COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACTIVE FAULTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5018 ACTIVE FAULTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN SÖZBILIR

Offered to

Geological Engineering Orientation Program
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aims to establish activity of faults, and to some field-based geological and geomorpholgical techniques devoted specifically to understanding fault types and related mechanism, and to establish seismic risk of these types of active faults.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to know mechanism of faults
2   to be able to explain activity of faults
3   to be able to show geological and geomorphological properties of active faults
4   to be able to draw geomorphic indices of active faults
5   to be able to interprete earthquake potention of active faults

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fault types and their morphological and mechanical properties
2 Stress analysis.
3 Geomorphological features of active faults.
4 Geomorphic indices
5 Earthquake seismology
6 Mapping of earthquake rupture zones and their analysis
7 Midterm Exam
8 Trench studies and their interpretation
9 Trench studies and their interpretation
10 Methods for dating fault movements
11 Methods for dating fault movements
12 Modelling of faults and earthquakes
13 Active tectonics of Turkey
14 Seminar

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Sholz, C., 1990, Mechanics of Faulting and Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 438 s.
2- Keller, E.A. ve, Pinter, N., 1996, Active Tectonics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 338 s.
3- Vita-Finzi, C., 1986, Neotectonics, Academic Press, 226 s.
4- Costa, J.E. and Fleischer, P.J., 1984. Developments and Applications ofGeomorphology. Springer, Berlin.
5- Crone, A.G. and Omdahl, E.M., 1987. Direction in Paleoseismology. USGS Open File Report.
6- Hancock, P.L., Yeats, R.S. and Sanderson, D.J., 1991. Characteristics of Active Fault. J. Str. Geol., 13.
7- Krinitzsky, E.L. and Slemmons, D.B., 1990. Neotectonics in Earthquake Evolution. GSA Rew. Eng. Geol., 8.
8- Mogi, K. 1985. Earthquake Prediction. Academic Press. Tokyo.
9- Morisawa, M. and Hack, J.T., 1985. Tectonic Geomorphology. Allen & Unwin, Boston.
10- Simpson, D. and Richards, P., 1981. Earthquake Prediction: An International Review. AGU, 4.
11- Wallace, R.E., 1986. Active Tectonics. National Academy Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It is conveyed information of activity of active faults during face to face learning. The
subjects which have been given in face to face learning have been applied to during
each application. A homework and a field work has been given in order to describe and interprete the
geological/geomorphological structures found along the active faults

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 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

evidence for active faults given in the face to face learning will be evaluated in an
intermediate exam. In order to understand the geomorphic indices from
topographic map, a homework will be given. a presentation will given in order to establish earthquake risk of active faults.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Hasan sözbilir Tel: 232 3017319, e-mail: hasan.sozbilir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Prof.Dr. Hasan Sözbilir p.tesi ve cuma gunleri 8.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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