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	Victor E. Camp Lecturer Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego, CA 92182-1020 Office: GMCS-228k Phone: 619.594.7170 Fax: 619.594.4372 Email \| Courses \| Website How Volcanoes Work Website
Education: Ph.D. - 1976 - Washington State University M.S. - 1972 - Miami University B.S. - 1970 - Marshall University
Research Interests: Volcanology Tectonomagmatic evolution of continental volcanic terrains Field mapping and the development of coherent volcanic stratigraphies
Research Projects: Plume emplacement in the Columbia River Basalt province and the northern Basin and Range Mantle upwelling in the Cenozoic harrat volcanic province of western Saudi Arabia Terrane accretion in the early Proterzoic mobile belts of the Arabian shield Ocean closure along a Mesozoic continental suture zone in the Neo-Tethyan belt of eastern Iran
Selected Publications: Camp, V.E., and Hanan, B.B, 2008, A plume-triggered delamination origin for the Columbia River Basalt Group, Geosphere; June 2008; v. 4; no. 3; p. 480–495; doi: 10.1130/GES00175.1. 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 SteensMountain to the Malheur River Gorge, Oregon, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, p.l05-128.

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