
Marie Tharp
✶July 30, 1920
†August 23, 2006
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✶July 30, 1920
†August 23, 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.
American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
Biography from the article Marie Tharp on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.