biography
| name: |
Dietz, Robert Sinclair
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pronunciation:
[deets]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1914– )
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| biography:
| Geophysicist, born in Westfield, New Jersey, USA. He served as oceanographer for various institutions (1937–77) before becoming a geology professor at Arizona State University (1977). A pioneer in the field of plate tectonics, he also contributed to studies of the mineralogy of meteorite craters and the ocean floor. |
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