Charles L. Powell, II
Chuck’s USGS career started in 1981 working in the Alaska Branch with
the famous Alaskan geologist Dave Hopkins. In 1982 he join the Branch of
Paleontology and Stratigraphy where he stayed until its demise in the
reorganization of 1994. Since that time he has worked for the Western Region
Geologic Mapping Team.
Chuck specializes in northeastern Pacific (Alaska to Mexico) Tertiary and
Quaternary molluscan faunas, although he also works with brachiopods,
arthropods, and echinoderms. He received his undergraduate education at
Fullerton College, California State University, Fullerton, and San Jose State
University, and his M.S. at San Jose State University (CA).
Current Projects
Significant Products
Work in Progress
- Powell, C. L., II, in preparation
- The Purisima Formation and related rocks (upper Miocene – Pliocene),
greater San Francisco Bay area, central California: Review of California
Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles County Museum, Invertebrate Paleontology
section, and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley,
collections.
- Powell, C. L., II, in preparation
- Age and paleoenvironmental significance of mega-invertebrate fossils from
the “San Pedro” Formation in the Coyote Hills, Orange County,
southern California.
- Powell, C. L., II, Ponti, D., and Lajoie, K., in
preparation
- Quaternary molluscan biostratigraphy of marine deposits in the western Los
Angeles Basin, southern California.
To Contact
U.S. Geological Survey
345 Middlefield Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
FAX: (650) 329-4936
E-mail: cpowell@usgs.gov