The ties that bind: Soil surveyor William Edgar Tharp and oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 15-18, 2010, Pages 868-880

  Landa, Edward R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Marie Tharp; Oceanography; Soil survey; William Edgar Tharp

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; EARLY 20; HIGH RATE; MARIE THARP; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SCIENCE; SOIL SURVEYORS; US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES; WILLIAM EDGAR THARP; WOMEN SCIENTISTS;

AGRICULTURE; GEOLOGY; MAPPING; MAPS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL SURVEYS; SURVEYING; TEACHING;

SOILS;

BIOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY; EROSION RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 78649630301     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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