COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MICROTECTONIC ANALYSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5054 MICROTECTONIC ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TALIP GÜNGÖR

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

THE AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO TEACH IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE MICROSTRUCTURES IN THE DEFORMED ROCKS.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IDENTIFY THE MICROFABRIC
2   DESCRIBE THE MICROSTRUCTURES
3   IDENTIFY THE DEFORMATION MECHANISMS
4   EXPLAIN THE KINEMATICS OF THE MICROSTRUCTURES
5   TO TAKE AND STUDY ON THE ORIENTED SAMPLES
6   ESTABLISH THE DEFORMATION PHASES

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 TEXTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURE
2 ESTABLIS THE DEFORMATION PHASES
3 FLOW AND DEFORMATION
4 DEFORMATION MECHANISMS
5 DEFORMATION MECHANISMS
6 SHEAR ZONES
7 SHEAR ZONES
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 VEINS AND PRESSURE FRINGES
10 BOUDINDS AND FOLIATION BOUDINS
11 PORPHYROBLASTS
12 REACTION RIMS
13 PRIMARY STRUCTURES
14 PRIMARY STRUCTURES

Recomended or Required Reading

MAIN BOOK
Passcier CW and Trouw RAJ 2005 Microtectonics 2nd edition Springer, Berlin, 366 p. ISBN
10 3-540-64003-7

SECONDARY BOOKS
Davis G.H., Reynolds S.J. 1996. Structural geology of rocks and regions. John Wiley and sons, inc. New York. ISBN: 0 471 52621 5, 776 p.
Marshak S. & Mitra G. 1988. Basic Methods of Structural Geology. Prentice Hall. 445 p.
Ragan D.M. 1973. Structural Geology: An introduction to geometrical techniques, 2 nd. edition. John Wiley & Sons. 208 p.
Hatcher R.D.Jr. 1995. Structural Geology: Principles, concepts and Problems. Prentice Hall. 525 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, HOMEWORKS, EXCURSION, PRACTICES

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-LO6 MIDTERM EXAM AND FINAL EXAM
LO3, LO4 AND LO5 HOMEWORKS AND EXCURSION

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Talip GÜNGÖR, talip.gungor@deu.edu.tr, 232 3017333

Office Hours

wednesdays 1500-1700

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 20 40
Field study 1 8 8
Reading 5 4 20
Midterm 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1211453
LO.2431154
LO.3115
LO.431154
LO.521145
LO.6511544

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