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| JFZ7112 | Landslide Geophysics | 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 | Doç. Dr. Ali Erden BABACAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Landslides and related problems will be taught with geophysical applications, hazard assesment and prediction methods. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | acquire advanced knowledge about landslides . | 2,4 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | learn geophysical methods used in landslide investigations | 2,4 | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | identify problems in various landslide areas and solve them with geophysical methods. | 2,4 | 1,5, | | 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 | | |
| Landslides, its signs and precautions needed, the geophysical methods used in landslide investigations, electric, seismic methods and GPR applications, verifying landslide structures, locations of groundwater, sample landslides, Blacksea area landslides. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | History of Landslides, landslide structures and landslide characteristics. | | | Week 2 | Examination of landslide events, landslide effects, landslide types and measures to be taken to prevent landslides. | | | Week 3 | Stability in landslides. | | | Week 4 | Geophysical methods used in landslide studies. | | | Week 5 | Landslide research conducted with seismic methods. | | | Week 6 | Landslide research conducted with electric methods. | | | Week 7 | Landslide research conducted with electromagnetic methods. | | | Week 8 | Eastern Blacksea landslide events:landslides, their causes and precautions that should be taken. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Sample landslide study. | | | Week 11 | Sample landslide study. | | | Week 12 | Land use and global change | | | Week 13 | Fieldwork. | | | Week 14 | Fieldwork. | | | Week 15 | Remedial week. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Sidle, R.C. and Ochiai, H., 2006; Landslides; processes, prediction and land use, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. | | | 2 | Reynolds, J.M., 1997; An introduction to applied and environmentel geophysics, Wiley. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 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 | 9 | 14 | 126 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Proje | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 188 |
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