World Ocean Floor Panorama By Marie Tharp And Bruce Heezen

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World ocean floor panorama by marie tharp and bruce heezen. They also show how crucial careful interpretation of data is through which she essentially highlighted the ocean rift system for the first time. Her work also revealed the presence of a continuous rift valley along the axis. World ocean floor panorama by marie tharp and bruce heezen painted by heinrich berann 24 x 38 scale. Marie tharp and bruce heezen completed several maps of the ocean floor.

World ocean floor raised relief map january 1 1999 by bruce c. To me they show how new data even when only sparse can bring tectonic understanding to an entirely new level. It was based on 25 years of marie tharp s work throughout the oceans. Through the use of vertical exaggeration it is a cartographic masterpiece that delivered detailed information about the shape of the global seafloor in a way that could be easily.

Copyright by marie tharp 1977 2003. The 1977 world ocean floor map created by bruce heezen and marie tharp. World ocean floor panorama bruce c. Today these theories serve as the foundation upon.

Marie tharp s maps of the ocean floor are so inspiring on many levels. Heezen and marie tharp 1977. One of the most famous world maps is the 1977 world ocean floor map see above created by bruce heezen and marie tharp a pioneering female oceanographer and kick ass female scientist. Image taken from here.

The tharp heezen map illustrated the geological features that characterize the seafloor and became a crucial factor in the acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift. Reproduced by permission of marie tharp maps llc 8 edward street sparkill new york 10976. 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 tharp s work revealed the detailed topography and multi dimensional geographical landscape of the ocean bottom. The map was painted by austrian painter heinrich berann.

Heezen was geologist and tharp was a cartographer. Heezen illustrator marie tharp illustrator lamont doherty geological observatory editor 0 more 4 0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings. 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. The famous world ocean floor panorama painted by heinrich berann was published in 1977.

World ocean floor panorama 1977. Manuscript painting of heezen tharp world ocean floor map by berann.