Marie Tharp
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican oceanographer and cartographer (1920-2006)
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Marie Tharp 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.
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Bathymetric globe produced by Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen
Manuscript map created by Tharp and Heezen depicting the early developments of the understanding of the ocean's bottom (1957)
Don Blomquist and Marie Tharp at the drafting table in 1968 below deck on the USNS Kane; maps of the Mid-Atlantic ridge can be seen
Painting of the Mid-Ocean Ridges by Heinrich Berann (1977) based on the scientific profiles of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen
Marty Weiss, Al Ballard, and Marie Tharp conversing on the maiden voyage of the USNS Kane, c. 1968Awards 4
Connected to Marie 6
Frances Oldham KelseyAlso won Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award
Sylvia A. EarleAlso won Women of Discovery - Sea Award
Richard LeakeyAlso won Hubbard Medal
Mary LeakeyAlso won Hubbard Medal
Sue HendricksonAlso won Women of Discovery - Sea Award
Laura NaderAlso won Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement AwardAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2006 · aged 86
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