COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INSTRUMENTAL METHODS IN MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 5013 INSTRUMENTAL METHODS IN MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ATILLA ULUĞ

Offered to

MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Course Objective

Marine geology and geophysics program, the Institute research ship R / V K. Piri Reis, made the sea and the geological and geophysical instruments and equipment used in the introduction, methods, aims to teach the practice. This course can be followed in any textbook curriculum is not only the device and the equipment used and the corresponding passages of the lecture notes were used as promotional catalogs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The basic principles of wave propagation and wave types.
2   Determining the location of marine research vessel.
3   Depth measurements, engineering seismic, air gun and refraction seismic.
4   Side-scan sonar and magnetometer systems to receive data.
5   Describes the basic principles and usages of geotechnical investigation equipment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on wave propagation and reflection, boundary conditions, reflection and refraction coefficients, the calculation of the speed of sound in water.
2 Information on transducers, piezoelectric crystals, piezoelektik ceramic materials, electromagnetic transducers and manyetostrüktif.
3 Horizontal positioning and control systems, and Trisponder systems Autocarta II.
4 Bathymetric survey instruments, Atlas-Deso 10 echosounder, Edige 10 numeric pointer Atlas Atlas 480 and Simrad Skipper 406 echosounder systems echography.
5 Engineering seismic system O.R.E. Information on the Model 1032, Sparker, Uniboom seismic systems.
6 Shallow seismic sparker device (SIG) working principle and the data samples,
7 Airgun seismic reflection survey instruments as a source of energy and Benthos Model 406 Bolt PAR-600B Introduction streamer receiver unit.
8 Seismic refraction survey instruments Sonobuoylar Telseis STR-70 and SB-76.
9 Midterm I.
10 EG G side-scan sonar system and records, examination of Mark-1B.
11 Benthos Model 2171 Gravity-type barrel and Alpine Vibracorer systems and their use.
12 Geometrics G-801 magnetometer system.
13 Digital data acquisition (DELF program),
14 Digital data acquisition (DELF program) cont.

Recomended or Required Reading

Uluğ, A., 1987, Deniz Jeolojisi ve Jeofiziğinde Enstrümental Yöntemler Ders Notları, D.E.Ü. Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Enstitüsü, 142 s.

1) Racal-Decca Autocarta II, Decca Trisponder sistemleri katalogları.
2) Atlas-Deso 10, Atlas-Edig 10 ve Simrad-Skipper 406 Ekosounder katalogları.
3) O.R.E. Model 1032 Mühendislik Sismik Sistemi, EPC Grafik Rekorder katalogları.
4) EG G Uniboom, Sparker, Mark - 1B Side-Scan-Soner cihazları katalogları.
5) Bolt PAR-600B Airgun, Krohn-Hite Model 3700 Butterworth Süzgeç, Benthos Model 460 Analog Streamer katalogları.
6) Telseis sismik telemetri ve Fairfield Sonobuoy katalogları.
7) Geometrics G-801 Manyetometre kataloğu.
8) Alpine Vibracorer ve muhtelif yardımcı cihaz katalogları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentation
homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

atilla.ulug@deu.edu.tr
0232 278 5565

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 25 50
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 2 4 8
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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