COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUARRY GEOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYT 3007 QUARRY GEOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Natural Building Stones Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR RAMAZAN HACIMUSTAFAOĞLU

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology

Course Objective

the cource aims to provide the environmental works, regulations, and to gain the environmental protection stage

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To categorize the natural building stones using for engineering projects according to their geological origins and methods of production and processing.
2   To know geological parameters effecting their mass properties and usability of as natural building stone.
3   To identify geological parameters of igneuos stone that effect on usability of as natural building stone.
4   To identify geological parameters of metamorphic stone that effect on usability of as natural building stone.
5   To identify geological parameters of sedimentary stone that effect on usability of as natural building stone.
6   To know identification and estimation methods that effect on usability of rocks as natural building stone source.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Being able to describe natural building stones, to label according to their geological origins, usage forms and places and history of stone.
2 Main parameters that effect usability of a rock mass as natural building stone.
3 Main parameters that effect usability of a rock mass as natural building stone.
4 To categorize the natural building stones using for engineering projects according to their geological origins and methods of production and processing.
5 Methods of natural building stone production.
6 Technology of natural stone processing. +aplication exam
7 Geological parameters that effect to mass properties of rocks and their effects on usability as natural building stone source.
8 Geological parameters that effect to usability of igneous rocks as natural building stone source.
9 Mid term exam
10 Geological parameters that effect to usability of metamorphic rocks as natural building stone source
11 Geological parameters that effect to usability of metamorphic rocks as natural building stone source
12 Geological parameters that effect to usability of sedimentary rocks as natural building stone source
13 Geological parameters that effect to usability of sedimentary rocks as natural building stone source+aplication exam
14 Identification and interpretation methods of geological parameters that effect on usability of rocks as natural building stone sources.

Recomended or Required Reading


Main Reference: 1. Karaca, Z., 2001 Mermer Madenciliği, DEÜ Torbalı Meslek Yüksekokulu yayınları, ISBN 975-441-165-4 Yayın No:01.Torbalı-Izmir.
2.Kulaksız, S., 2005, Doğal Taş (Mermer) Maden Işletmeciliği ve Işleme Teknolojileri TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-911-7 Ankara.
3.Kun,N.,2000, Mermer jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi, 2000 Tezer Matbası, Izmir.
4.Onargan,T., Köse,H.,Deliormanlı,A.H., 2006,Mermer, TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-847
Auxiliary references:
1. G.H.McNail.,1998, Soil and Rock Construction Material, British Library cataloguing in Publication Data, ISBN 0 419 21420 8

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To teach of geological and economical parameters of natural building stone effecting their production and processing process and usability performance.

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria
Mid term exam : %25
Aplication: %25
Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for tutorial exam 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61