COURSE UNIT TITLE

: METAMORPHIC TEXTURES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5091 METAMORPHIC TEXTURES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN CANDAN

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

Identifying individual structural characteristics of minerals, relation between the porphyroblast growth and deformation in polimetamorphic terranes, identifying relict and stable paragenesis and revealing metamorphism types, conditions and relative age relations using textural types and reaction rims.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Paragenesis and stage, identification of metamorphic texture types.
2   Chemical/textural zoning in minerals and interpretation of overgrowth structures
3   Interpretation of twinning and reactions rims
4   Interpretation of replacement and alteration textures
5   Porphyroblast growth, interpretation of porphyroblast/deformation relations
6   Interpretation of shear movement data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Paragenesis and stage, metamorphic texture types
2 Crystal structures and crystal boundary relations
3 Chemical/textural zoning and overgrowth structures
4 Twinning and reaction rims
5 Replacement and alteration textures
6 Foliation types, formation models
7 Porphryoblast growth, porphryoblast/deformation relation
8 Midterm Exam
9 Deformation textures
10 Deformation textures
11 Deformation types and shear zones
12 Shear movement vector data
13 Fundamental metamorphic textures
14 Fundamental metamorphic textures

Recomended or Required Reading

Passchier. C.W ve Trouw, R.A.J ; Microtectonics, 1996
Spry, Metamorphic textures, 1969
Barker, A.J., Introduction to metamorphic textures and micro structure; 1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical information and laboratory studies on macro and thin sections samples

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

Evaluation of Midterm and Final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.candan@deu.edu.tr
0232 3017314

Office Hours

Pazartesi 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 80 80
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1522
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.54
LO.63451