COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORY OF MINERAL PARAGENESIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5039 THEORY OF MINERAL PARAGENESIS ELECTIVE 3 0 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

Applying Schreinemaker's Rules and creating a phase diagram of Mineral paragenesis and descriptions their P-T conditions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describtion of mineral paragenesis
2   Gibbs mineralogical phase rule, describtion of the terms of one-component and multi-components
3   Morey-schreiremakers rule
4   Curves of one-component and multi-components and argue about systems
5   Writting methods of reactions
6   Classification of the systems based on their stable points
7   Method of Schreiremaker's rule and samples from the nature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Gibbs Mineral phase rule, univariant and multivariant systems
2 Morey-Schreinemaker Coincidence Theorem
3 Univariant lines and reactios
4 Multivariant lines and their reaction types
5 Writing and description of reaction types in the all systems
6 Presentations of the homeworks
7 Metastable points of the systems
8 Homework
9 Univariant systems
10 Multivariant systems
11 Univariant and multivarian systems and their invarian points
12 Type of Schreinemaker's diagrams
13 Samples for Schreinemaker's diagrams from the nature
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Dora O.Ö. ve Candan, O. (200) "Mineral Parajenez Kuramı" ders notu. Jeoloji Mühendiliği Bölümü Yayınları.

Candan O., Gültekin Y., Dora O.Ö (1990) Schreınemakers yönteminin bilgisayar. Programıyla çözümlenmesi ve doğal mineral topluluklarına uygulanması. Jeoloji Mühendiliği s.37, 23-42.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation of the knowledge using visual aids, macro and micro samples in petrography labs. and exercises - applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Preparations and presentations their homeworks are the subject of midterm. Final rate consists of assessment of theoretic and applications knowledge

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Osman CANDAN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü 35160
Tınaztepe-Buca/Izmir
Ofis Tel: 232 3017314
e-posta: osman.candan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday and wednesday, between 14:00 and 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1435555
LO.2355445
LO.345
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LO.553445
LO.6342355
LO.7454545

CONTACT INFORMATION
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