COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEFORMATION ANALYSIS ON GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPE 5137 DEFORMATION ANALYSIS ON GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜJGAN ŞALK

Offered to

GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

Needed to explain movements in the earth, geological events and the basic physical and mathematical operations is introduced.. It is explained gravity,magnetic,paleomagnetism, seismology, satellite geodesy, heat flow methods can be obtained of the
physical paremeters necessary for describing these events.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain movements in the earth
2   To understand the geological events
3   To understand the geometry of the plate tectonics
4   To explain basic mathematical and physical concept in the earth
5   To explain space geodetic technics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of Positioning from Space
2 Methods of Satellite Geodesy
3 Coordinate Reference Frame, Homework
4 Geodynamic interpretation of available geophysical methods
5 Magnetics
6 Paleomagnetism, Homework
7 Gravity
8 Heat Flow
9 Mid-term Exam
10 Crustal Movements
11 Instantaneous global Tectonic Motion, Homework
12 Studies in the satellite Geodesy in Türkiye
13 Student Presentation
14 Student Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Geophysical Geodesy: The Slow Deformation
Kurt Lambeck, Oxford Science Publications, 1988.
Guide to GPS Positioning. Wells, D., Canadian
GPS Assosciates, 1982.
-Seismology and Plate Tectonics. David Gubbins, 1990

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturer, Assigment, presentation, 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 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

ÖÇ1,ÖÇ2,ÖÇ3,ÖÇ4,ÖÇ5 shall be measured with exam, presentation and assigment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe
Kampüsü 35160 Buca-IZMIR
mujgan.salk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10-12, thursday 13-15 Hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145
LO.25
LO.35
LO.455
LO.53

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

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