David S. Powars

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

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

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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.[ citation needed ]

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. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.


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