Marie Tharp
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- Hello! My name is Marie Tharp. I am an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer.
- I went to college at the University of Michigan where I got my master’s degree, then I landed a position at Columbia University in 1947, when I worked as an assistant to Bruce Heezen.
- My father worked for the department of agriculture, so from a young age I would join him on work trips and travel around the country collecting samples for soil, I loved watching this and developed an interest.
- Women were prohibited from joining early expeditions because of the dear that they’d bring bad luck at sea
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- Hubbard Medal
- Marie's profiles revealed the existence of complex geography of crevices. She realized she knew a lot and decided to write books (The Floors Of The Oceans, V1: The North Atlantic). She was also recognized for this, for which she won the Hubbard Medal
- The Floors Of the Oceans
- V1: The North Atlantic
- Overall, Marie helped our modern understanding of plate tectonics and is known as one of the most outstanding cartographers of the 20th century.
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