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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GPE 5020	THERMAL GEOPHYSICS	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR COŞKUN SARI

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The course aims to provide for teaching thermal resourses of the Earth, heat generation in the Earth, thermal distribution in the Earth crust and inner Earth, thermal properties of the rocks, thermal conductivity and heat flow, heat flow measurements in land and in sea.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	The ability to get information on termal resourses of the Earth, heat generation and heat conduction,
2	The ability to get information on temperature and heat distribution in the Earth crust and inner Earth,
3	The ability to analyze the concepts of heat flow and thermal gradient,
4	The ability of acquire information about the thermal properties and thermal conductivity of rocks,
5	The ability of thermal modeling and to interpret heat flow maps,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Thermal resourses and types of the Earth
2	Heat generation and heat conduction in the Earth
3	Heat generation and heat conduction in the Earth (Cont.)
4	Distribution of temperature and heat distribution in the Earth
5	Distribution of temperature and heat distribution in the Earth (Cont.)
6	Heat flow and thermal gradient,
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	Thermal properties of rocks
9	Thermal conductivity
10	Principles of thermal modeling
11	Applications of thermal modeling
12	Importance of heat flow maps and their preparation
13	Heat flow measurements in land
14	Heat flow measurements in sea

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1- Thermal Geophysics
A.M. Jessop, Elsevier, 1990.

2- Principles of Geophysics
N.H. Sleep and K. Fujita, Blackwell Publ., 1997.

Supplementary Book(s):

References: Articles related with the course content

Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course shall be given as lecture, class presentations and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

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 +RST 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework Assignments: 25 % LO-1, LO-2, LO-3, LO-4
Mid-term Exam: 25 % LO-1, LO-2, LO-3
Final Exam: 50 % LO-1, LO-2, LO-3, LO-4, LO-5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Coşkun SARI
Dokuz Eylul University
Engineering Faculty
Department of Geophysical Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus
35160 Buca-Izmir
E-mail: coskun.sari@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Tutorials	0	0	0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	8	8
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
Preparing assignments	4	8	32
Preparation for quiz etc.	0	0	0
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
Quiz etc.	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13
LO.1	5	4	3			2		1
LO.2	5	4	3			2		1
LO.3			5	4			1	2	3
LO.4	4	5					1	2	3
LO.5			5		4		1	2	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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