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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
Marie Tharp’s maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor did more than just reveal ... Her discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the ...
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Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier
When she did, the rift valley was still there ... Their collaboration included an Indian Ocean map, published by National Geographic in 1967, and a 1977 World Ocean Floor map that is now held ...
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Great Global Rift is discovered
This expedition was the first use of closely spaced echo sounders to map deep sea topography and ... It is now called the Mid-Ocean Ridge. In 1953, American physicists Maurice Ewing (1906-1974 ...
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The Red Sea - Oceanic rift in the Gulf of Tadjoura
In tens of millions of years, hundreds of miles of this rift could be covered in water, this ocean has already been named the Afar. Importance: Witnessing the birth of a new ocean. Dive category ...