Martin Goldhaber Jill Baron 2011 The Powell Center provides an environment for cross-disciplinary scientific collaboration. The Center expands U.S. Geological Survey earth system science synthesis research activities by fostering the innovation that results from accumulated knowledge, constructive errors, and the "information spillover" that emerges from collaborative settings. Working Groups at the Powell Center use existing data to produce new knowledge.. application/pdf 10.3133/fs20113066 en U.S. Geological Survey The John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis reports