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American geophysicist and oceanographer (1914–1995)

Robert Sinclair Dietz (September 14, 1914 – May 19, 1995) was an American 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 1960–1961.

While at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography he observed the nature of the Emperor chain of seamounts that extended from the northwest end of the Hawaiian Island–Midway chain and speculated over lunch with Robert Fisher in 1953 that something must be carrying these old volcanic mountains northward like a conveyor belt.^[2]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Westfield, New Jersey, Dietz graduated in 1932 from Westfield High School.^[3]

Career

In later work he became interested in meteoriteimpacts, was the first