David S. Powars

David S. Powars
Fields Geology
Known for principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.[1][2]
Notable awards Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions to science in Virginia.

David S. Powars is a Research Geologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, in Reston, Virginia.[2]

He is credited as a principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.[1][2] He is the task leader of geological investigation of Coastal Plain (CP) deposits in Chesapeake Bay Region (as part of the Atlantic Watershed Project).[2]

Awards

He received the Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions to science in Virginia.

References

  1. 1 2 ""Deep Impact" in Chesapeake Bay". USGS Press Release. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "David Powars". USGS Professional Pages. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

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