Karl Karekin Turekian (October 25, 1927 – March 15, 2013) was a geochemist and Sterling Professor at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. 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

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, meteorite strikes, and the composition of

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Awards and honors

* Member of the

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* Fellow of the

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* V. M. Goldschmidt Award, The Geochemical Society, 1989 * Maurice Ewing Medal,

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, 1997

References

1927 births 2013 deaths American geochemists Yale University faculty Yale Sterling Professors Presidents of the Geochemical Society Recipients of the V. M. Goldschmidt Award {{US-chemist-stub