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JFZ 411Geophysics Prospecting - III4+1+0ECTS:5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 4 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week
Lecturer--
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The course aims to provide students about theoretical background of the geoelectrical prospecting, data acqusition and data processing.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : learn theoretical bases of the geo-electrical methods1,2,3,5,11,12,13
LO - 2 : learn data acquisition and interpretation of the field data2,4,5,11,13
LO - 3 : acquire data using vertical electrical sounding, horizontal electrical sounding and combined sounding-profiling techniques in electrical resistivity method and interpretation of data1,5,11,12,13
LO - 4 : acquire self-potential (SP) field data and interpretation of these data1,5,11,12,13
LO - 5 : describe sources and effects of the induced polarization (IP)1,5,11,12,13
LO - 6 : interpret İP data1,5,11,12,13
LO - 7 : describe electromagnetic field and classify EM methods1,5,11,12,13
LO - 8 : interpret EM data1,5,11,12,13
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 Course
Measurement of electrical and magnetic properties of rocks and minerals in the laboratory, origin of self-potentials, calculations of SP anomalies of simple geometrical bodies, origin of telluric currents and magneto telluric fields, equipment, interpretation of telluric and MT field data, EM continuous-wave, transient-field methods, electromagnetic induction, elliptic polarization, magnetic field of low frequency sources, near and far EM fields, interpretational aids in EM prospecting, depth penetration, electrical resistivity methods, layered earth, vertical electrical sounding, VES curves by linear filters, optimization methods, Pekeris Koefoed method of direct interpretation, geological section from VES data, electrical mapping, anisotropic earth, introduction to 2D modelling of field data, origin of the IP effects, time and frequency domain IP methods, magnetic IP method, Ground Probing Radar (GPR) .
 
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