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| JLJL7492 | Global Geodynamics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third 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: | | This course provides a detailed information for explaining the current and past plate motions, tectonics and magmatic activity of the Earth. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | explain the current and past plate motions. | | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | interpret the geological phenomena in a plate tectonic context | | | | PO - 3 : | interpret the relationship between magmatism and plate motions. | | | | PO - 4 : | understand the processes involved in subduction zones, including metamorphism, earthquakes and magmatism. | | | | 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 | | |
| The Inner Structure of the Earth, Oceanic and Continental Lithosphere, Divergent Plate Margins and Rifting, Convergent Plate Margins and Subduction Types, Transform Fault Boundaries, Supercontinents, The Evolution of Oceans and Continets, Old Orogens, Young Orogens, Global Magmatism, Global Seismicity. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and definitions | | | Week 2 | The Inner Structure of The Earth | | | Week 3 | Oceanic and Continental Lithosphere | | | Week 4 | Divergent Plate Margins and Rifting | | | Week 5 | Convergent Plate Margins and Subduction Types | | | Week 6 | Transform Fault Boundaries | | | Week 7 | Supercontinents | | | Week 8 | The Evolution of Oceans and Continents | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Old Orogens | | | Week 11 | Young Orogens | | | Week 12 | Global Magmatism | | | Week 13 | Global Seismicity | | | Week 14 | Pacific Ocean and Its Subduction Zones | | | Week 15 | Foreland Basins | | | Week 16 | Enf-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Moores, E.M., Twiss, R.J., 2000, Tectonics, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. | | | 2 | Kearey, P., Klepeis, K.A., Vine F.,J., 2009. Global Tectonics, Wiley and Blackwell. | | | |
| 1 | Press, F., Siever, R., 2002, Understanding Earth, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/04/2013 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 3
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13 | 2505/2013 | 10 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 106/2013 | 1 | 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 | 10 | 80 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 3 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 10 | 50 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 236 |
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