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| JLJ5060 | Sedimentary Environments and Facies | 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: | | The cource intends to teach the graduate students the depositional enviroments and facies deveoleped within them in detail. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | describe and explain the sedimentary environments | 3,5,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | describe and explain the terrestrial sedimentary environments | 3,5,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | describe and explain the transitional environments | 3,5,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | describe and explain the marine sedimentary environments | 3,5,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | describe and explain the distinguishing factors of terrestrial and marine sedimentary environments | 3,5,12 | 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 | | |
| Facies. Sedimentary structures. Sedimentary processes. Alluvial sediments. Glacial sediments. Lakes. Deserts. Deltas. Lagoons. Estuarys. Tidal flats. Clastic shorelines. Carbonate environments. Reefs. Flysch and turbidites. Pelagic sediments. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, definition and basic concepts. | | | Week 2 | Alluvial sediments. | | | Week 3 | Glacial environments and facies. | | | Week 4 | Fluvial environments and facies. | | | Week 5 | Lacustrine environments and facies. | | | Week 6 | Desert environments and facies. | | | Week 7 | Delta environments and facies.
| | | Week 8 | Siliciclastic shorelines.
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Evaporitic environments.
| | | Week 11 | Shallow-marine carbonate environments.
| | | Week 12 | Reefs.
| | | Week 13 | Pelagic environments. | | | Week 14 | Flysh and turbidites. | | | Week 15 | Submarine fans. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Korkmaz, S. 2005; Sedimanter Ortamlar ve Fasiyesler Ders Notları, KTÜ Trabzon. | | | 2 | Reading H. G. (Ed. ) ; 1986, Sedimantary Environments and Facies, Blackwell Scientific Publ. 615 p. , Oxford. | | | |
| 1 | Walker, R. G. (Ed. ) , 1979; Facies Models, Geoscience Canada Reprint Series 1, p. 211. | | | 2 | Selley, R. C. 1978; Ancient Sedimentary Enviroments, Chapman&Hall, 287 p. , London. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 8/11/2012 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 14 | 25/12/2012 | 4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 5/01/2013 | 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 | 8 | 12 | 96 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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