COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEISMOTECTONICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 4701 SEISMOTECTONICS COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET UTKU

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Lecture aims understanding of the relationship between seismology and tectonic, and the assessment of seismic hazard

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to perform the importance of earthquake for tectonic studies.
2   To be able to interpret fault types, elongations, earthquake and source parameters to elucidate seismic hazard.
3   To be able to analyse seismotectonic maps and focal mechanisms solutions.
4   To be able to evaluate seismic hazard and risk studies together with earthquake forecasting.
5   To be able to link principal seismotectonic features of Türkiye with focal mechanisms and stress tensors.
6   To be able to link GPS deformation velocities of Türkiye and Eastern Mediterranean basin with fault types and focal mechanisms solutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

JEF 3607 - SEISMOLOGY

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of Seismotectonic
2 Distribution of seismicity and importance for seismotectonic
3 Earthquake source, stress, strain, seismic moment relation Practice-1: Definition of the Problem
4 Source models and source parameters Practice-2: Data Preparation (Earthquake Parameters)
5 Fault types and seismotectonic (strike, dip, rake) properties Practice-3: Data Classification (Earthquake Parameters)
6 Analysis of seismotectonic maps Practice-4: Data Preparation (Fault plane Solution Diagrams)
7 Obtaining of focal mechanisms solutions Practice-5: Data Preparation (Principal Axis Diagrams)
8 Interpretation of beachball for an earthquake
9 Stress Tensor Practice-6: Base Map Preparation
10 Relationship of stress tensor with focal mechanisms Practice-7: Application of Epicenter Data
11 Seismotectonic of Eastern Mediterranean (joint interpretation with other results obtained from geophysics and geodesic studies) Practice-8: Application of Hypocenter Data
12 Seismicity and seismotectonic of Türkiye (joint interpretation with other results obtained from geophysics and geodesic studies) Practice-9: Application of the Beach-Balls
13 Seismic hazard, risk and earthquake forecast studies Practice-10: Application of the Principal Axes
14 Sample focal mechanisms solutions and interpretations Practice-11: Performed Seismotectonic Map; discussion as the aim, the functionality and the content

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
"Deprem Jeolojisi", Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K. and Allen, C.R., 1997. Oxford University Press. 568 p. (Türkçeye Çeviren: Kamil Kayabalı ve Ramazan Demirtaş, 2006. ISBN: 9799756009214, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara).
Supplementary Book(s):
"Seismology and Plate Tectonics", David Gubbins, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
"An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structure", Seth Stein ve Michael Wysession, Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
"The Solid Earth : An Introduction To Global Geophysics", Fowler, C.M.R., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1990.
"Modern Global Seismology", Thorne Lay and Terry C. Wallace, Academic Press, 1995.
Other Materials: Aydinger paper, Compasses, Schmidt abacus

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework, exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRC * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRC * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam : %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Homework/Application : %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)
Final Exam : %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Continuation of lecture will be evaluated

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mehmet UTKU ( mehmet.utku@deu.edu.tr )

Office Hours

Available anytime except lecture hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.455
LO.5555555
LO.6554

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