Tharp, Marie.
Oral history interview with Marie Tharp, 1994 September 14.
Discusses her childhood and Tharp family history; her work in seismology and cartography with Lamont Doherty Observatory, National Geographic, and Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute; plotting the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; research vessles including the ATLANTIS and the VEMA. Prominently mentioned are: Maurice Ewing, Walter Bucher, Bruce Heezen, Helen Foster, J. L. Worzel. Interview contains appendices 1-20 and inserts that are available at the repository.
Geologist (ocean cartographer).
Bucher, Walter H. (Walter Herman), 1888-
Ewing, W. Maurice (William Maurice), 1906-1974
Foster, Helen Laura, 1919-
Heezen, Bruce C.
Tharp, Marie
Thorpe family.
Worzel, J. Lamar (John Lamar), 1919-2008
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
National Geographic Society (U.S.).
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Cartography.
Geology -- History.
Geological mapping.
Research vessels.
Seismology
Women in science
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Transcripts. aat
Sound recordings lcgft
Women geologists -- Interviews. lcsh
Women scientists -- Interviews. lcsh
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Doel, Ronald Edmund interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA