COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUNDWATER SALINITY DETERMINATION BY GEOPHYSICAL METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5027 GROUNDWATER SALINITY DETERMINATION BY GEOPHYSICAL METHODS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DOĞAN YAŞAR

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS

Course Objective

Coastal cities, due to the use of groundwater, fresh water level drops. Thus, the problems of salinization begins. Occurring salinity limit determined by geophysical methods. Subject of this course, change over time to determine the current status of the border.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The geophysical methods, signs of salinity
2   Resistivity method
3   Self potential method
4   Theories used in the salinity
5   Modeling of fresh and salty water contacts
6   Determining the direction and speed of movement of groundwater using geophysical methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environments characteristics, ground water (YAS.) containing charge density-permeability-porosity-saturation
2 Geophysical methods to determine groundwater
3 Archie's law
4 Physical properties of salty environment
5 Resistivity (ÖD) method potential equations - the boundaryconditions
6 Discussing the method used in resistivity array systems
7 Laterally discontinuities, to determine the resistivity method
8 1 EXAM
9 Modeling of salinity in resistivity method
10 Self potential method
11 Fresh and salty water contacts application of self-potential method and models
12 Momogram solutions
13 2 EXAM
14 Borehole, using salt water, determining the characteristics medium Fflow direction and velocity

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Applied Geophysics, W.M. Telford., L.P. Geldart., R.E. Sheriff. 1990
2. Electrical Methods In Geophysical Prospecting, G.V. Keller, F.C. Frischknecht,1970
3. Uygulamalı Jeofizik, A. Keçeli, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lessons-homeworks-exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks40%(OC1-2-3-4-5)
Midterm:20%(OC1-2-3-4-5)
Final: 40% ('OC 1-2-3-4-5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

rahmi.pinar@deu.edu.tr
Tel: (232) 453 42 80

Office Hours

Monday 11:00 - 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 7 6 42
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.134
LO.223
LO.3232
LO.4
LO.542
LO.624