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  1. Robert Sinclair Dietz (September 14, 1914 – May 19, 1995) was a scientist with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Dietz, born in Westfield, New Jersey, [1] was a marine geologist, geophysicist and oceanographer who conducted pioneering research along with Harry Hammond Hess concerning seafloor spreading, published as early as 1960 ...

  2. May 15, 2024 · Robert S. Dietz (born Sept. 14, 1914, Westfield, N.J., U.S.—died May 19, 1995, Tempe, Ariz.) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer who set forth a theory of seafloor spreading in 1961. Dietz was educated at the University of Illinois (B.S., 1937; M.S., 1939; Ph.D., 1941).

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  3. Robert S. Dietz was an American Geologist who was known for his substantial contributions to and for the promotion of Theory of Plate Tectonics. Dietz was born in Westfield, NJ on September 14, 1941 and died in Tempe, Arizona in 1995.

  4. May 12, 2021 · Robert S. Dietz (1914-1995) was a geophysicist and oceanographer who served as an adjunct professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1950-1963, coincident with his service at the Naval Electronics Laboratory.

  5. Robert Sinclair Dietz was a very independent thinker characterized by his colleagues as one of the foremost geologists of his generation, and characterized by historians as one of the modern proponents of catastrophism.

  6. Robert (Bob) Sinclair Dietz was born on 14 September 1914 in Westfield, New Jersey, USA. His father, Louis, was a civil engi-neer who struggled to provide for his family during the Great Depression.

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  8. Jan 1, 1998 · Though more widely known for his contributions to marine geology and to the development of the theory of plate tectonics, Robert S. Dietz (1914-1995) made important scientific contributions to...