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The great marine geologist Robert Dietz who spent the last seventeen years ofhis federal career with the C&GS; and NOAA

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The great marine geologist Robert Dietz who spent the last seventeen years ofhis federal career with the C&GS; and NOAA. He coined the term seafloorspreading and was noted as being a pioneer in the study of astroblemes, ancientmeteorite craters.

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1963

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NOAA People

Coast & Geodetic Survey