COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC DATA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPH 4731 ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC DATA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN GÖKTÜRKLER

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

- To be able to collect and interpret seismic reflection data
- To be able to determine the geometries of subsurface layers

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to comprehend the properties of seismic data collection set up, seismic source and receivers
2   Be able to collect data in the seismic reflection
3   Be able to learn the concepts of common mid-point technique and folding number
4   Be able to preliminary processing in the seismic reflection
5   Be able to carry out filtering in time and space dimensions
6   Be able to apply the processing steps such as deconvolution, stacking, migration

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to reflection seismics
2 Data collection in reflection seismics
3 Source-receiver geometries and CMP method
4 General view to the seismic records (Seismic events observed in the records)
5 Basic data processing steps applied to the seismic reflection data
6 Preprocessing
7 Deconvolution, CMP sorting
8 Velocity analysis, NMO correction
9 Stacking
10 Migration
11 Basic principles in the seismic interpretation
12 Basic principles in the seismic interpretation
13 Application examples
14 Application examples

Recomended or Required Reading

Yilmaz, O., 1987, Seismic Data Processing: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa Oklahoma. 526 pp.

Yilmaz, O., 2001, Seismic Data Analysis: Processing, Inversion and Interpretation of Seismic Data (Vols. 1 & 2): Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa Oklahoma. 2027 pp.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework and exam.

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam: 30% (LO1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4)
Homework: 20% (LO1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6)
Final Exam: 50% (LO1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 6)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe Kampüsü 35390 Buca-IZMIR
gokhan.gokturkler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 09:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14433
LO.244533
LO.345443
LO.434443
LO.543443
LO.643443

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

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