JZ402 Geology of Turkey

3 ECTS - 2-0 Duration (T+A)- 8. Semester- 2 National Credit
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Goal, Content & Resources
Course Learning Outcomes
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Week Plan
Student Workload - ECTS

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Code JZ402
Name Geology of Turkey
Semester 8. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 3 ECTS
National Credit 2 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. ATİKE NAZİK


Course Goal

To teach the geological properties, geographic and geological features of plates forming Turkey, surface and subsurface raw materials and ore deposits

Course Content

Concepts of Tethys and Neotethys in Turkey, Stratigraphic and tectonic features of Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic units, Geological heritage values.

Course Precondition

Course without Prerequisites

Resources

Ketin İ 1983. Türkiye jeolojisine genel bir bakış. İTÜ Matbaası 596 pp Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Matbaası, Istanbul. Ketin, İ., 1966, Anadolu'nun tektonik birlikleri. MTA Dergisi, 66, 20-34. Ketin, İ., 1977, Türkiye'nin başlıca orojenik olayları ve paleocoğrafik evrimi. MTA Dergisi, 88, 1-4. Şengör, A.M.C., and Y. Yılmaz, 1981, Tethyan evolution of Turkey, a plate tectonic approach: Tectonophysics, v. 75, p. 181-241. Şengör, A.M.C., 1985, Türkiye'nin tektonik tarihinin yapısal sınıflaması. Ketin Simpozyumu Kitabı, 37-62. Okay, A.I., 2008; Geology of Turkey: A synopsis. Anschnitt, Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kultur im Bergbau, Beiheft 21, 19-42. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Nr. 157. Okay, A.I., and Tüysüz, O., 1999, Tethyan sutures of northern Turkey. In The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary extension within the Alpine orogen, eds. B. Durand, L. Jolivet, F. Horvath and M. Seranne, Geological Society, London, Special Publication 156, 475-515

Notes

Lecturer presentations


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Learns general geological properties of Turkey.
LO02 Learns Metamorphic massives.
LO03 Learns Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic units and their distribution.
LO04 Learns Paleogeographic and paleotectonic evolution of Turkey.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Have sufficient background in basic geological knowledge, mathematics and science related subjects. 2
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Designs and performs experiments, collects data and interprets the results.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Realizes the social effects of identified solutions for geological problems. 2
PLO04 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Searches for underground and aboveground natural resources 2
PLO05 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Chooses and applies necessary methods and instruments for engineering applications. 2
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Works and undertakes responsibility in solving geological problems both individually and in multidiciplinary working groups
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date
PLO08 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Defines necessities in learning in scientific, social, cultural and artistic areas and improves himself/herself continuously.
PLO09 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Entrepreneurship has knowledge about innovation issues and the problems of the age.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Recognizes and solves geological and engineering problems.
PLO11 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Knows job related and ethical responsibilities, project management, office applications and safety, and realizes juridical responsibilities of engineering applications.
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Thinks, interprets, analyzes and synthesizes geological events in 3D. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Knows the formation of rocks, rock types, minerals. 3
PLO14 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has an awareness of life long learning; follows developments in science and technology to keep up to date
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Draws maps and extracts geological sections by using necessary techniques and tools for geological applications.
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Investigates and reports all kinds of natural resources and geological hazards 3


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction, definitions, concepts related to the course. To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 Concepts related to Turkey Geology (Tethys, Lavasia, Gondwanian concepts, Tethyan ocean) and geological evolution of Anatolia, Pontids (Istranca, Istanbul and Sakarya zones), Anatolid-Taurides, Southeastern Anatolia. To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Metamorphic Massifs of Turkey To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Thrace Basin To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
5 İstanbul Zone To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 Sakarya Zone - Pontides- 1 To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Sakarya Zone - Pontides- 2 To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-term exam To read references Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Anatolid-Tauride belt (West) To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Anatolid-Tauride belt (Central) To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 Anatolid-Tauride belt (East) To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Arabian Platform-Southeastern Anatolia To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Neogene-Quaternary Volcanic Activities in Turkey To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 Paleotectonic and neotectonic phases in Turkey To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 Geological heritage in Turkey To read references Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Final Exam To read references Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Final Exam To read references Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 2 28
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 6 6
Final Exam 1 13 13
Total Workload (Hour) 75
Total Workload / 25 (h) 3,00
ECTS 3 ECTS