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| JLJ5670 | Advanced Geochemical Prospection | 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, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Necati TÜYSÜZ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Solving problems in Exploration Geochemistry regarding rock, soil, and stream sediment surveys |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | evaluate geochemical data | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | calculate threshold values and describe the anomalous populations and interpret them | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | recognize the false anomalies | 1,2,3,5,6,10,11,12 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | develop exploration models using stream sediments | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | evaluate anomalies in stream sediments | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 6 : | develop soil orientation surveys and recognize related anomalies | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 7 : | develop rock geohemical survey techniques | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 8 : | develop heavy mineral investigation methods | 1,2,3,5,6,11,12 | 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 | | |
| Calculations of threshold and anomaly values Interpretation of anomaliesDetermination of dilution factors in stream sedimentsDelineation of potentially mineralised areas using lithogeochemistry problems and their solutions encountered in soil sampling and hydrogeochemical studies Heavy mineral studies in mineral exploration |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The influence of geology and geography in determining thresholds
Petrological interpretations from multi-element stream sediment reconnaissance data
| | | Week 2 | Discrimination of tin-mineralized granites by lithogeochemistry | | | Week 3 | Evaluation of reconnaissance data for uranium mineralization using a grid cell method | | | Week 4 | Hydrogeochemical survey for uranium in an arid region
Geobotanical prospecting
| | | Week 5 | Dilution factors in the interpretation of stream sediment data
Stream sediment survey in an arid region
| | | Week 6 | Gold anomalies in soils
Depletion of gold from outcrops of mafic rocks
| | | Week 7 | Exploration at a volcanogenic sulfide occurence
Pan concentrates; estimation of gold content
| | | Week 8 | Multiple regression analysis of biogeochemical data | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Anomalies in stream sediments and soils and their relation to mineralization | | | Week 11 | Supergene enrichment of Au anda Ag in a humid tropical environment | | | Week 12 | Hydrogeochemical (groundwater) survey in a humid tropical environment | | | Week 13 | Reconnaissance stream sediment survey
Follow-up stream sediment survey
| | | Week 14 | Soil sampling survey
Exercise on the construction of cumulative frequency curves using data
| | | Week 15 | Discrepancies in analytical determinations of gold | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Levinson, A.A., Bradshaw, P.M.D., Thomson, I. 1987; Practical problems in exploration geochemistry, USA. | | | |
| 1 | Wellmer W.F.,1989, statistical evaluations in exploration for mineral deposits, springer publ.,Germany | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2012 | 3 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 1
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13 | 24/09/2012
8/10/2012
15/10/2012
22/10/2012
29/10/2012
5/11/2012
19/11/2012
26/11/2012
17/12/2012 | 54 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2013 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Uygulama | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 6 | 9 | 54 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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