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| JLJ5090 | Advanced Structural Geology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL 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 | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach students structural analysis with various structural components in an advanced level |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | use geological terms of structural sense in the right way in English | 7,8,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | have the ability of analyzing and interpreting structural data in an advanced nanner. | 2,7,8,10 | 1,3 | | 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 | | |
| Attitude of planes, Lines and intersecting plaqnes, prediction of outcrop patterns, graphic solutions with the stereonet, linear and planar structures in tectonites, structural analysis, structural solutions with drill hole data, orthographic solutions with translational faults, fault drag folds, rotational faults, faults and stresses, granite tectonics, block diagrams |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Attitudes of planar structures.
| | | Week 2 | Thickness and depth.
| | | Week 3 | Planar structures and topography.
| | | Week 4 | Linear structures and intersecting planes.
| | | Week 5 | Concepts of strain.
| | | Week 6 | Analysis in of strain in rocks.
| | | Week 7 | Structural analysis:Solutions with contoured diagrams | | | Week 8 | Folds and topography.
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Graphic solutions with the stereonet.
| | | Week 11 | Tectonite concept and palar- linear structures iin tectonites.
| | | Week 12 | Complex planar and linear structures in tectonites. | | | Week 13 | Structural analysis: solutions with beta and pi diagrams.
| | | Week 14 | Structural solutions with drill hole data.
| | | Week 15 | Structural solutions with drill hole data. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ragan, D.M., 1973; Structural Geology: An introduction to geometrical techniques. John Wiley-Sons, New York. | | | 2 | Turner, F.J., WeissL.F., 1963; Structural Analysis of Metamorphic Tectonites. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. | | | |
| 1 | Hobbs, B.E.,, Means, W.D., Williams, P.F. 1976; An outline of Structural Geology. John Wiley-Sons, Inc, New York. | | | 2 | Dennis, J.G., 1973; Structural Geology. The Ronald Pres Company, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 26/03/2013 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | 03/05/2013 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 23/05/2013 | 2 | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 5 | 11 | 55 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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