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| JLJ7212 | Structural Analysis | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course will concentrate on structures formed in continental lithosphere and on structures associated with the development of the sedimentary basins. Structural style and structural and stratigraphic geometries will form important aspects of the course |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand how the mechanism of extensional tectonism realise in the crust of the Earth. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,13,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | interpret structural change owing to extensional tectonic regime. | 2,3,4,5,7,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | understand causes f the lateral-wrench movements in the lithosfer. | 2,3,4,5,7,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | determine opening and closing areas of isochronal basins along wrench faults. | 2,3,4,5,7,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | interpret structural changes realised in the compressional tectonic regime in the crust of the Earth. | 2,3,4,5,7,11,12 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Extensional Tectonics. Mechanics of Extensional Faulting. Geometry of Extensional Faults. Extensional Faults at dept in the lithosphere. Inversion Tectonics. Geometries of Inversion. Negative Inversion. Positive Inversion Wrench Tectonics. Idealized Wrench Fault Orientations. Mechanism for pull-apart basin formation. Structures in Thrust Belt. Thrust Systems. Thrust Fault. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Brittle deformation (Fracture and fracture systems)
| | | Week 2 | Fault and fault classification. | | | Week 3 | Kinematics and type of the normal faults.
| | | Week 4 | Kinematics and type of revers faults. | | | Week 5 | Kinematics and type of the strike-slip faults.
| | | Week 6 | Stres: Type of stresss and Mohr diagrams.
| | | Week 7 | Elastic deformation and experimental fracturing of rocks.
| | | Week 8 | Mechanics of natural fault and fractures.
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Plastic deformation (folds and fold type). | | | Week 11 | Kinematicmodels of folds.
| | | Week 12 | Foliation and lineation.
| | | Week 13 | Structures of homogenous deformation. Thir steorographic projection.
| | | Week 14 | Observation in deformed rock.
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | AAPG, 1988; Structural Concepts and Tecniques II. Basement Involved Deformation. | | | |
| 1 | Twiss, R.J., Moores, E.M., 1992. Structural Geology. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/11/2012 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | 20/12/2012 | 4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 10 | 10 | 100 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Ödev | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 199 |
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