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| JFZ4011 | Water Searches | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kenan GELİŞLİ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The student should obtain basic knowledge about groundwater exploration, combined disciplines of geology and exploration geophysics. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn geological structures carrying groundwater and basics of hydrogeology. | 2,3,4,5 | | | LO - 2 : | review the geophysical methods used in groundwater exploration | 5 | | | LO - 3 : | learn how to conduct projects about applied groundwater exploration with geophysical methods. | 3,4 | | | 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 | | |
| Geological occurrence of water, location of groundwater including the sites of thermal springs by using geophysical methods, evaluation of aquifer potential, delineation of groundwater flow and aquifer boundaries in sedimentary layers, groundwater in fissured rocks, mapping boundaries of saline and polluted groundwater. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction: The importance of water in life, climate and civilization. | | | Week 2 | Underground water sources, the distribution and detection of underground water. | | | Week 3 | Types of aquifer, different masses of aquifer, underground water maps, transportation characteristics of the various masses. | | | Week 4 | Petrophysical properties of permeable and low permeable rocks. | | | Week 5 | Groundwater exploration: seismic methods. | | | Week 6 | Geoelectrical methods, electromagnetic methods. | | | Week 7 | Ground penetrating radar, well logging. | | | Week 8 | Microgravimetry, magnetic and radioactivity methods. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Groundwater quality, salt water intrusions. | | | Week 11 | Groundwater protection: mapping of contamination.
Presentation of students. | | | Week 12 | Usage of groundwater.
Quiz. | | | Week 13 | Underground water drilling and construction of water wells. | | | Week 14 | Grounwater exploration, model and field application. | | | Week 15 | Law on underground water and regulations, excuse exam. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Reinhard, K., 2006. Groundwater Geophysics, A toll for Hydrogeology, Springer Yayınevi. | | | |
| 1 | Vereecken, H.,Binley, A., Cassiani, G., Revil A. and Titoz, K., 2006. Applied Hydrogeophysics, Nato Science Series, IV. Earth and Environmental Sciences-V.71, Springer Yayınevi. | | | 2 | K., Erguvanlı ve E., Yüzer, 1973. Yer altı Suları Jeolojisi, İTÜ Yayını. | | | 3 | A., Özdemir, 2007. Sondaj Tekniğine Giriş, Omay Ofset, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 11 | | 1 | 10 | | Quiz | 12 | | 1 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 59 |
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