David S. Powars
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David S. Powars's Degrees
- PhD Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, David S. Powars is a Research Geologist with the United States Geological Survey at the Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, in Reston, Virginia. He is credited as a principal discoverer of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater. He is the task leader of geological investigation of Coastal Plain deposits in Chesapeake Bay Region .
David S. Powars's Published Works
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- Meteoroid mayhem in Ole Virginny: source of the North American tektite strewn field (1994) (120)
- An Appalachian Amazon? Magnetofossil evidence for the development of a tropical river-like system in the mid-Atlantic United States during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (2009) (87)
- Earthquake-induced liquefaction features in the coastal setting of South Carolina and in the fluvial setting of the New Madrid seismic zone (1990) (87)
- Calcareous nannofossil assemblage changes across the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from a shelf setting (2012) (82)
- Ground-water discharge and base-flow nitrate loads of nontidal streams, and their relation to a hydrogeomorphic classification of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, middle Atlantic Coast (1998) (79)
- The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geological framework and correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia (1999) (78)
- Deep Drilling into the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure (2008) (70)
- Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612 bolide event: New evidence of a late Eocene impact-wave deposit and a possible impact site, U.S. east coast (1992) (69)
- Geological map and generalized cross sections of the coastal plain and adjacent parts of the Piedmont, Virginia (1989) (66)
- The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geologic framework and the correlation of hydrogeologic units of southeastern Virginia, south of the James River (2000) (49)
- Preliminary estimates of residence times and apparent ages of ground water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and water-quality data from a survey of springs (1998) (39)
- Shallow marine response to global climate change during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum, Salisbury Embayment, USA (2017) (36)
- Studies of the chesapeake bay impact structure : Introduction and discussion (2005) (29)
- Cape May site report (1997) (27)
- Studies of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure : the USGS-NASA Langley corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and related coreholes and geophysical surveys (2005) (24)
- Impact disruption and recovery of the deep subsurface biosphere. (2012) (24)
- Surficial geologic map of central and southern New Jersey (2000) (24)
- Miocene stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland (2015) (23)
- Impact effects and regional tectonic insights: Backstripping the Chesapeake Bay impact structure (2008) (23)
- Impact Damage to Dinocysts from the Late Eocene Chesapeake Bay Event (2003) (23)
- Recent research on the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Impact debris and reworked ejecta (2005) (21)
- Integrated sequence stratigraphy of the postimpact sediments from the Eyreville core holes, Chesapeake Bay impact structure inner basin (2009) (21)
- Pore-water chemistry from the ICDP-USGS core hole in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure—Implications for paleohydrology, microbial habitat, and water resources (2009) (19)
- Anatomy of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure revealed by seismic imaging, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA (2008) (18)
- Geologic columns for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A and B cores, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Sediment-clast breccias, 1096 to 444 m depth (2009) (16)
- Comparison of clast frequency and size in the resurge deposits at the Chesapeake Bay impact structure (Eyreville A and Langley cores): Clues to the resurge process (2009) (16)
- Origin and emplacement of impactites in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA (2007) (16)
- Postimpact deformation associated with the late Eocene Chesapeake Bay impact structure in southeastern Virginia (1998) (15)
- Physical stratigraphy of the upper eocene to quaternary postimpact section in the USGS-NASA langley core, Hampton, Virginia (2005) (15)
- Drilling the central crater of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: A first look (2004) (14)
- Microbial abundance in the deep subsurface of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater: Relationship to lithology and impact processes (2009) (14)
- Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Morphology, crater fill, and relevance for impact structures on Mars (2006) (13)
- Postimpact deposition in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Variations in eustasy, compaction, sediment supply, and passive-aggressive tectonism (2009) (13)
- Geologic map of the Fredericksburg 30' x 60' quadrangle, Virginia and Maryland (2000) (13)
- Rock-avalanche and ocean-resurge deposits in the late Eocene Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Evidence from the ICDP-USGS Eyreville cores, Virginia, USA (2009) (12)
- Geologic columns for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A and C cores, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Postimpact sediments, 444 to 0 m depth (2009) (10)
- Surficial geologic map of New Jersey; southern sheet (1995) (8)
- Hydrogeologic setting and potential for denitrification in ground water, coastal plain of southern Maryland (2000) (8)
- Petrographic observations on the Exmore breccia, ICDP-USGS drilling at Eyreville, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USA (2009) (8)
- Cenozoic stratigraphy and structure of the Chesapeake Bay region (2015) (8)
- Inside the crater, outside the crater: Stratigraphic details of the margin of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA (2010) (8)
- HOLOCENE AND LATE PLEISTOCENE(? ) EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SAND BLOWS IN COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. (1986) (8)
- Site Report for USGS Test Holes Drilled at Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, in 2004 (2007) (7)
- Stafford fault system: 120 million year fault movement history of northern Virginia (2015) (6)
- Geologic Map of the Stafford Quadrangle, Stafford County, Virginia (2005) (6)
- The significance of dinoflagellates in the Miocene Choptank Formation beneath the Midlothian gravels in the southeastern Virginia Piedmont (2018) (6)
- Chesapeake Bay impact structure—Development of "brim" sedimentation in a multilayered marine target (2018) (6)
- High-resolution seismic-reflection images across the ICDP-USGS Eyreville deep drilling site, Chesapeake Bay impact structure (2009) (5)
- Recent Research in the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, USA --- Part 1. Structure of the Western Annular Trough and Interpretation of Multiple Collapse Structures (2003) (5)
- Geologic map of the Washington West 30’ × 60’ quadrangle, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. (2017) (4)
- Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Chesapeake Bay Region, Virginia and Maryland: Chesapeake Bay Region, Virginia and Maryland, July 15 - July 17 (1991) (4)
- Distribution, volume, and depositional origin of Upper Eocene bolide-generated sediments along the U. S. East Coast (1992) (4)
- Preliminary site report for the 2005 ICDP-USGS deep corehole in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater (2006) (4)
- Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater: Seismostratigraphy and Lithostratigraphy of Displaced Sedimentary Megablocks (2002) (3)
- High-resolution seismic reflection/refraction images near the outer margin of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, York-James Peninsula, southeastern Virginia (2001) (3)
- Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 612 bolide event: New evidence of a late Eocene impact-wave deposit and a possible impact site, U.S. east coast: Comment and Reply (1993) (3)
- Integrated stratigraphy of a shallow marine Paleocene-Eocene boundary section, MCBR cores, Maryland (USA) (2013) (3)
- High-resolution seismic-reflection image of the chesapeake bay impact structure, NASA langley research center, Hampton, Virginia (2005) (2)
- Supplemental materials for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A, B, and C core holes, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Core-box photographs, coring-run tables, and depth-conversion files (2009) (2)
- Preliminary lithologic log for a stratigraphic corehole on Horn Island, Mississippi Sound (1994) (2)
- Preliminary physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and geophysical data of the USGS South Dover Bridge Core, Talbot County, Maryland (2012) (2)
- Integrated Geologic, Hydrologic, and Geophysical Investigations of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia, USA: A Multi-Agency Program (2001) (1)
- Recent Research in the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater, USA --- Part 2. Reworked Ejecta and Impact Debris (2003) (1)
- Geologic map of the Supply quadrangle, Caroline and Essex Counties, Virginia (1996) (1)
- Miocene Calvert and Choptank Formations in Inner Coastal Plain of Virginia: A Record of Marine Onlap and Late Cenozoic Deformation: ABSTRACT (1985) (1)
- THE DINOCYSTS OF THE MORAN LANDING CORE, CALVERT CLIFFS, MARYLAND: NEW EVIDENCE FOR A HIGH-ANGLE REVERSE FAULT AFFECTING MIOCENE STRATA (2020) (1)
- Stratigraphy and geophysical logs from a corehole drilled to bedrock at Robins Point, J-Field, Edgewood area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (1997) (1)
- An Expanded Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Eastern Virginia: New Corehole and Geophysical Data (2002) (1)
- The PETM in the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: A widespread record of unique climate signatures in shallow-shelf Marlboro Clay (2009) (1)
- INVESTIGATING FAULTED TERRACE DEPOSITS AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL ZOO, WASHINGTON, D.C (2017) (0)
- Chesapeake Bay impact structure: A blast from the past (2015) (0)
- Post-Impact Sedimentation of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Local and Regional Effects (2007) (0)
- VARIABILITY OF LITHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM ACROSS THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA COASTAL PLAIN: FROM RAPID BURIAL TO EROSIONAL TRUNCATION (2016) (0)
- COASTAL PLAIN FAULTS WITHIN WASHINGTON EAST 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE (2017) (0)
- (Table S1) Qualitative and semi-quantitative abundance of magnetic particles in Paleocene-Eocene sediments (2014) (0)
- Anatomy of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure from seismic, geophysical, and borehole data along the Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA (2006) (0)
- The Chesapeake Bay impact structure (2015) (0)
- MIOCENE TO QUATERNARY PALEOCHANNELS OF WASHINGTON D.C. - STRUCTUAL INFLUENCES, GEOMORPHIC AND HYDROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES (2016) (0)
- 150X_Initial Reports Supplement (1997) (0)
- Detailed sections from auger holes in the Bowling Green, Penola, Sparta, and Supply quadrangles, Virginia (1993) (0)
- Comparison between two middle to outer neritic PETM sections: South Dover Bridge and Mattawoman Creek Billingsley Road cores, Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA (2014) (0)
- INSTANT:A New International Array to Measure the Indonesian Throughflow (2004) (0)
- Palynostratigraphy of Cretaceous and Quaternary strata in the Robins Point corehole, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Harford County, Maryland (1997) (0)
- FUN FACTS FROM THE WASHINGTON EAST 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE (2018) (0)
- Geophysics and Deep Coreholes Reveal Anatomy and Complex Infilling of the Central Crater, Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, U.S.A (2008) (0)
- THE BASAL CALVERT FORMATION: MISSING ZONES, REWORKED DINOCYSTS, PALEOCHANNELS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN MARGIN (2016) (0)
- Geologic Constraints on Modeling of Complex-Crater Collapse: Data from the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure, Virginia (2002) (0)
- Oceanic Bolide Impacts: Deformation Characteristics and Petroleum Potential: ABSTRACT (1994) (0)
- High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Images Spanning the 1.76-km-Deep ICDP-USGS Eyreville Coreholes Within the Moat of the Chesapeake Impact Structure (2008) (0)
- Chemistry of the Marlboro Clay in Virginia and Implications for the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (2017) (0)
- Multi-directional Block and Breccia Emplacement in the Moat of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Revealed by High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Surveys near the 1.76-km-deep, ICDP-USGS Eyreville Corehole (2007) (0)
- IGC Field Trip T216: Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Chesapeake Bay Region, Virginia and Maryland (2013) (0)
- MIOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE PALEOCHANNELS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: REGRESSIVE LOWSTAND CONDUITS AND TRANSGRESSIVE HIGHSTAND INFILLING (2012) (0)
- ’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs Preliminary site report for the 2005 ICDP-USGS deep corehole in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater Conference or Workshop Item (2018) (0)
- 1. CAPE MAY SITE REPORT1 (1997) (0)
- Preliminary report on the USGS-NASA Langley Corehole -- the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater Project: A. Operational summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia. B. Preliminary geologic summary for the USGS -- NASA Langley Corehol, Hampton, Virginia (2001) (0)
- STAFFORD FAULT SYSTEM: INVESTIGATING PALEOSEISMICITY IN VIRGINIA (2012) (0)
- GEOLOGIC MAP AND COMPOSITE AEROMAGNETIC/GRAVITY ANOMALY MAP OF PRE-CRETACEOUS ROCKS BENEATH THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, VA TO SOUTHERN NJ (2018) (0)
- High-Resolution Seismic Imaging of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Inner Crater Rim Stratigraphy (2004) (0)
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