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| JLJL7224 | Geochronology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | 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 acquire knowledge about geochronology, geochronologic processes, its practical usage. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | describe the major geochronological methods and their usage. | 2,9,11,12,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | identify the advantage and disadvantage of the geochronological methods relative to each other. | 2,9,11,12,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | make isochron calculations and produce model ages. | 2,9,11,12,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | interpret the model ages and their geological meaning. | 2,9,11,12,14 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | produce a geochronological model with this data and discuss the results before an audience by selecting a suitable geochronological data. | 2,9,11,12,14 | 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 | | |
| Introduction and definition. Geochronological methods. K-Ar method. Ar/Ar method. Rb-Sr method. Sm-Nd method. Lu-Hf method. Re-Os method. U, Th-Pb method. Fission-Track and other radiation damage method. Isochron calculations. Model ages. Interpreting geochronological data |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and the course concepts. | | | Week 2 | Radiogenic decay, parent-daughter isotopes, and basic equation of the dating. | | | Week 3 | Geochronological methods, their advantage and disadvantages. | | | Week 4 | K-Ar dating method. | | | Week 5 | Rb-Sr dating method. | | | Week 6 | Ar-Ar dating method. | | | Week 7 | Sm-Nd dating method. | | | Week 8 | U, Th-Pb dating method. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Lu-Hf dating method. | | | Week 11 | Re-Os dating method. | | | Week 12 | Fission-track and other radiation damage method. | | | Week 13 | Isochron calculations. | | | Week 14 | Model ages. | | | Week 15 | Interpreting geochronological data. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Faure, G., 1986; Principles of isotope geology, John Wiley & Sons, 589s. | | | 2 | Faure, G. ve Mensing, T.M., 2005; Isotopes: Principles and Applications, 3rd ed. John Wiley and Sons, USA, 897p | | | |
| 1 | Faure, G., 2001; Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 496p. | | | 2 | Valley, J. W., Taylor, H. O. & O?Neil, J., 1986; Stable isotopes in high temperature geological processes, Mineralogical Society of America, 570s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/04/2019 | 2 | 30 | | Project | 3
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7 | 10/04/2019 | 10 | 15 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 9
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11 | 16/05/2019 | 6 | 5 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/06/2019 | 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 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Proje | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 1 | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Diğer 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | | Total work load | | | 77 |
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