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| JFZ5290 | Reflection and Refraction Seismology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | 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 per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Hakan KARSLI | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To provide information on the seismic methods and their application for various geological problems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn the elasticity theory and will be provided theoretical information about seismic wave propagation. | 1 - 8 | 1,3,6 | | PO - 2 : | learn how to process seismic data on computers. | 1 - 8 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | learn advanced level how to make an interpretation from processed seismic data. | 1 - 8 | 1,3,6 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, theory of elasticity, wave equations and its solutions, geometry of seismic waves, seismic reflection method, seismic velocity, synthetic seismograms, data processing; filtering of seismic data, deconvolution, velocity analysis, stacking, migration, refraction methods, geologic interpretation of reflection and refraction data advanced level. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, seismic theory | | | Week 2 | Geometry of seismic raypath | | | Week 3 | Characteristics of seismic events | | | Week 4 | Reflection field methods and equipment | | | Week 5 | Refraction field methods and equipment | | | Week 6 | Seismic refraction data reduction and evaluation | | | Week 7 | Data processing | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Seismic filtering and velocity analysis | | | Week 10 | Stack | | | Week 11 | Deconvolition | | | Week 12 | Migration | | | Week 13 | Refraction interpretation | | | Week 14 | reflection interpretation | | | Week 15 | Excuse exams and remedial week. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Yılmaz, Ö., 2001, Seismic data analysis: processing, inversion and interpretation of seismic data, SEG, Tulsa. | | | 2 | Robert, E.S. and Lloyd P.G., 1995, Exploration seismology, Cambridge University Press. | | | |
| 1 | Telford, W.M. and et al., 1990, Applied geophysics, Cambridge University Press. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 2 | 30 | | Project | 15 | | 2 | 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 | | Ödev | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 4 |
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