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| JFZ 329 | ELECTRICAL PROSPECTING | 2+1+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ali Erden BABACAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to provide students about theoretical background of the geoelectrical prospecting, data acqusition and data processing. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | design electrical geophysical surveys and adapt techniques to achieve specific exploration objectives | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,5 | | LO - 2 : | write computer programs to model the geophysical responses measured in a variety of electrical techniques | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,5 | | LO - 3 : | process and invert a variety of electrical geophysical measurements into their causative earth models | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,5 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Measurement of electrical properties of rocks and minerals in the laboratory. Origin of self-potentials (SP) . Calculations of SP anomalies of simple geometrical bodies. Electrical resistivity methods. Electrode arrays. Layered earth and vertical electrical sounding (VES) . Calculation of VES curves by linear filters. Optimization methods and Pekeris Koefoed method of direct interpretation. Geological section from VES data. Electrical mapping, Anisotropic earth. Introduction to 2D modelling of field data. Origin of the IP effects. Time and frequency domain IP methods. Complex resistivity or spectral IP method. Magnetic IP method. Interpretation of IP field data. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Geoelectrical Methods, clasification of the methods and general interpretation approaches. | | | Week 2 | Geoelectrical Methods, clasification of the methods and general interpretation approaches. | | | Week 3 | Electrical resistivity methods; interpretaion of horizontal profiling field data. | | | Week 4 | Interpretation of horizontal profiling field data, field examples. | | | Week 5 | Interpretation of horizontal profiling field data, field examples. | | | Week 6 | Forward modelling, interpretation of Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) data by lineer filters. | | | Week 7 | Forward modelling, interpretation of Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) data by lineer filters. | | | Week 8 | 2-Dimensional modelling of electrical resistivity data, field | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | 2-Dimensional modelling of electrical resistivity data, field | | | Week 11 | Complex resistivity measurements. Interpretation of Induced Polarisation (IP) data. 2-D modelling | | | Week 12 | Complex resistivity measurements. Interpretation of Induced Polarisation (IP) data. 2-D modelling | | | Week 13 | Interpretation of Induced Polarization (IP) data. 2-D modelling. | | | Week 14 | Self-potential (SP) method. SP field procedures and interpretation of SP data. | | | Week 15 | Self-potential (SP) method. SP field procedures and interpretation of SP data. | | | Week 16 | Final | | | |
| 1 | Telford W.M. et al, 1990, Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press. | | | 2 | Parasnis, D.S., 1986, Principles of Applied Geophysics, 4th edition, Chapman and Hall, London. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 35 | | Presentation | 15 | | 1 | 15 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 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 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 14 |
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