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| JFZ3012 | Applied Seimology | 2+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nilgün Lütfiye SAYIL | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | to provide the students with a practical solution about main subjects of seismology, to help them use their knowledge to understand earthquake wave processes taking place on the earth, to teach them how to search for earth structure. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | summarise the general knowledge on main subject of seismology | 1,4 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | describe the seismic waves propagation in the earth | 1,5 | 1,3,4 | | LO - 3 : | apply simple and complex earthquake mechanism circumstance in search of seismic records | 2 | 1,3,6 | | LO - 4 : | evaluate the results of free and layered medium | 2 | 1,3,4,6 | | LO - 5 : | present before an audience the results and outcome of any exercise | 2,5 | 3,4,6 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, importance of seismological data for the estimation of the earth structure, identification of near and far field seismic wave phases from seismograms, use of pP and sP seismic phases, travel-time curves, interpretation of time-distance curves of Pg, PmP and Pn phases, ray paths of body waves in the earth, specifications of shallow and deep earthquakes, focal mechanism solutions, determination of earthquake magnitude from seismograms, determination of earthquake distance from a recording station, body waves and definition of epicentre, Gutenberg-Richter relation and its application to earthquake catalogues, seismic risk and practical applications, spectrum of body waves and earthquake source parameter |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Importance of seismology in earth science | | | Week 2 | Introduce of earthquake and its parameters,Sismograph system | | | Week 3 | Seismic waves, its propagation characteristics and particul movements | | | Week 4 | Body waves in local earthquakes,practical for local earthquake phases | | | Week 5 | Body waves in teleseismic earthquakes,practical for teleseismic earthquake phases, surface waves | | | Week 6 | Introduction of dispersion, propagation characterisrics of surface waves, Love wave period equation | | | Week 7 | Practicle of dispersion, determintion of phase and group velocity | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Practicle of group velocitiy, Analysis of Seismograms; phase determination | | | Week 10 | 1.quiz, interpretation of earthquake records, first arrivals, Pg,Pn and P phase reading from seismograms | | | Week 11 | L and R phase determination, shallow and deep focus earthquakes, time-distance curves and its table | | | Week 12 | Determination of phases and episantr distance, to be help of velocity determination | | | Week 13 | Introduction of earthquake hipocentre and source parameters ve its calculated,practical of focal mechanism | | | Week 14 | 2.quiz, Introduction of magnitude and kinds of magnitudes | | | Week 15 | Introduction of intensity and determination of magnitude from seismogram, practical of magnitude calculate | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Peter,M.S.,1999; Introduction to seismology,Cambridge University press | | | 2 | Kanamori,H.,1995; Modern global seismology, Academy press | | | 3 | Kulhanek, O.,1990; Anatomy of seismograms, Elsevier science publisher | | | 4 | Udias,A.,1999; Principle of seismology, Cambridge University press | | | |
| 1 | Stein,S. and Wysession,M.,2003; An introduction to seismology, Earthquakes and earth structure, Blackwell publishing | | | 2 | Ergin, K.,1995; Advanced seismology, Marmara araştırma merkezi | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 30-03-2011 | 1,5 | 30 | | Quiz | 10
14 | 10-05-2011 | 3 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4
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15 | 03-05-2011 | 9 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01-06-2011 | 1,5 | 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 | 6 | 12 | 72 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Uygulama | 1.5 | 6 | 9 | | Ödev | 1.5 | 6 | 9 | | Kısa sınav | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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