The University of Toledo

Associate Professor

Research and Teaching Interests:

• Invertebrate Paleontology/Paleoecology
• Non-marine Mollusca
• History of the Building Stone and Clay Minerals Industry
• History of Geology

(419) 530-2398 | mark.camp@utoledo.edu

Early years involved working with Pleistocene non-marine Mollusca from marl deposits of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Interested in the ecological relationships of mollusks and other freshwater organisms. In the process, a substantial reference collection of Pleistocene Mollusca has been built. A typical study would involve pit excavation of stratigraphic sections and systematic collection of continuous stratigraphic columns (extent of sections dependent on water table) and analysis of fauna and containing sediment.

More recent work involves description and tabulation of the use of building stones and bricks in Ohio and surrounding states and the history of quarrying and the clay industry within this region.

• EEES 1010 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY [3 hours]
  Introduction to classification and origins of rocks and minerals, surficial processes and landscape development, groundwater and other natural resources, geologic structures, earthquakes and the earth's interior, plate tectonics, and geologic time.
   
• EEES 2230 EARTH HISTORY: HISTORICAL GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY [3 hours]
  The morphology and paleoecology of fossil taxa, significant strata, and tectonic events important to the interpretation of paleoenvironments and Earth history are stressed. Includes weekend field trip.
   
• EEES 3000: GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS [3 hours]
  Study of regional geology of the U.S., focusing on national parks and monuments with the aim of furthering the student's geological knowledge and encouraging visitation as a tourist. Includes field trip.
   
• EEES 3220: EARTH MATERIALS II: SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY & STRATIGRAPHY [3 hours]
  Megascopic description of sediments and sedimentary rocks, including their characteristics, classification and diagenesis; introduction to depositional processes and environments of sediments, and stratigraphic relationships of sedimentary rocks.
   
• EEES 4150: EVOLUTION [3 hours]
  The modern theory of evolution presented within a framework of theoretical genetics and population biology; paleontology, phylogeny and evolution of significant fossil taxa.
   
• EEES 4980: SPECIAL TOPICS: ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE [1 - 4 hours]
  An advanced undergraduate course covering some aspect of the environmental sciences not covered in the formal upper-division undergraduate curriculum. Student may repeat the course for different topics. This includes 7-14 day field excursions usually held before classes begin in the Fall.
   
• EEES 5150/7150: ORGANIC EVOLUTION [3 hours]
  The modern theory of evolution presented within a framework of theoretical genetics and population biology, paleontology, and the evolution of significant fossil taxa.
   
• EEES 6980/8980 SPECIAL TOPICS [1-4 hours]
  A graduate course covering some aspect of the environmental sciences not covered in the formal graduate curriculum. This includes 7-14 day field excursions usually held before classes begin in the Fall.