COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC CONCEPTS OF EARTHQUAKE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5001 BASIC CONCEPTS OF EARTHQUAKE 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

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET UTKU

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an introduction to fundamental principles of earthquake seismology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the fundamental principles of earthquake phenomenon
2   To be able to define the seismicity concept
3   To be able to define the earthquake hazard concept
4   To be able to define the earthquake focal mechanism
5   To be able to define the Earthquake-Soil-Building relationship

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Earthquake: the geological and geophysical meaning, earthquakes and faults. Homework-1: About the development of Seismology
2 Earthquake Source: its types, and orientation parameters
3 Earthquake Source: fault plain solutions, equivalent body forces Homework-2: About the active earthquake belts in the World
4 Seismicity: Historical Seismicity
5 Seismicity: Instrumental Seismicity. Homework-3: About the eartquake networks of the Turkey
6 Mid-term exam -1
7 The focus mechanisms of earthquakes Earthquake-Soil Relationship. Homework-4: About the intensity scales
8 Earthquake-Soil Relationship.
9 Earthquake-Building Relationship.
10 Earthquake-Soil-Building Relationship. Homework-5: About the seismicity and its map
11 Microzoning: basic concepts.
12 Mid-term exam -2
13 Earthquake Prediction: basic concepts. Homework-6: About the aerthquakes which estimated as well-timed in the World
14 Seismotectonics: basic concepts

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Thorne LAY, Terry C. WALLACE
Modern Global Seismology
Academic Press, California, 1995.

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Leon REITER
Earthquake Hazard Analysis
Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 1990

2) Robert S. YEATS, Kerry SIEH, Clarence R. ALLEN
The Geology of Earthquakes
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

3) Bruce A. BOLT
Earthquakes, Fourth Edition
W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1999

Materials: Course Lectures

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homework, and Mid-term exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam-1 (10%): LO-1,2,3
Mid-term exam-2 (10%): LO-2,3,4,5
Homework (30%): LO-1,2,3,4,5
Final exam (50%): LO-1,2,3,4,5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Mehmet UTKU, mehmet.utku@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

All of times out Lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 4 44
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparing homeworks 6 10 60
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.13343
LO.23543
LO.3344433
LO.433453
LO.533434