COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEFORMATION ANALYSIS ON GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GPE 5037 DEFORMATION ANALYSIS ON GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MÜJGAN ŞALK

Offered to

Geophysical Engineering
GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

Needed to explain movements in the earth, geological events and the basic physical and
mathematical operations is introduced.. It is explained gravity,magnetic,paleomagnetism, seismology, satellite geodesy, heat flow methods can be obtained of the
physical paremeters necessary for describing these events.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain movements in the earth
2   To understand the geological events
3   To understand the geometry of the plate tectonics
4   To explain basic mathematical and physical concept in the earth
5   To explain space geodetic technics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of Positioning from Space
2 Methods of Satellite Geodesy
3 Coordinate Reference Frame, Homework
4 Geodynamic interpretation of available geophysical methods
5 Magnetics
6 Paleomagnetism, Homework
7 Gravity
8 Heat Flow
9 Mid-term Exam I
10 Crustal Movements
11 Instantaneous global Tectonic Motion, Homework
12 Studies in the satellite Geodesy in Turkey
13 Mid-term Exam II
14 Student Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Geophysical Geodesy: The Slow Deformation
Kurt Lambeck, Oxford Science Publications, 1988.
Guide to GPS Positioning. Wells, D., Canadian
GPS Assosciates, 1982.
-Seismology and Plate Tectonics. David Gubbins, 1990

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturer, Assigment, 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 + MTE 2/2 * 0.25 +ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.25 +ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

ÖÇ1,ÖÇ2,ÖÇ3,ÖÇ4,ÖÇ5 shall be measured with exam, presentation and assigment

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeofizik Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe
Kampüsü 35160 Buca-IZMIR
mujgan.salk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10-12, thursday 13-15 Hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 2 5 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.145
LO.25
LO.35
LO.455
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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