COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF MARBLE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4167 GEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF MARBLE ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

To give the awareness on the marble which is an important raw material for Turkey and to teach its types, its importance in legislative acts, its exploitation and processing methods and machinery and their usage

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand what marble is as a raw material and its formation processes in nature
2   To be able to learn marble types and production regions in Turkey
3   To be able to understand technomechanical properties of marbles
4   To be able to identify marbles according to their physicomechanical properties
5   To be able to decide the location for the marble quarry
6   To be able to decide the location and equipments for the marble factory

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and classification of natural stones. Scientific and economic definition of building stones and marbles. Legislative acts. interpretation of definitions and samples.
2 Classification of marbles according to their usage, hardness and origins, sample marbles.
3 Igneous marbles: granite-granodiorite-syenite series, peridotite-serpentinite-gabro-diabase series, characteristics. Samples from Turkey and the world.
4 Metamorphic marbles: real marbles, gneisses, anatexis granites, migmatites, granulites, characteristics. Samples from Turkey and the world.
5 Sedimentary marbles: Clastic rocks, characteristics. Samples from Turkey and the world.
6 Chemical and organic marbles: Samples, limestones, travertines, onyx.
7 1. Midterm Exam
8 Technomechanical properties of marbles and theri importance. Their Physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. Effects of these properties to application
9 Marble quarry and factors effecting the operations. Geological, geographic and economic criteria. Marble block production, diamond wire cutting method and quarry equipments.
10 Drilling rigs, diamond wire cutting machines, other equipments and their operation. Jet belt and cranes
11 Marble factory, production lines, marble factory machinery and their classification
12 Operation principles of marble factory machinery
13 Marble factory remnants. Dust and fragment remnants. Recycling of the remnants to the economy.
14 2. Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook
1-Nejat Kun., 2000, Mermer Jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi. Ders Kitabı. Tezer Matbaası.
Izmir. 149s.
Additional References
1-Onargan.,T.,Köse.,H.,Deliormanlı.,A.H., 2005, Mermer. Ders Kitabı.TMMOB Maden Müh.
Od.324s.
2- Various marble magazines

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoric lectures and laboratory remarks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be able to take the final exam, the student has to obtain at least 50 points from the laboratory exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nejat KUN nejat.kun@deu. edu.tr. 0232 3017330

Office Hours

Thursday 9:00-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 8 16
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.134
LO.25
LO.34
LO.442
LO.534
LO.654