COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECLOGITE AND BLUE SCHISTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5008 ECLOGITE AND BLUE SCHISTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR METE ÇETINKAPLAN

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

pressure and temperature conditions of subduction zones, and to explain the changes in subduction zones

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the basic principles of plate tectonics
2   To onderstand the physical - mechanical conditions of subduction zones
3   Identif the fossil subduction zones
4   Be able to correlate the global subduction zones
5   to determine the terms of subduction and exhumation
6   to define the processes in actual subduction zones

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 the general principles of plate tectonics
2 the general principles of metamorphism
3 The concept of facies and metamrphism degree
4 The general characteristic of blueschist facies metamorphism
5 The certain blueschist fields in the world
6 The tectonic setting of blueschist
7 1. midterm exam
8 The generalcharacteristic of eclogite facies metamorphism
9 Settings of High Pressure Rocks
10 Tectonic setting of eclogite facies metamorphism
11 P-T range of eclogite facies
12 2. midterm exam
13 Pressure-Temperature Estimations
14 Eclogite and blueschist metamorphisms in the world

Recomended or Required Reading

Eclogite facies rocks, Carlswell 1990, 360p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 LAB LABORATORY
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 *0.20 +MTE 2 *0.20 +LAB *0.20 +FIN *0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

measurement of the theoretical and practical knowledge with exam

Assessment Criteria

For theory, the two midterms and a practice exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mete.cetinkaplan@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 3017336

Office Hours

Pazartesi 16.00 - 17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Case study 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 30 60
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 226

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.154312
LO.254312
LO.354312
LO.454312
LO.554312
LO.654312