| David S. Powars | |
| Fields: | Geology |
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| Known For: | principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.[1] |
| Awards: | Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions to science in Virginia. |
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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]
He received the Virginia Museum of Natural History’s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions to science in Virginia.