COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOLOGY OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5108 GEOLOGY OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES ELECTIVE 3 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 ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

The purpose ot this cource to know the geological and economical parameters effecting production, processing and the use of natural stones as construction building stones in engineering projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to classify the natural building stones used in engineering projects according to their geological origin.
2   Able to know the economical parameters effecting use of rock mass as natural building stone
3   Able to know techniques of production and processing of natural building stone.
4   Able to know the geological parameters effecting mass properties of stones.
5   Able to know the geological parameters effecting use of natural building Stone of magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and their determination and evaluation techniques.
6   Able to know the techniques used for determination of the material properties of natural building stones.
7   Able to know the techniques used for determination of the durability of stones and the factors effecting their durability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Identification and classification of natural building stones due to their geological origin, usage type and location. Material properties of natural stones and identification techniques of them and related standards.
2 Economical parameters affecting their usability of stones as natural building stone. Midterm Exam
3 Techniques of natural building stone production. Durability and deterioration of natural building stones and the factors causing deterioration of them.
4 Technology of natural building stone processing. General view of Turkish natural stones.
5 Geological parameters of rocks effecting their mass properties and their effects on the usability of rocks as building stone
6 Geological parameters effecting use as a construction materials of magmatic rocks.
7 Midterm Exam
8 Geological parameters effecting use as a construction materials of metamorphic rocks.
9 Geological parameters effecting use as a construction materials of sedimentary rocks.
10 Identification and evaluation techniques used for determine the geological parameters effecting usability of stones as natural stone

Recomended or Required Reading

Karaca, Z., 2001 Mermer Madenciliği, DEÜ Torbalı Meslek Yüksekokulu yayınları, ISBN 975-441-165-4 Yayın No:01.Torbalı-Izmir.
Kulaksız, S., 2005, Doğal Taş (Mermer) Maden Işletmeciliği ve Işleme Teknolojileri TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-911-7 Ankara.
Kun,N.,2000, Mermer jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi, 2000 Tezer Matbası, Izmir.
Onargan,T., Köse,H.,Deliormanlı,A.H., 2006,Mermer, TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-847-
G.H.McNail.,1998, Soil and Rock Construction Material, British Library cataloguing in Publication Data, ISBN 0 419 21420 8

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentation

Assessment Methods

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr , Tel : 02323017365

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 70 70
Project Assignment 1 1,5 2
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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