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The Floors of the Ocean: 1. The North Atlantic
by W. Maurice (William Maurice) Ewing, Bruce C. Heezen, Marie Tharp
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The Floors of the Ocean: 1. The North Atlantic Text to accompany the physiographic diagram of the North Atlantic
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en
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2015-05-29
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Public domain in the USA.
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About the authors
W. Maurice (William Maurice) Ewing
1906–1974
A pioneering geophysicist and oceanographer, he helped turn the deep ocean into a place scientists could measure, map, and understand. His work shaped modern marine science and left a lasting mark on Earth research.
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Bruce C. Heezen
1924–1977
Best known for helping reveal the shape of the ocean floor, this American geologist worked with Marie Tharp on maps that changed how scientists understood the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. His career helped bring deep-sea geology into the public imagination as well as the laboratory.
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Marie Tharp
1920–2006
A pioneering geologist and oceanographic cartographer, she helped reveal the shape of the ocean floor and gave powerful visual evidence for plate tectonics. Her maps changed how scientists understood the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the hidden landscape beneath the sea.
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