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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GEO 4262 EVAPORITS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YEŞIM YÜCEL ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Detail study of the evaporites and evaporites bearing rocks, formations of evaporites, and evaluatiof the evaporite bearing basins

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   evaporite environments 2   evaporit environment and minerals 3   distinguihing of marine and non-marine evaporites 4   mineral paragenesis and aplication to evaporite minerals 5   become familier of carbonete and sulphate minerals 6   become familier of borate minerals 7   learning of diagenesis 8   aplication of economic evaporite deposits and learning exploration methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Evaporitic environments, crystallization conditions of evaporites, crystallization order. 2 Current evoporite environments and crystallized minerals from Türkiye and the world: Tuz Lake, Acıgöl, Bolluk Lake, Tersakan Lake, Salda Lake, Karaboğaz Lake, etc. 3 Marine Evaporites: Examples from Türkiye and the world. Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Dead Sea, Caspian Sea, etc. 4 Mineral paragenesis 5 Non-marine Evaporites: Carbonates, Sulfates, (gypsum, anhydrite, barite, celestite) 6 Halite, potassium salts, magnesium salts 7 Carbonates, Sulfates (gypsum, anhydrite, barite, celestine) 8 Na-carbonates: trona group minerals. Examples from Türkiye and the world 9 Na-sulfates: glauberite, thenardite, mirabilite 10 Borates: Boron minerals. Examples from Türkiye and the world 11 Diagenesis in evaporites: Diagenetic evolution after evaporation in Ca-Na-sulfates, Na-carbonates, borates. Pseudomorphic (secondary and diagenetic) mineral formations 12 Economic evaporite deposits, exploration methods and key guiding data and methods used in exploration 13 Processes of making thin sections from evaporite minerals and microscope examination techniques 1 14 Processes of making thin sections from evaporite minerals and microscope examination techniques 2

Recomended or Required Reading

Sonnenfeld, P. And Perthuisot, J.P., 1989, Brines and evaporites. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 126 s. Dean, W.E. and Scheiber, B.C., 1978, Marine evaporites. SEPM Short Course, No.4, Tulsa, 188 s. Borchert, H.and Muir, R.O., 1964, Salt deposits. D. Van Nostrand Company, Ltd. London, 338 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

oral and poster presantations, and lab works

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

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7 and LO8 are evaluated by midterm, final exams.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Yeşim YÜCEL ÖZTÜRK Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi, Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü Buca-Izmir Tel: (232) 3017359

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 4 56 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparation for tutorial exam 1 10 10 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

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 5 4 LO.2 5 4 LO.3 5 4 LO.4 5 4 LO.5 5 4 LO.6 5 4 LO.7 5 4 LO.8 5 4