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| JFZL5132 | Modern Global Seismology | 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 | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Yusuf BAYRAK | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The student should obtain advanced knowledge about seismology. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Learn earthquakes, earthquake parameters and earthquake mechanics. | 2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | Learn earthquakes, earthquake parameters and earthquake mechanics. | 2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | Have experience for evaluating earthquakes parameters and earthquake waves. | 2,3,4 | 1 | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to Seismology, elasticity theory, wave propagation, wave equations, body waves and ray theory, near field and far field waves, surface waves and free oscillation, seismographs and seismogram, earthquake parameters, earthquake scaling, wave form modeling, tectonic and seismotectonic. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | introduction to seismology | | | Week 2 | elasticity theory | | | Week 3 | wave equations | | | Week 4 | wave propagation | | | Week 5 | ray theory | | | Week 6 | body waves | | | Week 7 | surface waves | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | free oscillation | | | Week 10 | seismographs | | | Week 11 | earthquake recors | | | Week 12 | 2. midterm exam | | | Week 13 | earthquake parameters | | | Week 14 | earthquake scaling | | | Week 15 | wave form modeling | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Lay, T. and Wallace, T.C. 1995; Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press, USA | | | |
| 1 | Udias, A. 1999; Princeples of Seismology, Cambridge University Press, UK | | | 2 | Bayrak, Y. 2004; Deprem Bilimi Sismoloji, KTU, Trabzon | | | 3 | Sherar, P.M. 1999; Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press, UK | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 11/11/2011 | 120 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 09/12/2011 | 120 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/01/2012 | 120 | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 198 |
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