About Karl Turekian
Lived 1927 – 2013 (aged 85). Karl Turekian was an American university teacher, geophysicist, geologist, geochemist and oceanographer.
Karl Karekin Turekian (October 25, 1927 – March 15, 2013) was a geochemist and Sterling Professor at Yale University. During his career at Yale, he examined an uncommonly broad range of topics in planetary science — including the sediments of the deep seas, the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, meteorite strikes, and the composition of Moon rocks.
Awards and honors Member of the National Academy of Sciences Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences V. M. Goldschmidt Award, The Geochemical Society, 1989 Maurice Ewing Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1997
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Who was Karl Turekian?
American geochemist (1927-2013)
When was Karl Turekian born?
Karl Turekian was born on 25 October 1927 in New York City.
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Karl Turekian died on 15 March 2013 in Branford.
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Karl Turekian was a university teacher, geophysicist, geologist, geochemist and oceanographer.
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Karl Turekian was American.
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