COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE GEOPHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 5029 MARINE GEOPHYSICS ELECTIVE 3 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 geophysical surveys has made great progress in recent years. Humanity is in need of oil, natural gas, metals, etc. groundwater resources and the environment for the purpose of obtaining the sea underwater discharge pipes, cables, construction, etc. To investigate the structure of the sea floor for manufacturing marine geophysical surveys have been extremely important. In this course, basic geophysical methods used in marine seismic, gravity, magnetic and heat flow measurements and discusses their application examples.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The basic principles of marine geophysics. And geophysical methods used in the various potential areas of marine research.
2   The basic principles of gravity and magnetic methods and uses of the seas.
3   Marine seismic studies and receiving the data.
4   Electrical and electromagnetic methods and the applicability of these marine research.
5   Other geophysical methods used in the seas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic principles of marine geophysics. Marine geophysical surveys to determine the importance of location and techniques.
2 Single and multi-beam (swath) depth measurements, obtaining isobath maps. Basic information about the sources of acoustic energy.
3 Marine seismic receiver units hydrophones and hydrophone cable (streamer). Marine seismic reflection studies and data extraction.
4 Side-scan sonar techniques and evaluation of data. Evaluation of the principles of seismic stratigraphy and seismic reflection data.
5 Marine seismic data analysis and processing techniques. Demultiplexer, masonry (CDP and CMP) to.
6 Static-dynamic-amplitude corrections. Marine seismic studies of noise problems. Seismic velocity calculations, migration and deconvolution techniques
7 MIDTERM I.
8 Principles of marine seismic refraction principle. Marine seismic refraction measurements and evaluation of the data to be taken.
9 Modeling and inversion techniques. Subsea seismometer studies.
10 Basic principles of magnetic measurements of the sea. Supply magnetic field, marine magnetometer measurements and evaluation of data.
11 The basic principles of gravimetric measurements of the sea. Gravity field of supply, sea-gravity adjustments and evaluation of data.
12 Other marine geophysical methods. Geoelectrical seas, the applicability of electromagnetic methods.
13 Marine geophysical borehole geophysics techniques. Tides heat flux measurements and evaluation of the results.
14 MIDTERM II.

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting by M.B. Dobrin & C.H. Savit, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1988.
2) Basic Exploration Geophysics by E.S. Robinson & C. Çoruh, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
3) Quantitative Seismology by K.Aki & P.G.Richards, W.H.Freeman Company, San Francisco, 1980.
4) The Generalized Reciprocal Method of Seismic Refraction Interpretation by D. Palmer, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Publ., Oklahoma, 1980.
5) Applied Geophysics by W.M. Telford, L.P. Geldart, R.E. Sheriff & D.A. Keys, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1976.
6) Ocean Acoustics-Theory and Experiment in Underwater Sound by I. Tolstoy & C.S. Clay, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1966.
7) An Introduction to Seismic Interpretation by R. McQuillin, M. Bacon & W. Barclay, Gulf Publishing Company, Texas, 1980.
8) Handbook of Geophysical Exploration at Sea by R.A. Geyer, CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida,1983

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

homework
presentation

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + 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 12 2 24
Case study 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 25 50
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.25115522111555
LO.35151155411555
LO.45131121111555
LO.55541111111555

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