1977 World Ocean Floor Map

Prior to the publication of this map scientists had very little idea of what the seafloor looked like on a global.

1977 world ocean floor map.

Today we know more about the topography of the moon and mars than we do about our own planet s sea floor. Hand painted map by heinrich c. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. But in the 1950s and 60s when this feat of cartography was being assembled by us cartographers marie tharp and bruce heezen we knew almost nothing.

Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as. Their collaboration included an indian ocean map published by national geographic in 1967 and a 1977 world ocean floor map that is now held at the library of congress. World ocean floor raised relief map january 1 1999 by bruce c. Heinrich caesar berann the father of the modern cartographic panorama painted the first in a series of plan oblique physiographic maps of the ocean floor for marie tharp and bruce.

Relief shown by land form drawings shading and gradient tints. Also covers land areas of the world. Lamont scientists have long been at the forefront of ocean floor mapping. Marie tharp and bruce heezen completed several maps of the ocean floor.

Heezen illustrator marie tharp illustrator lamont doherty geological observatory editor 0 more 4 0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings. Title supplied by cataloger. World ocean floor map another notable item in the library s map collection is the 1977 world ocean floor map sponsored by the lamont doherty geological observatory. One of the most famous world maps is the 1977 world ocean floor map see above created by bruce heezen and marie tharp a pioneering female oceanographer and kick ass female scientist.

Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. Image taken from here. Depths shown by land form drawings shading gradient tints and soundings. Their collaboration culminated in the 1977 world ocean floor map which revolutionized the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift click to enlarge.

Their first completed map of the north atlantic came out in 1957 followed by maps of the south atlantic and indian ocean in the early 1960s. World ocean floor panorama 1977. The map was painted by austrian painter heinrich berann. Marie and bruce were able to create this first complete physiographic map of the world s ocean floor due to depth measurements collected by united states navy submarines.