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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GEE 6010	ZIRCON : A TINY TIME RECORDER	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OSMAN ERSIN KORALAY

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

Zircon is a common accessory mineral in nature, occurring in a wide variety of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Zircon is a powerful tool in geochronology and isotope geology and it is capable to solve geological problems in the Earth Sciences. For this reason, The aim of this lecture is to learn ability of zircon in geochronology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	to know composition of zircon in igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis
2	to understand importance of zircon texture
3	to know geochronology methods using zircon
4	to use methods of zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology
5	to use zircon for age determinations of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The internal structure of atoms and decay mechanisms of radioactive atoms
2	Basic rules: Half-lives of radioactive isotopes, Closed system
3	Structure and chemistry of zircon and zircon-group minerals
4	The composition of zircon and igneous and metamorphic Petrogenesis-1
5	The composition of zircon and igneous and metamorphic Petrogenesis-2
6	Historical development of zircon geochronology
7	The importance of zircon textures
8	The methods of zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology
9	Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope system in zircon
10	Ti-thermometry in zircon
11	Zircon age determinations of the magmatic rocks
12	Zircon age determinations of the metamorphic rocks
13	Detrital zircon and provenance analyses of the sedimentary rocks
14	Presentations by students

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): :
Hanchar, J.M., Hoskin, W.O., (Ed), 2003, Zircon, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Mineralogical Society of America, 500s.
Supplementary Book(s):

Materials: Zircon: Tiny but Timely, 2007,Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, Volume 3, Number, 1

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course lectures, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend to both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the course lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.
Lectures: Interactive lectures
Assignment: Homework prepared by the student
Presentation: Presentation prepared by the student

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 0232.3017331
email: ersin.koralay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:00 -17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparing presentations	1	60	60
Final Assignment	1	45	45
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.10	PO.14
LO.1	5	5			5		4	5
LO.2	5	3						3
LO.3	5	3	3	5		5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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