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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS JEF 4836 DATA PROCESSING IN EARTHQUAKE SEISMOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELÇIN GÖK

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

To analyze earthquake data using new/modern methods and software in seismology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying seismic phases in a seismogram (Phase picking) 2   Learning to store data with earthquake data format conversions 3   Calculating earthquake parameters on the computer 4   Performing seismological spectral analysis on the computer 5   To be able to use and interpret modern software in earthquake seismology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Seismological concepts,Earth Structure and Seismic Phases 2 Introduction and on-site inspection of seismic instruments 3 Seismic Data Format and Signal Processing 4 Seismic Network Installation 5 Introduction to Earthquake Parameters Identification of earthquakes to be used throughout the semester 6 Earthquake location studies Calculation of parameters of current earthquakes occurring during the semester 7 Magnitude calculations 8 Fault plane solution methods 9 Studies of seismogram modeling 10 Spectral analysis applications to earthquake data 11 Obtaining Source parameters of Earthquakes 12 Array processing and methods 13 Earthquake data and data storage 14 Analysis results and interpretations of the earthquakes used Learning the content of an earthquake report

Recomended or Required Reading

Routine Data Processing in Earthquake Seismology With Sample Data, Exercises and Software Jens Havskov, Lars Ottemoller Supplementary Book(s): Anatomy of Seismograms Oto Kulhanek

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Midterm+Laboratory/homework+Final

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm*%30+Laboratory*%20+Final*%50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participating in lectures and laboratory studies

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elcin.gok@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for final exam 1 3 3 Preparing presentations 14 2 28 Final 1 4 4 Midterm 1 4 4 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 3 4 2 LO.2 3 LO.3 3 4 LO.4 4 3 3 LO.5 3 4 2 4