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JFZ7113 | Seismic Modelling | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | 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 | Prof. Dr. Hakan KARSLI | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The modelling of seismic refraction and reflection data will be understood by teaching the basics of modelling |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | learn the principle of Geophysics Modelling | 1,4 | 1 | PO - 2 : | modelling the seismic reflection data | 1,4 | 1,3 | PO - 3 : | modelling seismic refraction data | 1,4 | 1,6 | 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 | |
Seismic reflection and refraction methods, processing of seismic data, aim and content of modelling in geophysics, generalized inverse solution and applications of inverse theory to geophysics, synthetic seismograms, modelling with acoustic and elastic wave equation. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Intoduction, Fourier transform | | Week 2 | Seismic theory | | Week 3 | Geometry of seismic wavepath | | Week 4 | Characteristics of seismic events | | Week 5 | Seismic waves in a homogenous medium | | Week 6 | Plane and spherical waves | | Week 7 | Wave equation for P-SV and SH waves, Boundary conditions | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Reflection and refraction of seismic waves | | Week 10 | Zoeppritz equations | | Week 11 | Waves in horizontally layered media | | Week 12 | Reflectivity method | | Week 13 | Principles of AVO analysis | | Week 14 | Practical elements of AVO and AVA analysis at a single interface, Waveform inversion | | Week 15 | Modelling practices in seismic methods | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Yılmaz, Ö., 2003; Seismic data processing, SEG, Tulsa OK. | | 2 | Hughes, T.J.R., 1987;The finite element method, linear static and dynamic finite element analysis.Prentice-Hall International. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | Project | 12 | | 3 | 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 | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 14 | 98 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Uygulama | 2 | 3 | 6 | Ödev | 4 | 4 | 16 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 186 |
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