Cenozoic
Cenozoic (Cainozoic, Kainozoic) Era of geologic time extending from about 65 million years ago to the present. It includes the
Tertiary and
Quaternary Periods: the so-called ages of mammals and man.
Molluscs and
microfossils are used in the stratigraphic subdivision of the era. The
Alpine—Himalayan orogeny reached its climax during this period of geologic time.
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Marie's magnificent map.(Marie Tharp's oceanographic research)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of those first female students was Marie Tharp, daughter of a surveyor who made...graduating with a degree in geology, Tharp earned an advanced degree in math...research team at Columbia University. Tharp was smart, for sure; but at that...
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Marie Tharp.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Ubique; 3/1/2007; 442 words
; ...Pioneering cartographer and geologist Marie Tharp died on August 25, 2006. As an...Floor of the Oceans map, based on Tharp and Heezen's bathymetric studies...map distributed by the Society. Tharp struggled for decades with the prejudice...
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Smith and Tharp wed July 16 in Redlands
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 9/19/2005; 445 words
; ...of Redlands, became the bride of Matthew David Tharp, son of Pam and Tom Tharp of Redlands on July 16. Robert Trempert of The...Dupper of Yucaipa, all friends of the bride, and Marie Tharp of Redlands, sister of the groom. Groomsmen were...
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TWYLA THARP.
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...I ever said "no" to was Twyla Tharp, and boy, was I sorry later. In about 1970, Sara Rudner and Rose Marie Wright, Tharp's two main dancers and scouts...asked me to come audition for Tharp. I had seen only one work by her...
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Dance heaven on Hubbard // Twyla Tharp meets her match
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/10/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...a three-year contract for the works, has gone smoothly, Tharp said. Rehearsals supervised by former Tharp company dancers Rose Marie Wright and Jennifer Way began in June. Tharp has come in regularly to check their progress. "In the beginning...
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HUBBARD STREET GROUP BASKS IN LIGHT OF CLASSICAL THARP.(Preview)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/16/1990; 700+ words
; ...style of Conte himself. With Tharp, in turn, Hubbard Street...dancers await the paces that Tharp and her two aides, Jennifer Way and Rose Marie Wright, will put them through...after an hour or so of this," Tharp warns. "These dances were...
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Arts: Variations on a theme of Tharp Twyla Tharp is back... and this time it's Beethoven (and David Byrne).
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/4/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Diabelli. The word is that Tharp has lowered her fees, but even...Sadler's Wells in 1982 by Tharp's now defunct company, it...that. Matthew Hart catches Marie-Laure Agrapart in a headlong...Shelley Washington, a former Tharp dancer, who is mounting the...
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Tharp works in step
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/29/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...used in this column. Two works by Twyla Tharp, including a world premiere, will be...the Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Tharp's new work, "Waterbaby Bagatelle...one-night-only event. Spinout Lisa Marie Presley and her husband, musician Danny...
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OBIT - THOMPSON, DOROTHY MARIE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 8/27/2006; 216 words
; Dorothy Marie Thompson, 70, of Lynchburg, Va., died August 25, 2006. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family. 434-237-9424.
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OBIT - MASON, FRANCES MARIE HOOPER
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 7/13/2006; 215 words
; Frances Marie Hooper Mason, of Forest, died July 12, 2006. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434- 237-9424.
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Marie Tharp
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Marie Tharp Geologist Marie Tharp (born 1920) is known for her maps of ocean floors. These maps...helpful in showing the structure and evolution of the sea floors. Marie Tharp is a mapmaker who charted the bottom of the ocean at a time when...
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Heezen, Bruce Charles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...Doherty Observatory, Heezen is perhaps best known for his maps of the ocean floors, produced in collaboration with Marie Tharp. He also made important studies of the axial ridge systems of the oceans, and in 1952 found the first evidence for...
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Kamali, Norma
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
...costume designer for three Twyla Tharp dance performances (The Upper...April 1989. Schiro, Anne-Marie, "Pastels at the Plaza, Cowgirls...September 1990. Schiro, Anne-Marie, "A Spectrum for Spring...2September 1991. Schiro, Anne-Marie, "Patterns," in the New...
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