COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERMAL GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPE 5020 THERMAL GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PETEK SINDIRGI

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The course aims to provide for teaching thermal resourses of the earth, heat generation in the earth, thermal distribution in the earth crust and inner earth, thermal properties of the rocks, thermal conductivity and heat flow, geothermal modelling with geophysical methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability to get information on termal resourses of the Earth, heat generation and heat conduction,
2   To get information about the concepts temperature, heat flow, thermal gradient, and heat distribution in the Earth Earth
3   The ability of acquire information about the thermal properties and thermal conductivity of rocks,
4   To get information about thermal modeling and to interpret heat flow maps,
5   To get information about geophysical methods applied in geothermal areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Thermal resources and types of the earth
3 Heat generation and heat conduction in the Earth
4 Heat generation and heat conduction in the Earth (Cont.)
5 Distribution of temperature and heat distribution in the Earth
6 Distribution of temperature and heat distribution in the Earth (Cont.)
7 Heat flow and thermal gradient
8 Thermal properties of rocks
9 Thermal conductivity
10 Principles of thermal modeling
11 Applications of thermal modeling
12 Importance of heat flow maps and their preparation
13 Geophysical methods in geothermal investigations-I
14 Geophysical methods in geothermal investigations-II

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
1- A.M. Jessop, Thermal Geophysics, Elsevier Sci. Publ., 1990.
2- N.H. Sleep and K. Fujita, Principles of Geophysics, Blackwell Publ., 1997.


References: Articles related with the course content

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, assignments/presentations and final report

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignments/Presentations: 50 % LO-1, LO-2, LO-3, LO-5
Final Exam: 50% LO-1, LO-2, LO-3, LO-4, LO-5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

They will explain in the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Dr.Petek SINDIRGI
Dokuz Eylul University
Engineering Faculty
Department of Geophysical Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus
35160 Buca-Izmir
E-mail: petek.sindirgi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.30-12.00

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 5 70
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 0 0 0
Final Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1432
LO.2432
LO.3432
LO.4432
LO.5432

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

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