COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEISMOTECTONICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 4701 SEISMOTECTONICS COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ORHAN DEDE POLAT

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Lecture aims understanding of the relationship between seismology and tectonic, and the assessment of seismic hazard

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to perform the importance of earthquake for tectonic studies.
2   To be able to interpret fault types, elongations, earthquake and source parameters to elucidate seismic hazard.
3   To be able to analyse seismotectonic maps and focal mechanisms solutions.
4   To be able to evaluate seismic hazard and risk studies together with earthquake forecasting.
5   To be able to link principal seismotectonic features of Turkey with focal mechanisms and stress tensors.
6   To be able to link GPS deformation velocities of Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean basin with fault types and focal mechanisms solutions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

JEF 3607 - SEISMOLOGY

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of Seismotectonic
2 Distribution of seismicity and importance for seismotectonic
3 Earthquake source, stress, strain, seismic moment relation
4 Source models and source parameters App-1 : One of Haskell, Brune or Aki models
5 Fault types and seismotectonic (strike, dip, rake) properties
6 Analysis of seismotectonic maps
7 Obtaining of focal mechanisms solutions App-2 : Focal mechanisms with different methods
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Stress Tensor
10 Relationship of stress tensor with focal mechanisms App-3 : Stress Tensor
11 Seismotectonic of Eastern Mediterranean (joint interpretation with other results obtained from geophysics and geodesic studies)
12 Seismicity and seismotectonic of Turkey (joint interpretation with other results obtained from geophysics and geodesic studies) App-4 : Interpretations of seismotectonic maps
13 Seismic hazard, risk and earthquake forecast studies
14 Sample focal mechanisms solutions and interpretations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
"Deprem Jeolojisi", Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K. and Allen, C.R., 1997. Oxford University Press. 568 p. (Türkçeye Çeviren: Kamil Kayabalı ve Ramazan Demirtaş, 2006. ISBN: 9799756009214, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara).
Supplementary Book(s):
"Seismology and Plate Tectonics", David Gubbins, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
"An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structure", Seth Stein ve Michael Wysession, Blackwell Publishing, 2003.
"The Solid Earth : An Introduction To Global Geophysics", Fowler, C.M.R., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1990.
"Modern Global Seismology", Thorne Lay and Terry C. Wallace, Academic Press, 1995.
Other Materials: Aydinger paper, Compasses, Schmidt abacus

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework, exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRC * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRC * 0.30 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam : %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Homework/Application : %30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)
Final Exam : %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Continuation of lecture will be evaluated

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Orhan POLAT ( orhan.polat@deu.edu.tr )
- Dr. Elçin GÖK ( elcin.gok@deu.edu.tr )

Office Hours

Friday: 13:30-15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 4 2 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.143
LO.23354
LO.343355445
LO.4434445555553
LO.554545555554
LO.655555555555

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