- Robert S. Dietz
Robert Sinclair Dietz (
September 14 ,1914 –May 19 ,1995 ) was Professor ofGeology atArizona State University . Dietz was ageophysicist andoceanographer who conducted pioneering research along withHarry Hess concerningseafloor spreading as early as 1960 - 1961. While at theScripps 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.ref|UCSDIn later work he became interested in
meteorite impacts, was the first to recognize theSudbury Basin as an ancientimpact event , and discovered a number of other impact craters. He received theBarringer Medal in 1985.elected publications
*Dietz, Robert S. "Earth, Sea, and Sky: Life and Times of a Journeyman Geologist." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science 22 (1994), 1-32.
*Dietz, Robert S., "In Defense of Drift," The Sciences, vol. 23, Nov.-Dec. 1983, p. 26.
*Dietz, Robert S., "Sudbury Structure as an Astrobleme", University of Chicago, 1964
*Dietz, Robert S. and scientific illustratorJohn C. Holden , "Creation/Evolution Satiricon: Creationism Bashed", Winthrop, WA: Bookmaker, 1987References
# [http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/archives/siohstry/dietz-biog.html Biography from USCD]
# [http://geowords.com/histbooknetscape/g02.htm Dietz and Hess]
# [http://geology.asu.edu/resources/museum/museum.html Dietz Museum of Geology] at ASU
# [http://geology.asu.edu/resources/museum/dietz.html Biography] from ASU
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