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. 1.0 1.1 ""Deep Impact" in Chesapeake Bay". USGS Press Release. Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "David Powars". USGS Professional Pages. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

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