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Dr. Robert Dietz of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discussing scientific findings of the International Indian Ocean Expedition on board the USC&GS; Ship PIONEER at Colombo, Ceylon. Dr. Dietz coined the term sea-floor spreading afew years earlier to describe the process of seafloor accretion at activeoceanic ridges. (Image credit: Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas)