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Description
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.
Photographer
Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas
Display Date
1964 May 20
Category
Voyage to Inner Space
NOAA Affiliation
NOS