COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES IN EARTH SCIENCES : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5109 COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES IN EARTH SCIENCES : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS 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 CÜNEYT AKAL

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

The terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (Cosmogenic Isotopes); their principles, sources and occurrences are subject of this course. The build-up of cosmic-ray nuclides at beneath the Earth s surface will present to students. Their accumulation mechanism in the rocks and minerals will work and present. Using the cosmogenic nuclides, the problems in the fields of geomorphology (such as erosion rate, dating of faulting and ect.), glaciology, palaeoclimatology, palaeoseismology, soil science, volcanology, geohazard research and archaeometry can find answers and solutions even can reach the ages of each mentioned events. Sampling and preparation of samples for analyses and analytical methods will present and work in sample preparing laboratory.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Generation and disperse of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides
2   Cosmogenic nuclides development and deposition mechanism in rocks and minerals
3   Application of cosmogenic nuclides in earth sciences
4   Determination of cosmogenic nuclides in mineral and sampling
5   Use of cosmogenic nuclides in geological and geochronological studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cosmogenic nuclides: theory and applications
2 Type and generation of cosmogenic nuclides
3 Generation and principle of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides
4 Temporal variations of cosmogenic nuclide in earth atmosphere
5 Cosmogenic nuclides production and deposition beneath earth surface
6 Determination of useful cosmogenic nuclides in rocks and minerals
7 Production rates and scaling factors of cosmogenic nuclides
8 Application of cosmogenic nuclides to Earth sciences
9 Cosmogenic nuclide production at depth and calculation of exposure, volcanism ages and erosion rates
10 Derivation of exposure ages and erosion rates
11 Determining the slip rates of active faults using cosmogenic nuclides
12 Other applications of cosmogenic nuclides and Sampling - analytical methods

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Dunai T.J. 2010. Cosmogenic Nuclides Principles, Concepts and applications in the Earth Surface Sciences. Cambrige University Press, pp 187.
Siame, L.L., Bourlès, D.L., Brown, E.T. 2006. In Situ Produced Cosmogenic Nuclides. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 415.
Supplementary Book(s):
Heineke, C., Niedermann, S., Hetzel, R., Akal, C. 2016. Surface exposure dating of Holocene basalt flows and cinder cones in the Kula volcanic field (Western Turkey) using cosmogenic 3He and 10Be. Quaternary Geochronology.
Buscher, J. T., Hampel, A., Hetzel, R., Dunkl, I., Glotzbach, C., Struffert, A., Akal C, Ratz, M. 2013. Quantifying rates of detachment faulting and erosion in the central Menderes Massif (western Turkey) by thermochronology and cosmogenic 10Be", Journal of the Geological Society 170, 669-683.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lectures include visual and oral representation, homeworks and discussions. In the application periods, the field obervations during sampling, sampling methods, mineral separations and sample preparing and petrogrphical assessments presents. They will submit presentation and result of their own research subjects as a raport at the end of semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam. 20%: assessment and evaluation of theoretical learning outcomes.
2. Practice exam %10: assessment and evaluation of practice learnin outcomes
3. Homework %20: presentaion of discussion and conclusion given research subject
4. Final Exam %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 0 232 301 73 25; e-posta: cuneyt.akal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thueday/13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1,5 18
Tutorials 12 1,5 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2,5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Quiz etc. (Studies in sample pre. Lab) 2 20 40
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Other activities within the scope of the atelier pratices 3 8 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Project Final Presentation 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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