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Top works
- Subsurface studies of the Detroit River series
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- Electrical Energy Storage for the Grid: A Battery of Choices
· 2011 · cited 14,294x
- A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change
· 1979 · cited 11,620x
- QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
· 2011 · cited 11,612x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-07-30 ) July 30, 1920, Ypsilanti, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- August 23, 2006 (2006-08-23) (aged 86), Nyack, New York , U.S.
- Education
- Ohio University University of Michigan University of Tulsa
- Known for
- Seafloor topography
- Fields
- Geology , Oceanography
- Institutions
- Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University
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Encyclopedic overview
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) 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. Her cartography revealed a more detailed topography and multi-dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marie Tharp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.