Google Doodle celebrates life of American geologist Marie Tharp
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The Library of Congress recognized Marie Tharp as one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century on this day in 1998.
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Marie Tharp-She was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. She helped create the first map of the ocean floor.She helped create the first
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Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer. Marie Tharp was born on July 30, 1920 · She was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan
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In 1977, Tharp and Heezen published the first complete world map of ocean floors.
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Their work helped to prove the theory of plate tectonics, the idea that the continents move over time, which was controversial until then.
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The discovery revolutionized our understanding of how nearly everything on the planet works.
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She helped create an important map of the ocean floor.
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The map led Tharp to realize that the ocean floor could help prove the scientific theory of continental drift or the idea that the continents are moving.