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| JFZ2001 | Exploration Geophysics - I | 3+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | 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 - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kenan GELİŞLİ | | Co-Lecturer | ASSOC. PROF. DR. Aysel ŞEREN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The student should obtain basic knowledge about the principles of gravity, magnetics, and seismic methods with practical application |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | acquire the main principles of applied geophysical methods. | 7,9 | 1,4 | | LO - 2 : | learn the basics of data acquuisition, processing and evaluation in applied geophysics. | 1,4,9,10,11 | 1,4 | | LO - 3 : | learn the seismic refraction method through its applications | 2,4,5,11 | 1,4 | | LO - 4 : | acquire the basics of the seismic reflection method and its applications. | 2,4,10,11 | 1,4 | | LO - 5 : | taught the gravity method through its applications. | 2,4,10,11 | 1,4 | | LO - 6 : | acquire the basics of the magnetic method by investigating study areas | 2,4,10,11 | 1,4 | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to geophysics, progress in geophysics and its relation to other scientific fields, introduction to exploration geophysics, basic principles in gravity prospecting, gravity field of the earth, gravity measurements and interpretation, basic principles in magnetic prospecting, magnetic field of the earth, types of magnetism and magnetism in rocks, instruments in geomagnetic measurements, basic principles in seismic prospecting, seismic reflection and refraction methods, seismic data collection, processing and evaluation. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to exploration geophysics. | | | Week 2 | Earthquake Seismology, theory of elasticity and elastic waves. | | | Week 3 | Seismic source and receivers, propagation of seismic waves, reflection and refraction. | | | Week 4 | Seismic refraction method, data acquisiton, time-distance diagram. | | | Week 5 | Evaluation and interpretation of seismic refraction data. | | | Week 6 | Seismic reflection data acquisiton and processing. | | | Week 7 | Velocity determination, reduction of seismic data and interpretation. | | | Week 8 | Gravity method, and the gravity constant and gravity acceleration, Gravity Potential, Gravity Unit, g gravity change on Earth, Ellipsoid of Rotation (spheroids), geoid, geoid undulation, gravity Measurement, Application | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Gravity World Base Network, Isostasi and It's theories, Gravity Investigations, Drift Correction, Base selection and base binding, Gravity corrections, Density calculation, Applications | | | Week 11 | Gravity Anomalies, the evaluation of Gravity Anomalies, Regional-residual anomaly separation, surface density concept | | | Week 12 | Solution with direct method or the indirect model, Applications | | | Week 13 | Magnetic Methods, Geomagnetic Field Components, basic principles defined in Magnetic methods and, Magnetic potential and field intensity, Units used in Magnetic Methods, 2nd mid term exam | | | Week 14 | Poles of geomagnetic field, source of the geomagnetic Field, Magnetism Types, Hysteresis Cycle, Kayaclarda Formation and generation of remanent Magnetization and its types, Main Types of natural remanent Magnetization, Koenigsberger ratio, Geomagnetic Instruments | | | Week 15 | Magnetic Measurements, Factor (parameter) Magnetic Measurement, Magnetic Measuring Revisions to do in the Magnetic Pole in the Data Reduction Method for the Evaluation of Magnetic Data | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kearey, P. and Brook, M. 1991; An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration, Second Edition, Blackwell Science. | | | 2 | Telford, W.N., Geldart, L.P., and Sheriff, R.E. 1990; Applied Geophysics, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press. | | | 3 | Sanver, M. ve İşseven, T. 2007; Gravite ve Manyetik Arama Yöntemleri | | | |
| 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) | 13 | | 1, | 20 | | 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 | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Ödev | 1 | 4 | 4 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 15 |
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