Extending modern cartography to the ocean depths: military patronage, Cold War priorities, and the Heezen–Tharp mapping project, 1952–1959

2006/04/20 by Ronald E. Doel, Tanya J. Levin, Mason K. Marker · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Geographic Information Systems Studies #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Polar Research and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2005.10.011

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• "Laissez-tomber": Military Patronage and Women's Work in Mid-20th-Century Oceanography
• Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings
• The Rift in the Ocean Floor
• A Context of Motivation
• Marie Tharp, oceanographic cartographer, and her contributions to the revolution in the Earth sciences
• Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake

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