COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HYDROLOGICAL PRINCIPLES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEF 3605 HYDROLOGICAL PRINCIPLES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geophysical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AHMET TURAN ARSLAN

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering

Course Objective

Hydrological cycle, Determination of Hydrogeological properties of rocks, Groundwater investigations, Groundwater pollution sources, Determination and interpretation of groundwater physical and chemical properties, the results of the geophysical methods are used and interpreted with the Hydrogeological information

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic Hydrological and Hydrogeological concepts.
2   To be able to apply the groundwater monitoring techniques.
3   To be able to inform about the Hydrogeological investigations.
4   To be able to use the various geophysical methods to Hydrogeological problems.
5   To be able to make the groundwater models using the computer code.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Water. Hydrological cycle and its components.
2 Hydrogeological invesitgations.
3 Groundwater flow fundamentals.
4 Hydrolic and Hydrogeological features of ground and rocks
5 Determination of hydrolic features of aquifers - Lab methods.
6 Determination of hydrolic features of aquifers - Field methods.
7 Geology of groundwater forming: Sedimantery Rocks, Magmatic and Metamorfic rocks
8 Electrical methods in Groundwter investigations - I
9 Electrical methods in Groundwter investigations - II
10 Magnetic and GPR applications in Groundwter investigations.
11 Seismic method in Groundwter investigations and Borehole geophysics.
12 2D and 3D Groundwater Models using Rockworks ve Voxler softwares

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Freeze R.A. ve Cherry J.A. (2003) Yeraltısuyu (Çeviren; Kamil Kayabalı) Gazi kitabevi Dögol Cad. 39/C Beşevler, Ankara.
- Fetter CW (2001) Applied Hydrogeology PRENTICE HALL, 598 sayfa, ISBN: 0131226878 ,http://www.appliedhydrogeology.com/
- Kirsh, R. (2009) Groundwater Geophysics [electronic resource] : A Tool for Hydrogeology , Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Second Edition.

Supplementary Book(s):
- Voxler Version 1.1.1716 Aug 30 2006 Volumetric Visualition Package Copright 2006, Golden Software, Inc. Serial Number: VX-002557-1wq8 www.goldensoftware.com

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, homework/presentation, exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.15 + MTE 2 * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.15 + MTE 2 * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks: %20 ( LO2, LO4, )
Mid-term exam: %30 ( LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Final exam: %50 ( LO2, LO3, LO4 )

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Geophysical Engineering, Tınaztepe Campus, 35160 Buca, Izmir
petek.sindirgi@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90.232.301 72 70
ahmet.arslan@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90.232.301 72 73

Office Hours

Tuesday - 13:30 15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 2 3 6
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 81

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.344
LO.45
LO.535