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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS JEO 4267 GEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF MARBLE ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

Geological Engineering

Course Objective

To give the awareness on the marble which is an important raw material for Türkiye and to teach its types, its importance in legislative acts, its exploitation and processing methods and machinery and their usage

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand what marble is as a raw material and its formation processes in nature 2   To be able to learn marble types and production regions in Türkiye 3   To be able to learn economic and geological parameters that affect the usability of rocks as natural building blocks (marble and natural stone) 4   To be able to learn material and durability properties of marbles and the effects of these properties on their use. 5   To be able to decide marble quarry production methods 6   To be able to decide the location and equipments for the marble factory 7   To be able to decide the location for the marble quarry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Marble, natural stone and natural building stone concepts. Classification of natural building blocks 2 Geological and economic factors affecting the usability of marble (block stone) as natural building stone. 3 Mass properties of rocks and, accordingly, discontinuity planes and general properties that affect block size and block production efficiency. 4 Marbles of metamorphic origin, primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of real marbles as natural building stones. Examples from Türkiye and the world 5 Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of metamorphic origin marbles, Gneisses, Anatex granites, Migmatites as natural building stones. Their properties, examples from Türkiye and the world. 6 Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of limestones as natural building stones. Properties, examples from Türkiye and the world 7 Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of travertines as natural building stones. Properties, examples from Türkiye and the world 8 Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of Conglomerates, Sandstones, Onyxes as natural building stones, their properties, examples from Türkiye and the world 9 Magmatic origin marbles, Granite-Granodiorite-Syenite Series, Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of Peridotite-Serpentinites as natural building stones. properties, examples from Türkiye and the world, properties, examples from Türkiye and the world 10 Primary and secondary geological parameters affecting the usability of magmatic origin marbles, Gabbro-Diabase, Basalt and Andesites as natural building stones. Properties, examples from Türkiye and the world, properties, examples from Türkiye and the world. 11 Material properties and durability of marbles. The impact of these features on usage 12 Marble quarry types and methods used in block marble production. 13 Marble factory, working principles of marble factory machines, production lines, classification of machines in the marble factory 14 Production areas of natural building stones produced in Türkiye and the world, classification according to their geological characteristics and general characteristics

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook 1-Nejat Kun., 2000, Mermer Jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi. Ders Kitabı. Tezer Matbaası. Izmir. 149s. Additional References 1-Onargan.,T.,Köse.,H.,Deliormanlı.,A.H., 2005, Mermer. Ders Kitabı.TMMOB Maden Müh. Od.324s. 2- Various marble magazines

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoric lectures and laboratory remarks

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be able to take the final exam, the student has to obtain at least 50 points from the laboratory exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nejat KUN nejat.kun@deu. edu.tr. 0232 3017330

Office Hours

Thursday 9:00-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Tutorials 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Midterm 2 8 16 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

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 LO.2 5 LO.3 LO.4 4 LO.5 3 4 LO.6 5 4 LO.7