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- 1 2 Recipients of the 2006 John Wesley Powell Award, USGS news release
- ↑ USGS Honors Dr. Walter J. Arabasz of the University of Utah with John Wesley Powell Award, USGS news release, October 18, 2007
- ↑ "Caltrans News". www.dot.ca.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- 1 2 Science Features - John Wesley Powell Award USGS news release, September 17, 2009
- ↑ "Yellowstone Expert Gets Big Honor". University of Utah. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "USGS Honor Awards Ceremony" (PDF).