COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPH 4824 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMRE TIMUR

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Information shall be given about Environmental Problems and Reasons, Geophysical Engineering Applications in the Environmental Problems, Geophysical Methods Towards the Protection Underground Waters Against Pollution, Site Selection of Waste Deposition Areas and Monitoring of their Effects, Determination of Areas of Buried Objects and Leakages, Determination of Landslide Areas and their Monitoring.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to comprehend the Environmental Problems, Reasons and Laws and Regulations with respect to Environment
2   The ability to describe the geophysical methods for the investigation of Environmental Problems
3   The ability to determine the geophysical methods for the purpose of protection of underground water
4   To be able to determine the waste disposal areas with geophysical methods
5   To be able to describe the geophysical methods for the determination of the places of buried objects, underground cavities and leakages
6   To be able to prepare EIA report

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environment and Environmental Science, Ecosystem,and Ecological Cycle
2 Effects Causing Environmental Problems and Environmental Impact Assessment
3 Proposed Geophysical Methods to Investigate Environmental Problems
4 Geophysical Methods for the Protection of Underground Water
5 Determination of Mixing Areas of Saline and Fresh Water
6 Separation Methods for Polluted and Clean Underground Water
7 Site Selection for Waste Disposal and Monitoring of Their Environmental Effects
8 Monitoring of Waste Disposal Areas with Electrical, Self Potential, Misse-a la-Masse Methods
9 Investigation of Underground Pipelines, Determination Places of Pipelines
10 Investigation of Seepages in the Underground Pipelines
11 Investigation of Underground Cavities and Landslide Areas
12 Investigation of Water Leakages due to Cracks at the Dam Support Areas
13 Investigation of Water Leakages due to Cracks at the Dam Support Areas
14 Preparation of EIA Report for Different Fields of Environmental Problems

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1- Geotechnical and Environmental Geophysics, S.H. Ward(Eds.), Vol:1-3, SEG IG5,1990.
2- An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics, J.M. Reynolds, John
Wiley&Sons Ltd., 1997.
3- Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, P.V. Sharma, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
4- Environmental Geophysics, D. Vogelsang, Springer Verlag, 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Homework assignments, Exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University Engineering Faculty Dep. of Geophysical Engineering
emre.timur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6
Midterm 1 3
Final 1 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1211
LO.2432
LO.344
LO.444
LO.544
LO.624544

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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