# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-turekian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:18:17.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-turekian"
name: "Karl Turekian"
slug: "karl-turekian"
description: "Karl Karekin Turekian 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."
tagline: "American geochemist (1927-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Turekian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-10-25"
deathDate: "2013-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.641509433962264
  historical:           5.469078666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Karl Turekian"
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    title: "كارل كاريكين توريكيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Karekin Turekian"
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    title: "Турекян, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կառլ Թուրեքյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Karekin_Turekian"
    title: "Karl Karekin Turekian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump