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| JLJ 119 | General Geology - I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL 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 | Ziya Kırmacı | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To understand the course of natural events, we need geological data. The geological data enlighten the developmental rules of earth; these rules are also valid for the constructions of social life systems. Hence, geology give insight into the development of natural system |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Make students well- informed about earth and rock, | 2,4 | | | LO - 2 : | Provide students to contact with rocks, sedimentary facies and beach environment | 2,4 | | | LO - 3 : | Make students catch on the phenomenon of rocks | 2,4 | | | LO - 4 : | Make students catch on the different environments | 2,4 | | | LO - 5 : | Give students the experience of results of the applied | 2,4 | | | 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 | | |
| Contents of the CourseStructure of the earth: concepts of crust, lithosphere, astenosphere, mantle and core. Minerals and rocks: concepts of mineral and crystal, physical properties of minerals, mineral classification, rock forming minerals, igneous rocks, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Weathering and soils: definition, mechanical and chemical weathering, soil profiles. Streams: weathering and erosion by streams, transport and deposition of sediment by streams, alluvial fans and deltas, stream terraces. Groundwaters: Zones of saturation and aeration, water table, movement of groundwater, porosity and permeability, kinds of groundwater, caverns and karst topography, hot springs and geysers. Mass wasting: factors that control mass wasting, types of mass wasting. Glaciers: formation of glacier ice, classification of glaciers, Alpine and continental glaciers, movement of glaciers, glacial erosion, glacial deposits and landforms created by glaciers, ice ages and their causes. Coastlines: marine environments; temperature, salinity and other chemical characteristics of sea water; ocean waves and currents; erosion, transport and deposition in the seas. Some characteristic features of sedimentary rocks, concepts of facies, transgression and regression. Deformation of the earth?s crust: earthquakes, faults and folds, geological maps. Magmatism: characteristics and origin of magma, magmatism at plate boundaries and within plate, volcanism and plutonism. Metamorphism: agents of metamorphism, types of metamorphism. Plate tectonics: The world system of plates, makeup of plates, classification of plate boundaries, movement of plates. |
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