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Bookmark or Share- Marie Tharp - WikipediaMarie 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] .
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- Seeing Is Believing: How Marie Tharp Changed Geology ForeverMarie Tharp's maps helped prove continental drift was real. But her work was initially dismissed as "girl talk"
- About Marie Tharp | Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryToday, Marie Tharp is recognized for the revolutionary that she was. In 1997, the Library of Congress named her as one of the four greatest cartographers of the 20th century. She died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 86, but her legacy lives on in the countless women scientists she has inspired.
- Marie Tharp - Ages of Exploration - Mariners' Museum and ParkMarie Tharp produced one of the world’s first maps of the ocean floor. Despite being a woman in a male dominated career, her work helped bring to life the unknown ocean world, and helped prove important information about our earth’s development. Marie Tharp was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan on July 30, 1920 to William and Bertha Tharp.
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