Karl Karekin Turekian
Karl Karekin Turekian (born 1927 in New York City , † March 15, 2013 ) was a professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University . He conducted research in the field of geochemistry of processes in the atmosphere, the oceans and on land and studied the evolution of planets.
Life and research
He was born in 1927 to Vaughan Thomas and Victoria Turekian. After attending James Monroe High School in New York and Wheaton College in Illinois from 1945 to 1949, he studied at Columbia University , where he obtained an MA in 1951 and a Ph.D. in 1955. In 1953 and 1954 he was a lecturer at Columbia College, Columbia University, and until 1956 a scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory . Since 1956 he worked at Yale University. From 1982 to 1988 he was chairman of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, and from 1992 to 1993 chairman of the Faculty of Environmental Studies. He was the curator of planetology and meteorites at the Peabody Museum and served on the governing bodies of several scientific organizations.
Turekian's main research areas were the geochemistry of trace elements. He researches marine , atmospheric and terrestrial geochemistry, and in the field of planetology deals with the formation and development of planets. Another focus of his work was geochronology .
He has authored five books and numerous scientific articles, was editor and co-editor of specialist books and co-editor of various scientific journals ( Journal of Geophysical Research , Earth and Planetary Science Letters , Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ).
Honors and prizes
- Guggenheim Fellow (1962–63)
- President of the Geochemical Society (1975–76)
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1984)
- Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar of the California Institute of Technology (1988)
- Goldschmidt Prize and Geochemical Society Medal (1989)
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)
- Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union (1997)
- Wollaston Medal from the Geological Society of London (1998)
Works
- Oceans. Prentice-Hall, 2nd edition 1976
- Chemistry of the Earth. Holt, 1972
- Man and the Ocean. Prentice-Hall, 1973 (with BJ Skinner)
- Oceanography. Holt, 1978 (with CL Drake, J. Imbrie and J. Knauss)
- Global Environmental Change. Prentice-Hall, 1996
literature
- Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development - Network Person: Prof. Karl Turekian. American Association for the Advancement of Science , accessed September 23, 2010 .
Web links
- Karl K. Turekian . Yale University, archived from the original onJune 16, 2010; accessed on January 23, 2016(English, original website no longer available).
- Bibliography of Turekian, Karl Karekin, alphabetically ordered. ISBNdb.com, accessed September 23, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In memoriam: Karl Turekian on yale.edu, March 19, 2013, accessed on July 30, 2016
- ↑ Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development - Network Person: Prof. Karl Turekian. American Association for the Advancement of Science , accessed September 23, 2010 .
- ↑ Turekian, Karl K. In: Members Directory Search. National Academy of Sciences, accessed September 23, 2010 .
- ^ Members Elected April 8, 1992. In: Records of the Academy (American Academy of Arts and Sciences), 1991/1992. Pp. 85-88 , accessed September 23, 2010 .
- ↑ Wollaston Medal . The Geological Society of London , archived from the original on August 19, 2010 ; accessed on January 23, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turekian, Karl Karekin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geochemist and geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15 March 2013 |