COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PALAEOECOLOGY OF LAKE AND DELTA ENVIRONMENT OF THE QUATERNARY IN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 5054 PALAEOECOLOGY OF LAKE AND DELTA ENVIRONMENT OF THE QUATERNARY IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MINE SEZGÜL KAYSERI ÖZER

Offered to

MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Course Objective

It is aimed to determinate the paleoecology properties of the Quaternary and deposition environment of this time in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to distinguished the Quaternary glaciations features
2   to define the river systems in the Quaternary Period of earth processes
3   to define the palaeosol in the Quaternary Period of earth processes;
4   to define the evaporate in the Quaternary Period of earth processes;
5   to define the lake and lacustrine systems in the Quaternary Period of earth processes;
6   to understand the flora and vegetational changes in the Quaternary Period of earth processes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Quaternary Science and glaciations Introduction of Quaternary Science and glaciations
2 River systems Sediments and ecology of the river system
3 Delta environment Sediments and ecology of the Delta environment
4 Lake and lacustrine environments Ecology of lake sediments and lacustrine environments
5 Paleosol of Quaternary Identification of Paleosol.
6 Quaternary evaporites The identification of evaporites
7 Flora and vejetasyonel changes Introduction to Quaternary flora
8 I. Mid-term I. Mid-term
9 Vegetation and ecology of Gölhisar Lake Palaeovegetational change of the Quaternary in the Gölhisar Lake and ecological properties.
10 Vegetation and ecology of Sagalassos area Palaeovegetational change of the Quaternary in the Sagalassos area and ecological properties.
11 Vegetation and ecology of Eski Acıgöl area Palaeovegetational change of the Quaternary in the Eski Acıgöl area and ecological properties
12 2. Mid-term 2. Mid-term
13 Vegetation and ecology of Yeniçağa ve Abant areas Palaeovegetational change of the Quaternary in the Yeniçağa ve Abant areas and ecological properties.
14 Vegetation and ecology of Marmara and the Black Sea Region Palaeovegetational change of the Quaternary in the Marmara and Blacksea regions and ecological properties.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. F. Akgün, M. S. Kayseri-Özer, 2012, Kuvaterner Bilimi (Neojen'den Kuvaterner'e Güneybatı Avrasya'da Flora ve Vejetasyon Değişimleri,139-170 pp., Ankara, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları No:350.
2. Genel Jeoloji Yerbilimlerine Giriş, Ihsan Ketin, 1993
3. N. Kazancı, A. Gürbüz, Kuvaterner Bilimi, 2012, Ankara, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları No:350, 1-570 pp.,
4. Environmental Geology, C.W.Montgomery. Wm.C.Brown Publishers 1998: eds. Alyn C.Duxbury and Alison B.Duxbury

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught on a base of lecture and homework presentation and discussion. All the students are expected to attend and both the lecture and laboratory hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides, each student or group of students should present their homework topics in an open discussion session. Students are expected to prepare a homework report as well.

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 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and application exams are done in a classical system with written exam

Assessment Criteria

The aim of this lecture is win the perspective of deposition environment of the Quaternary time and palaeocological changes of these environment in Anatolia for students. The success of students, midterm and final exams are measured by their success.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sezgul.kayseri@deu.edu.tr; 0 232 278 55 65-163
Bakü Boulevard No:100 Inciraltı/IZMIR

Office Hours

Optional

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 3 33
Preparation for midterm exam 2 9 18
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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