COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5003 ADVANCED STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 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 TALIP GÜNGÖR

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

THE AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO TEACH DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURES IN DETAILS AND ESTABLISH THE RELATION BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES AND RELATED PROCESSES.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IDENTIFY THE MECHANISM OF THE STRUCTURES
2   ESTABLISH THE DEFORMATION TYPES
3   EXPLAIN THE 3D GEOMETRIC FEATURES OF THE STRUCTURES
4   ESTABLIS THE RELATION BETWEEN MECHANISMS OF THE STRUCTURES AND THE RELATED PROCESSES

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 deformatıon models of the rocks
2 experimental studies related to the deformation of the rocks
3 experimental studies related to the deformation of the rocks
4 brittle deformation
5 ductile deformation
6 mechanisms of folding and experimental studies
7 diapirs, salt domes and their economic aspects
8 joints, foliation and lineation
9 midterm exam
10 extentional structures, normal faults and detachment faults
11 compressional structures, thrust and revers faults, thin skin deformation
12 transform faults
13 fault and sedimentation, growth faults
14 foreland basins

Recomended or Required Reading

Twiss RJ AND Moores MM 1992 Tectonics, WH Freeman and Company, New York, 4"5 p. ISBN: 0-7167-2252-6, 532 P.
Davis G.H., Reynolds S.J. 1996. Structural geology of rocks and regions. John Wiley and sons, inc. New York. ISBN: 0 471 52621 5, 776 p.
Marshak S. & Mitra G. 1988. Basic Methods of Structural Geology. Prentice Hall. 445 p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

LECTURES, HOMEWORK, EXCURSION, PRACTICES

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

None

Assessment Criteria

MIDTERM EXAM-HOMEWORK-EXCURSION-FINAL EXAM =LO1 - LO4

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Talip Güngör, talip.gungor@deu.edu.tr, 2323017333

Office Hours

wednesdays 1500-1700

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Field study 1 8 8
Reading 14 2 28
Midterm 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.12553
LO.25253
LO.342553
LO.421534