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| HRT2032 | Earthquake Geology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Yener EYÜBOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to inform students about why, how and where earthquakes may occur, to provide them with information about the formation mechanisms of earthquakes, and to contribute to the development of earthquake awareness. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the reasons for earthquakes.
| 1,8,11 | | | LO - 2 : | understand where in the Türkiye and world earthquakes are most likely to occur. | 1,8,11 | | | LO - 3 : | describe the potential consequences of an earthquake. | 1,8,11 | | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| What is an earthquake? Why is it important? Rocks and the internal structure of the Earth, movements of lithospheric plates and their role in earthquake production, deformation, classification of faults, earthquake parameters, formation mechanisms of earthquakes, seismic waves and propagation properties, tsunamis, relationship between soil type and earthquake effect, earthquake predictions, distribution and mechanism of earthquakes around the world, Türkiye's active tectonics and seismicity, what to do personally before and during an earthquake?
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is an earthquake? Why is it important? | | | Week 2 | Rocks and the internal structure of the Earth | | | Week 3 | Movements of lithospheric plates and their role in earthquake production | | | Week 4 | Supercontinents and their role in shaping the Earth | | | Week 5 | Deformations | | | Week 6 | Classification of faults | | | Week 7 | Earthquake parameters | | | Week 8 | Formation mechanisms of earthquakes | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | Seismic waves and propagation properties | | | Week 11 | Tsunamis | | | Week 12 | Relationship between soil type and earthquake effect | | | Week 13 | Earthquake predictions | | | Week 14 | Türkiye's active tectonics and seismicity | | | Week 15 | What to do personally before and during an earthquake | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Eyüboğlu, Y., 2024, Deprem Jeolojisi Ders Notları | | | |
| 1 | Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K., Allen, C.R..1992; Deprem Jeolojisi, Gazi Kitabevi, 567 s. (Çeviren: Ramazan Demirtaş ve Kamil Kayabalı) | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 10 | 30 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 25 | 1 | 25 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 95 |
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