# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B0i6QzAlzGc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460468-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/72d808bb5a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-07-30T15:12:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Marie Tharp's discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge showed that the seafloor was spreading, validating the theory of plate tectonics. She was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer born #OTD in 1920.
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#womeninscience #ocean #map #cartography #mapmaking #geology #tectonics #science #platetectonics #women #womancrush #sea #earth

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 138
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 3

## Tags

platetectonics, womeninscience, otd, cartography, mapmaking, earth, science, women, geology, tectonics, ocean, womancrush, sea, map

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