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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:16:32.116586'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/david-powars
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: dspowars@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - earth history
   - earth structure
   - crust (earth)
   - geologic history
   - geologic structure
   - lithostratigraphy
   - rocks and deposits
   - sedimentary rocks
   - stratigraphy
   - unconsolidated deposits
   - erosion
   - fracture (geologic)
   - subsidence
   - sedimentation
   - saltwater intrusion
   - sediment transport
   - earthquake occurrences
   - impact cratering
   - tsunamis
   - core analysis
   - field methods
   - geographic information systems
   - photography
   - remote sensing
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - David Powars is a Scientist Emeritus at the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center.
   name: David Powars
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: null
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/florence-bascom-geoscience-center
   organization_name: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
   personal_statement: "USGS Research Geologist: Geology and Paleoclimate Science\
     \ Center, Reston VA.  Presently task leader of geological investigation of Coastal\
     \ Plain (CP) deposits in Chesapeake Bay Region (as part of the Atlantic  Watershed\
     \ Project).  Subsurface and surficial geological mapper.  Focuses on delineating\
     \ the stratigraphic and structural framework and geological history of the Cretaceous\
     \ and Tertiary of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain New Jersey to Virginia. As\
     \ principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater received Virginia\
     \ Museum of Natural History\u2019s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions\
     \ to science in Virginia. Working on mid-Atlantic Paleochannels, the PETM, andCPseismicity."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Scientist Emeritus