Marie Tharp (Yuli 30, 1920 - Agusta 23, 2006) wata ƙwararriyar ilimin ƙasa ce Ba'amurke kuma mai daukar hoto ta teku wacce, tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Bruce Heezen, suka ƙirƙiri taswirar kimiyya ta farko na bene na Tekun Atlantika. Ayyukan Tharp sun bayyana cikakken yanayin yanayin ƙasa da yanayin ƙasa mai nau'i-nau'i na ƙasan teku. Har ila yau, aikinta ya bayyana kasancewar wani ci gaba da tsatsauran ragi tare da axis na Rijiyar Tsakiyar Atlantika, wanda ya haifar da sauyi a cikin kimiyyar duniya wanda ya haifar da karɓar ka'idodin tectonics farantin karfe da drift na nahiyar. An haife Marie Tharp a ranar 30 ga Yuli, 1920, a Ypsilanti, Michigan, ɗiya tilo ga Bertha Louise Tharp, malamin Jamus da Latin, da William Edgar Tharp, mai binciken ƙasa na Ma'aikatar Aikin Noma ta Amurka. Sau da yawa takan raka mahaifinta aikin filin da yake yi, wanda ya ba ta farkon gabatarwar taswira. Duk da haka, ba ta da sha'awar neman aikin fage domin a lokacin an fahimci wannan aikin na maza ne.