delamination
beneath the source region of the Columbia River Flood Basalt Province,
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics -
Perugia, Italy.
Dooley, M. and Camp, V.E., 2007,
Preliminary geologic mapping and petrochemistry stratigraphy of
the Warner Valley, Oregon, GSA Cordilleran Section
meeting, No. 4-4.
Garcia, N. and Camp, V.E., 2007,
Dike emplacement and geochemistry of a high-alumina olivine tholeiite,
Blizzard Gap, Oregon, GSA Cordilleran Section meeting,
No. 30-5.
Camp, V.E., 2006, Overview: Birth of the Snake River Plain, Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
V43D-01 (invited).
Camp, V.E. and Hanan, B.B., 2006,
Did the Nascent Yellowstone Plume Interact with the Juan de Fuca
Plate?, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract V51D
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., and Hooper, 2005, The Great Volcanic Outburst
Initiating the Yellowstone Hotspot, Geological Society of
America Abs. with Programs, A84-2, p. 201 (invited
paper).
Camp, V.E., Hooper, P.R., and
Ross, M.E., 2005, The calc-alkaline paradox of the inland Pacific
Northwest, Goldschmidt Conference (invited paper),
Moscow, Idaho, p. A138.
Camp, V.E., Orihashi, Y., and
Ross, M.E., 2004, Radial volcanic migrations above continental
hotspots: examples from Arabia and the Pacific Northwest, Am.
Geophs. Union, Mantle Plume Session 54-2, p. 135.
Camp, V.E., and Ross, M.E., 2004,
A two-stage spreading model for the Yellowstone mantle plume head,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with programs,
Yellowstone hostpot symposium, vol. 36, no. 4, A44-10, p. 97.
Camp, V. E. and Ross, M.E., 2003,
Extending the CRB Province into southeastern Oregon: A reevaluation
of flood- basalt volume, effusion rates, regional correlations,
and volcanic migrations, Geological Society of America Abstracts
with programs, Topical Session 134, v. 34, no. 7, p. A135.
Camp, V.E., and Ross, M.E., 2002,
Regional geology of flood basalts and Basin-and-Range volcanic
rocks north of Steens Mountain, Oregon, Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, p. A38.
Camp, V.E., and Ross, M.E., 2000,
Mapping the Steens-Columbia River Basalt Connection: Implications
for the extent, volume, and magma supply rate of CRB volcanism,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Annual meeting, Reno, Vol. 32, No. 7.
Camp, V.E., Ross, M.E., and Hanson,
W., 2000, Volcanic Stratigraphy of the middle and south forks
of the Malheur River Gorge, eastern Oregon, Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, Cordilleran Section,
v. 32, no. 6, p. A7.
Mellors, R.J., Camp, V.E., Vernon,
F.L.,1998, Regoinal waveform propagation in the Saudi Arabian
Peninsula: Anomalous mantle under the Arabian Shield?, EOS, Transactions,
American Geophysical Union, special section: Seismic Structure
and Tectonics of Africa, v. 79, p. F581.
Camp, V.E. and Ross, M.E., 1998,
Petrochemical variation and regional correlation of the Steens
basalts and related rocks north of Steens Mountain, Oregon, Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Cordilleran
Section, v. 30, p. 8.
Hanson, W., Camp, V.E., and Pyle,
D., 1998, volcanotectonic and paleodrainage history of Riverside,
Oregon, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Cordilleran Section, v. 30, p. 17.
Roobol, J.R., and Camp, V.E.,
1997, Propagation of giant basaltic lava flows across a low-angle
surface as chains of rootless shield volcanoes — the "whaleback"
lava flows of Harrat Khaybar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chapman
Conference on Long Lava Flows, James Cook University,
North Queensland, Townsville, Australia.
Maps and explanatory text:
Dooley, M.M., Camp, V.E., and
McClaughry, J.D., 2009, Geologic Map of the Southern Warner Valley,
Lake County, Oregon, Department of Oregon Geology and Mineral
Industries Open-File Report O-XX-XX, 1:48,000-scale, funded in
part by the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
EDMAP award 06HQAG0093.
Camp, V.E. and Ross, M.E., 2003,
Geologic maps of the Juntura, Selle Gap, Winnemucca Creek, Mosquito
Mountain, Dunnean, McEwen Butte, Circle Bar, and Venator quadrangles
(eastern Oregon), 1:24,000 scale. These are unpublished maps that
have been compiled by the Department of Oregon Geology and Mineral
Industries, as part of their eastern Oregon 1:100,000-scale map
series.
Reidel, S.P., Hooper, P.R., Webster,
G.W., and Camp, V.E., 1992, Geologic map of southeastern Asotin
County, Washington: Washington State Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Geologic
Map GM-40, 1:48,000 scale.
Camp, V.E., and Roobol, M.J.,
1991, Geologic map of the Cenozoic Harrat Rahat lava field and
the adjacent Red Sea coast (with text): Saudi Arabian Deputy
Ministry for Mineral Resources, Geoscience Map GM-130,
1:250,000 scale, 101 p., 17 Figs, 10 Tables, 1 Appendix, 1 Plate.
Roobol, M.J., and Camp, V.E.,
1991, Geologic map of the Cenozoic Harrats Khaybar, Ithnayn, and
Kura (with text): Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral
Resources, Geosience Map GM-131, 1:250,000 scale, 76p.,
19 Figs., 5 Tables, 1 Appendix, 1 Plate.
Roobol, M.J., and Camp, V.E.,
1991, Geologic map of the Cenozoic Harrat Kishb volcanic field
(with text): Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources,
Geoscience Map GM-132 1:250,000 scale, 63p., 14 Figs., 5 Tables,
1 Appendix, 1 Plate.
Camp, V. E., 1989, Geology of
the Jabal Subh quadrangle, sheet 23/39A, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(with text): Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources,
Geoscience Map, 1:100,000 scale, Open-file Report DGMR-OF-05-24,
40 p.
Tirrul, R., Griffis, R. J., Camp,
V. E., Johns, G., Willoughby, N., and Bell, I. R., 1989, Reconnaissance
geology of the Zabol quadrangle (with text): Geological
and Mineral Survey of Iran, 1:250,000 scale (also includes
six sheets at 1:100,000 scale).
Bell, I. R., Griffis, R. J., Camp,
V. E., Johns, G., Lowmans, R., Willoughby, N., and Tirrul, R.,
1989, Reconnaissance geology of the Sefidabeh quadrangle (with
text): Geological and Mineral Survey of Iran, 1:250,000
scale (also includes four sheets at 1:100,000 scale).
Camp, V. E., 1986, Geology of
the Umm al Birak quadrangle, sheet 23D, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(with text): Saudi Arabian Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources,
Geoscience Map GM-87 1:250,000 scale, 40 p., 8 Fig., 4 Tables,
1 Appendix, 2 Plates.
Hooper, P. R., Webster, G. D.,
and Camp, V. E., 1985, Geologic map of the Clarkston 15 Minute
quadrangle, Washington and Idaho: Washington State Department
of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources,
Geologic Map GM-31, 1:48,000 scale.
Camp, V. E., 1981, Reconnaissance
geological map of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Pullman, Hamilton,
Grangeville, and Elk City quadrangles, west-central Idaho: In,
Swanson and others, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Columbia
River Basalt Group, northern Oregon and western Idaho: U.S.
Geological Survey, Open-file Report 81-797, 1:250,000
scale.
Swanson, D. A., Wright, T. L.,
Camp, V. E., Gardner, J. N., Helz, R. T., Price, S. M., Reidel,
S. P., and Ross, M., 1980, Reconnaissance geologic map of the
Pullman and Walla Walla quadrangles, southeast Washington and
adjacent Idaho: U.S. Geologcal Survey, Geologic
Map I-1139, 1:250,000 scale.
Research
Interests -- My main
field of research is in volcanology and petrology, with a specific
focus on the tectonomagmatic evolution of continental volcanic
terrains. Field mapping and the development of coherent volcanic
stratigraphies is an essential first step in deciphering the
genesis of such terrains, along with laboratory support incorporating
major- and trace-element geochemistry, paleomagmatism, and isotopic
dating. I have successfully used this interdisciplinary approach
in regional studies to develop a variety of working models for
volcanic terrains in Iran, Arabia, and in the Pacific Northwest,
for example: (1) ocean closure along a Mesozoic continental suture
zone in the Neo-Tethyan belt of eastern Iran (e.g., Camp and
Griffis, 1982; Tirrul et al., 1983), (2) terrane accretion in
the early Proterzoic mobile belts of the Arabian shield (e.g.,
Camp, 1984; Stoeser and Camp, 1985), (3) mantle upwelling in
the Cenozoic harrat volcanic province of western Saudi Arabia
(e.g., Camp et al., 1989; Camp and Roobol, 1991, 1992a, 1992b),
and (4) plume emplacement in the Columbia River Basalt province
and the northern Basin and Range (e.g., Camp, 1995; Camp et al.,
2003; Camp and Ross, 2004; Hooper et al., 2007; Camp and Hanan,
2008; Camp, 2013, 2015, 2019; Reidel et al., 2016, 2018; Camp et al., 2013, 2014, 2017a,b). This latter
region is where I concentrate most of my current research.