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JFZ7126 | Faulting Mechanisms | 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 | -- | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The student should obtain detailed knowledge about faulting mechanisms. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | learn earthquake faulting mechanisms. | 2,3 | 1 | PO - 2 : | have experience for estimating faulting parameters | 2,3 | 1 | PO - 3 : | learn earthquake faulting paremeters and active tectonics. | 2,3 | 1 | 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, size of earthquake source, radiation patterns, focal mechanics, earthquake faults, types of faulting, faulting area, variations in th faulting area, dislocation, slip area, seismic moment, seismic energy, source-time function, physics of faulting mechanisms, physics of shallow earthquakes, physics of deep earthquakes, relations between faults and tectonics. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Inroduction | | Week 2 | Magnitude of Earthquake Source | | Week 3 | Radiation Patterns | | Week 4 | Focal Mechanisms | | Week 5 | Solutions of Focal Mechanisms | | Week 6 | Earthquake Faults and Fault Types | | Week 7 | Faulting Area and Changes in Faulting Area | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Kinematic and Dynamics Earthquake Sources | | Week 10 | Dislocation | | Week 11 | Slip Area | | Week 12 | 2. Midterm Exam | | Week 13 | Seismic Moments end Energy | | Week 14 | Source-Time Fonction | | Week 15 | The Relations Between Tectonics and Faults | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Scholz, C. H. 1990; The Mechanics of earthquakes and Faulting, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. | | |
1 | Lay, T. and Wallace, T.C.1995; Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press, USA | | 2 | Bayrak Y. 2004; Deprem Bilimi, Sismoloji, KTU Yayınları, Trabzon | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 14/04/2011 | 90 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 09/05/2011 | 90 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/06/20011 | 120 | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ödev | 2.5 | 4 | 10 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 198 |
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