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| JFZL5390 | Global Geodynamics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Murat ÖZKAPTAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Students will be learn to methods and equations used in golbal geodynamic applications.This course also deals with mechanics of deformation of the crust and mantle. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn mechanics of deformation of the crust and mantle | 2,3 | 1,3,6 | | PO - 2 : | learn the importance of different rheological descriptions | 2,3 | 1,3,6 | | PO - 3 : | design the geodynamic problems and adapt techniques to solve elastic or fluids problem | 2,3 | 1,3,6 | | 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 | | |
| Continuum mechanics applied to geological problems. Local and broad-scale tectonic stresses. Mohr?s circle for strain. Pore fluid pressure effect. Displacements from earthquakes, fault slip in elastic half space earthquake model. Navier-Stokes equations. Corner flow models. Thermal convection in Back-arc and fore-arc. Heat flow,geothermal gardient and thermal difussion. Adams-Williamson equations. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Global Geodynamic | | | Week 2 | Stress, Different Representations of Stress | | | Week 3 | Tectonic Stress, Stress Variations in the Crust | | | Week 4 | Changing Coordinate Systems and Mohr's Circle | | | Week 5 | Measuring Strain, Mohr's Circle for Strain | | | Week 6 | Elasticity, More Special Cases of Elasticity | | | Week 7 | Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Plates | | | Week 10 | Fluids | | | Week 11 | Navier Stokes Equation | | | Week 12 | 2.Midterm exam | | | Week 13 | Corner Flow,Flow in Porous Media | | | Week 14 | Time Dependent Porous Flow,Adams-Williamson equation | | | Week 15 | Geotermal grdaient, thermal diffusion | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Turcotte, D. L., and J. Schubert. Geodynamics. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780521666244. | | | |
| 1 | Malvern, L. E. Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1977. ISBN: 9780134876030 | | | 2 | Ranalli, G. Rheology of the Earth. New York, Ny: Springer; 2nd ed. edition, 1995. ISBN: 9780412546709. | | | 3 | Jeffreys, H. The Earth: Its Origin, History, and Physical Constitution. 6th ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1976. ISBN: 9780521206488 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 10/11/2009 | 150 | 30 | | Quiz | 12 | 24/12/2009 | 120 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 2
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28/12/2009 | 180 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/01/2010 | 150 | 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 | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2.5 | 1 | 2.5 | | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2.5 | 1 | 2.5 | | Total work load | | | 183 |
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