COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOLOGY OF TRAVERTINES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4159 GEOLOGY OF TRAVERTINES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ISMAIL IŞINTEK

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Is to teach the formation mechanism, precipitation environment, orthochemical and allochemical components, macro and micro carbonate structures and maping of treverines and is to classify as petrograpfic and commercial and is to provide a relation between their geologic and economic characteristics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to recognize orthochemical and allchemical components of travertine.
2   Able to classfy travertine as petrographic and commercial.
3   Able to establish a relation between travertine components, carbonate structures and facies or prepicitation environment .
4   Able to make a pionering petrographic investigation of travertine.
5   Able to make facies map of travertine.
6   Able to compare differences between travertine types.
7   Able to establish litostratigraphic sequences depending on facies and carbonate structures.
8   Able to evaluate travertine geology together travertine economy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Travertine description and main components.
2 Travertine structures, micrite and spar structures.
3 Shrup structures, mat shrup, quill-feather shrup, radial shrup, Mass shrup structures,
4 Biologic structures, plants, gastropods, ostracods, charophyts and blue-green algaes.
5 Travertine structures, beding and laminae structures.
6 Pore structures and pore types.
7 Presentation of homework subject
8 Travertine facies, micrite facies and spar facies.
9 Travertine precipitation conditions and relation with travertine structures.
10 Travertine precipitation environment types.
11 Textural classification of commercial travertine.
12 Measuring and establishing of travertine sequences.
13 Maping of travertine units.
14 Midterm exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main referances:
1. Işintek I., 2012, Traverten Jeolojisi ders notları. DEÜ, Müh. Fak., Jeo. Müh. Böl., 12 pdf files (not published).
2. Atabey, E., 2003, Tufa ve travertenler. JMO yayınları no. 75. s. 106.

Suplamentary referance:
2. Pentacost, A., 2005, Travertine. Springer, p. 445

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral and visual cours, macroscobic and microscobic laboratory

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1, 2, 3, 4, and 6th learning outcomes will be evaluated by midterm, final exam and makeup exam.
1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8th learning outcomes will be evaluated by homework .

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone 0232 3017328

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 36 36
Preparation for final exam 1 38 38
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.255454554
LO.3554533
LO.4555333
LO.5555555
LO.6554
LO.75554
LO.855554

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