Bruce Charles Heezen was an American geologist, born in 1924 in Vinton, Iowa, and died in 1977. Working at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, he collaborated with oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp to map the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s, work that revealed the global mid-ocean ridge system and contributed evidence supporting plate tectonics.
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Bruce Charles Heezen (; April 11, 1924 - June 21, 1977) was an American geologist.
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April 11, 1924
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June 21, 1977
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Vinton, Iowa, US
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American geologist
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died in ocean
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also known as Bruce C. Heezen
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citizen of United States
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born in Vinton
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