COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE ENVIROMENTAL GEOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 5043 MARINE ENVIROMENTAL GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 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 DOĞAN YAŞAR

Offered to

MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Course Objective

The aim of this course in recent years, the rapid increase in marine environmental issues
them with the reasons for preventive information given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Interdisciplinary environmental changes caused by geological and environmental events.
2   Determine the physical effects of environmental changes in the sea, and having necessary information to minimize them.
3   Interpretating disadvantages caused by the interaction of the sea and the coastal environment and the solution.
4   Reporting by interpreting nature of the marine environment for decision-makers.
5   Describe the major environmental changes in the world.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction History on the subject explained
2 Sedimentation, time and stratigraphy Sediments in the sea resources, and these are in the past data
3 Plate Tectonics The importance of the seas on the plate tectonics will explain
4 Sediments Clastic sediments on the coastal movements
5 Climatic changes Caused by climatic changes natural phenomena which explained
6 Relationship between sediment and climate Sediments in the sea to climatic changes explained the relationship
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Beaches and sediment movements The formation of beaches and the importance of long flows coastal
9 Beaches and sediment movements Coastal erosion and minimize erosion the challenge is urgent narrative
10 Marine pollution Given causes of marine pollution
11 Marine pollution How to marine pollution minimizing explained
12 Water and Energy Explaining as the energy of the sea used, discharge, and wave-like properties
13 Marine Environment and Laws Teaching on the marine environment international law
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Environmental Geology, C.W.Montgomery. Wm.C.Brown Publishers 1998: eds. Alyn C.Duxbury and Alison B.Duxbury.
Matthews, R. K. Dynamic Stratigraphy. An introduction to sedimentation and stratigraphy. Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Payton, C. E. Seismic Stratigraphy-Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration. AAPG Mem.,26. 1977.
Marine Geology. Prentice-Hall, Inc.James Kenneth, 1982. C.W.Montgomery.
Introduction to Oceanography, Thurman, V.H., Merril Publishing Company.1988

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Articles on issues described before giving lessons to students will arrive with students' prior knowledge.

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

To different interpretations of the events that will be asked in exams and interdisciplinary evaluation will be made in this context.

Assessment Criteria

The aim of this course is to multiple environmental challenges of marine scientific to gain perspective.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Courses are required to take at least 10 patients. Homework preparations, the source of at least 20 display and the "cut and paste" will not.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Doğan YAŞAR
Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology
05327715282

Office Hours

Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 -12:00 and 13:00 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Preparation for midterm exam 3 10 30
Reading 5 10 50
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 205

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.12534311324312
LO.21212122122211
LO.33112113322113
LO.41312112421321
LO.52422232211231

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