Marie Tharp Ocean Floor Map
Their first completed map of the north atlantic came out in 1957 followed by maps of the south atlantic and indian ocean in the early 1960s.
Marie tharp ocean floor map. World ocean floor raised relief map january 1 1999 by bruce c. Prior to the publication of this map scientists had very little idea of what the seafloor looked like on a global scale. Heezen tharp map and papers collection bruce heezen and marie tharp worked for the lamont doherty earth science observatory of columbia university and mapped the ocean floor from 1957 to 1977.
Their collaboration included an indian ocean map published by national geographic in 1967 and a 1977 world ocean floor map. Painted by heinrich c. Heezen illustrator marie tharp illustrator lamont doherty geological observatory editor 0 more 4 0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings.
These views made it easier to. Tharp s work revealed the detailed topography and multi dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom. Tharp continued working with heezen to bring the ocean floor to life.
Oceanographic cartographer marie tharp works on an underwater map. After heezen died in 1977 tharp published a comprehensive map of the entire ocean that same year called the world ocean floor map. At the same time several male graduates all of whom would go on to become well known geoscientists started working in the geophysics lab.
Marie tharp july 30 1920 august 23 2006 was an american geologist and oceanographic cartographer who in partnership with bruce heezen created the first scientific map of the atlantic ocean floor. One of her important innovations was creating sketches depicting what the seafloor would look like. A young marie tharp at work using hundreds of echo sounding profiles to map the topography of the ocean floor.
Marie tharp and bruce heezen completed several maps of the ocean floor. Heezen was geologist and tharp was a cartographer.