Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 2nd Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | GEOLOGY ENGINEERING | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | FEYZA DİNÇER (fdincer@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| It intends the classification and correlation of rocks based on their lithological characteristics (lithology, fossil content, age etc.). | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Be able to explain the some principal sedimentary and igneous structures that is important in stratigraphy |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-4 An ability to obtain to determine, identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems and with this purpose in mind, to be able to choose proper methods of analysis and modeling. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Be able to explain the stratigraphic contacts |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. PO-6 An ability to design and carry out experiments, collect data, analyze results and interpret them in order to investigate problems of geological engineering. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Be able to explain the lithostratigraphic units and their features |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. |
Examination |
| LO-4 | Be able to explain the biostratigraphic units and their features |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. |
Examination |
| LO-5 | Be able to explain the lithostratigraphic and geochronological units and their features |
PO-1 An ability to apply knowledge of basic engineering sciences and earth sciences for the solution of geological engineering problems. PO-2 An ability to identify, formulate, and solve geological engineering problems and knowledge of contemporary issues. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Physical properties of sedimentary rocks: Bedding and lamination, cross bedding, graded bedding, varves and cyclothems. Principal geological rules: Law of Uniformitarianism, law of original horizontality, law of original continuity, law of superposition, law of inclusions, law of cross-cutting relationships, multiple working hypotheses, Pumpely rule, law of faunal succession. Primary sedimentary structures: Cross bedding, graded bedding, mud cracks, ripple marks, sole markings, rain imprints, channel structures, mud pebbles, convolut bedding and lamination, slump structures, bull and pillow structures. Primary igneous structures: Vesicles, contact metamorphic zones, pillow structures. Primary tectonic structures: Schistosity, drag folds, Stratigraphic contacts: Conformable contacts (abrupt and gradational) , unconformable contacts (disconformity, angular unconformity, nonconformity, diastem) , defining the disconformities in the field. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Historical development of stratigraphy. Definition of stratigraphy. Rock types. General characteristics of sedimentary rocks. | Lecturing |
| 2 | Bedding and lamination (concept of bedding and bedding types) | Lecturing |
| 3 | Fundamental geological rules and laws (uniformitarianism, original horizontality, superposition, cross-cutting relationships, inclusions, multiple working hypotheses, pumpelly, faunal succession) | Lecturing |
| 4 | Fundamental geological rules and laws | Lecturing |
| 5 | Stratigraphic contacts (characteristics of conformable, unconformable, intrusive and fault contacts) | Lecturing |
| 6 | Determination of the younging direction of a sequence by primary sedimentary structures, primary igneous structures and tectonic criteria | Lecturing |
| 7 | Categories of stratigraphic units. Lithostratigraphy (nature and boundaries, ranks of lithostratigraphic units, lithostratigraphic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Lithodemic units (nature and boundaries, ranks of lithodemic units, lithodemic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 10 | Biostratigraphy (nature and boundaries, kinds of biostratigraphic units, ranks of biostratigraphic units, biostratigraphic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 11 | Biostratigraphy (nature and boundaries, kinds of biostratigraphic units, ranks of biostratigraphic units, biostratigraphic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 12 | Chronostratigraphy and geochronology (nature and boundaries, ranks of chronostratigraphic and geochronologic units, chronostratigraphic and geochronologic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 13 | Chronostratigraphy and geochronology (nature and boundaries, ranks of chronostratigraphic and geochronologic units, chronostratigraphic and geochronologic nomenclature) | Lecturing |
| 14 | Magnetostratigraphy, Sequence stratigraphy | Lecturing |
| 15 | Magnetostratigraphy, Sequence stratigraphy | Lecturing |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Boggs, S. Jr., (1995) Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 774 p. | |
| 2 | North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature, 1983, North American Stratigraphic Code: AAPG Bulletin, v. 67, no. 5, p. 841-875. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 180 | ||