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. Dietz was well known for his advocacy of continental drift and for the term "sea-floor spreading," which he coined. 1936.

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• Dietz, Robert S. (Robert Sinclair), 1914-1995

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