Ohio University University of Michigan University of Tulsa
Known for
Seafloor topography
Scientific career
Fields
Geology, Oceanography
Institutions
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Bathymetric globe produced by Marie Tharp and Bruce HeezenManuscript map created by Tharp and Heezen depicting the early developments of the understanding of the ocean's bottom (1957)
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.[1] Her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom.[2]
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.[3][4][5]
^O'Connell, Suzanne (August 8, 2020). "Marie Tharp's maps revolutionized our knowledge of the seafloor". The Washington Post.
^"Marie Tharp | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
^Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Bestows Heritage Award on Marie Tharp, Pioneer of Modern Oceanography, Published Jul 10, 2001, Retrieved Oct 12, 2014
^Erin Blakemore: Seeing Is Believing: How Marie Tharp Changed Geology Forever. In: Smithsonian Magazine, 30. August 2016.
^Earth Institute: Marie Tharp’s Adventures in Mapping the Seafloor, In Her Own Words. Columbia Climate School, 24. Juli 2020.
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modern geophysics. In addition, MarieTharp, in collaboration with Bruce Heezen, who was initially sceptical of Tharp's observations that her maps confirmed...
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that the USNS Maury be renamed USNS MarieTharp in honor of geologist and oceanographic cartographer MarieTharp who had helped to produce the scientific...
identified by bathymetric survey in the sixties by Bruce C. Heezen and MarieTharp which identified the abyssal cone and canyon structures. It was delineated...
of the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory used by J. Lamar Worzel and MarieTharp, and some ocean phenomena discovered using it: Vema (mollusc), a genus...
1 (3): 176–184. doi:10.1016/0146-6313(54)90047-7. Bruce C. Heezen; MarieTharp & Maurice Ewing (1962). "The Floors of the Oceans. I. The North Atlantic...
identified by bathymetric survey in the sixties by Bruce C. Heezen and MarieTharp which identified the abyssal cone and canyon structures. It was delineated...
described in the crucial paper of Bruce Heezen (1960) based on his work with MarieTharp, which would trigger a real revolution in thinking. A profound consequence...
1957, MarieTharp, working with Bruce Charles Heezen, created the first three-dimensional physiographic map of the world's ocean basins. Tharp's discovery...
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History". The New York Times. p. 21. Fox, Margalit (August 26, 2006). "MarieTharp, Oceanographic Cartographer, Dies at 86". The New York Times. p. 13....
endorsement, finally convinced by the data and analysis of his assistant, MarieTharp. The remaining proponents after the 1970s, like the Australian geologist...
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collecting observations of the sea floor. In 1953, the cartographer MarieTharp generated the first three-dimensional relief map of the ocean floor which...
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