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JLJ7310 | Isotope Techniques in Hydrogeology | 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 | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Esra HATİPOĞLU TEMİZEL | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To show the students, how to use environmental isotopes at groundwater and thermal spring problems. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | describe stable isotopes and radioisotopes in water | 1,3,13 | 1,3 | PO - 2 : | make sampling water for environmental isotopic analysis | 4,11 | 1,3 | PO - 3 : | interpreate about stable isotopes and tritium in precipitation | 1,4,11 | 1,3 | PO - 4 : | interpreate the deltaD-delta18O relation in precipitation | 13,14 | 1,3 | PO - 5 : | use isotopic techniques in interaction on surface water with groundwater | 4,7,14 | 1,3 | PO - 6 : | use isotopic techniques to solve in water-rock interaction problems | 1,4,14 | 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 | |
Definitions, basic terms, Environmental isotopes in water , Stable isotopes and radioisotopes, Isotope fractionation, Water sampling methods for environmental isotopic analysis, Stable isotopes and tritium in precipitation, Global meteoric water line (The delta D- delta O-18 relation ) , Determination of dating and origin of groundwater with isotopic techniques, Usage of isotopic techniques in interaction on surface water with groundwater |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Definitions, Basic terms (isotope, stable isotope, radioisotope, radioactive decay) | | Week 2 | Environmental isotopes in water
Stable isotopes
Radioisotopes | | Week 3 | Isotope fractionation
Standards used stable isotope anlaysis | | Week 4 | Water sampling methods for environmental isotopic analysis
| | Week 5 | Stable isotopes in precipitation (oxygen-18, deuterium)
Tritium in precipitation | | Week 6 | Processes in hydrologic cycle (evaporation, precipitation-condensation, infiltration)
Stable isotope ratio for evaporation | | Week 7 | Isotope ratio for precipitation-condensation
Factors of isotopic composition of the precipitation-condensation | | Week 8 | Isotopic composition of the groundwater and the factors effect the isotopic composition | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Global meteoric water line (Delta D-Delta O-18 relation) | | Week 11 | Isotope techniques for determination origin and age of groundwater
| | Week 12 | Usege of deuterium,O-18 and S-34 isotope ratio | | Week 13 | Usage of isotopic techniques in interaction on surface water with groundwater | | Week 14 | Usage of isotopic techniques in interaction on groundwater with rocks | | Week 15 | Applications | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Clark, I.D., Fritz, P,1997; Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology, Lewis Publishers, New York) | | |
1 | Balderer, W., 1999; Applications of Isotope Techniques in Hydrogeology, İTU, (Seminer Notları), İstanbul | | 2 | Fritz, P., Fontes, J.C, ( Eds.), 1980; Handbook of Environmentl Isotope Geochemistry, Elsevier Scentific Publishing Company, New York | | 3 | Payne, B, R, (Ed.), Guidebook on Nuclear Techniques in Hydrology, Tecnical Report Series No:91, IAEA, Vienna | | 4 | Gültekin, F., 2005; Hidroleolojide İzotop Teknikleri (Hazırlanmış ders notu) | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 6 10 13 15 | | 5 10 10 10 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 17 | | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ödev | 4 | 8 | 32 | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 14 | 28 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Diğer 1 | 2 | 14 | 28 | Diğer 2 | 2 | 14 | 28 | Total work load | | | 234 |
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