Marie Tharp

Biography

Marie Tharp created the first comprehensive map of the ocean floor, revealing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and providing crucial evidence for the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift. Banned from research ships because she was a woman, she worked from shore analyzing sonar data. When she first identified the rift valley, her colleague Bruce Heezen dismissed her findings as 'girl talk.' Her maps fundamentally changed our understanding of Earth's geology.

玛丽·萨普创建了第一张综合性海底地图，揭示了大西洋中脊，为板块构造和大陆漂移理论提供了关键证据。因为她是女性而被禁止上研究船，她在岸上工作分析声纳数据。当她首次发现裂谷时，她的同事布鲁斯·黑曾将她的发现斥为'女人话'。她的地图从根本上改变了我们对地球地质的理解。

Key Achievements

• Created first comprehensive map of the ocean floor

  创建第一张综合性海底地图

• Discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rift valley

  发现大西洋中脊裂谷

• Provided key evidence for plate tectonics theory

  为板块构造理论提供关键证据

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Marie Tharp — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Tharp
2. Felt, Hali. Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor. Henry Holt, 2012.