COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5074 CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain the characteristics of the modern and ancient continental sedimentary deposits.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability to explain the modern and ancient continental sedimentary deposits.
2   The ability to understand the difference between continental and marine deposits.
3   The ability to interprete the features of the ancient continental deposits in geological researchs.
4   The ability to synthesis the features of the continental deposits with other geological data.
5   The ability to utilize from features of the continental deposits solving in geological problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sufacial transporting mechanisms and terminalogy
2 Alluvial fans and and alluvial deposits
3 Fluvial deposits
4 Modern and ancient lake deposits
5 Lacustrine carbonate deposits
6 Examples from World and Turkey for well examined modern and ancient lake and alluvial deposits
7 Midterm exam
8 Volcanism generated continental deposits
9 Economic continental deposits
10 Presentations of the students
11 Presentations of the students
12 Presentations of the students
13 Presentations of the students
14 Presentations of the students

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Einsele, G., 1996. Continental Deposits in: Sedimentary Basins, Springer-Verlag, 672s., Berlin.
2. Anadon, P., Cabrera, L. and Kelts, K., 1993. Lacustrine Facies Analysis. Special
Publ. Number 13, Inter. Assoc. Sedimentologist, Oxford.
3. Reading, H.G. (Editor), 1996. Sedimentary Environments and Facies. Blackwell, 688
s., Oxford.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Paper reading and presentation by students
3. Interctive communication and discussion during paper presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
2 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
3 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG 1 * 0.10 + ASG 2 * 0.10 + MTE * 0.20 + FIN *0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG 1 * 0.10 + ASG 2 * 0.10 + MTE * 0.20 + RST *0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Assessment for two paper readings
2. Interactive discussions on papers on continental deposits during presentations
3 . Midterm exam and final exam is open

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ugur.inci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Çarşamba 13.00 -15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Midterm 1 4 4
Final 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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