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| JFZ3013 | Earth Physics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | 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 | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Murat ÖZKAPTAN | | Co-Lecturer | Asst.Prof.Dr. Hakan ÇINAR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The student should obtain basic knowledge about the origin of the solar system and dynamics of the solid earth. To learn relationship between geological processes occurs on the earth and earth dynamics. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have an information about how solar system is formed. | 1,2,3,6 | | | LO - 2 : | have an informaton about dynamical processes occurred in solid Earth and also understand their geophysical interpretatio | 1,2,3,6 | | | LO - 3 : | learn a physical basics of geological processes taking place on the Earth | 1,2,3,6 | | | 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 | | |
| Solar system, physical and chemical structure of the earth, rotation and shape of the earth, gravity and magnetic field of the earth, origin of the geomagnetic field of the earth, magnetism of rocks, paleomagnetism, seismology and internal structures of the earth, triple junction, terrestrial heat flow, radioactivity and age of the earth, dynamics of the solid earth |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to course and aim of this course | | | Week 2 | Solar systems, origin of the planet systems, spectroscopy | | | Week 3 | The dymamic earth | | | Week 4 | Chemical zonation of the earth, radioactivity | | | Week 5 | Radioactive elements and age dating | | | Week 6 | plate tectonics, background | | | Week 7 | Heat flow, diffusion of the heat flow in the earth's interior | | | Week 8 | Observations of the continental and oceanic heat flows | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam. | | | Week 10 | Changese of earths temperature and polar vectors and poles | | | Week 11 | Global earth structure | | | Week 12 | midterm exam | | | Week 13 | Triple junctions | | | Week 14 | apllications of the triple junctions and problem solving | | | Week 15 | Earths shape and isostacy | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Press, F., Siever, R., 1986, The Earth, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 7 | 02/11/2012 | 120 | 25 | | Quiz | 12 | 07/12/2012 | 120 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/01/2013 | 120 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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