Marie Tharp
Marie Tharp (July 30, 1920 – August 23, 2006) was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. In the 1950s, she collaborated with geologist Bruce Heezen to produce the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom.Tharp's discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge caused a paradigm shift in earth science that led to the acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Hill, M. N., Heezen, Bruce C., Tharp, Marie, Ewing, MauriceGet access
Published in Geographical Review (1961)
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3by American Geographical Society of New York. Cartographic DivisionContributors: “...Pinther, Miklos; Wagner, Bernhard H.; Heezen, Bruce C.; Tharp, Marie...”
Published 1975
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