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JFZ7124 | Analaysis of Earthquake Records | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring 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 basic knowledge about earthquake records. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | learn seismic wave phases. | 3,4 | 1 | PO - 2 : | learn record systems and estimating of earthquake parameters from records. | 3,4 | 1 | PO - 3 : | have experience for evaluating earthquake wave phases from earthquake records. | 3,4 | 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, Seismic wave phases, Preparing and analysis of time-travel curves, seismological observations, Earthquake record systems, Anatomy of seismograms, Analog and digital records, Analyzing of local and regional records, Analyzing of teleseismic records, Calculations of earthquake parameters from seismograms, Exclusion of instrument effects in recording systems, Modeling of synthetic seismograms, Interpretations of seismograms. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction | | Week 2 | Seismic Waves | | Week 3 | Body and Surface Waves Propagation Paths | | Week 4 | Travel Times | | Week 5 | Earthquake Record Systems | | Week 6 | Seismological Observatories | | Week 7 | Record Types | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Analog and Digital Records | | Week 10 | Differences Between Near-field and Far-Field records | | Week 11 | Differences Between the Records of shallow and deep earthquakes | | Week 12 | 2. Midterm exam | | Week 13 | Interpretation of Seismograms; Samples of Local and Regional Events | | Week 14 | Seisomgrams of Volcanic earthquakes, explosions and Extreme Events | | Week 15 | Seismograms of Teleseismic Events | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Bayrak, Y. 2009; Sismogramların Anatomisi, TMMOB-JFMO Yayınları, Ankara | | |
1 | Bormann, P. 2002; New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice, IASPEI, Germany | | 2 | Lay, T. and Wallace T.C. 1995; Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press, USA | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 11/11/2011 | 2 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 9/12/2011 | 2 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 14/01/2012 | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Total work load | | | 200 |
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