Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Nevnihal ERDOĞAN
Assistant Prof. Dr. (DOÇ. DR) BÜLENT DOĞAN
Assistant Prof. Dr. Esin ÖZDEMİR ULUTAŞ

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) During the course; will consist of both 80% theoretical and 20% field work, current articles on the subject, feasibility projects underway, reports describing the discontinuities in the scale of construction and various national and international books will be used.
2) It provides general recognition of the earth's crust.
3) It provides an understanding of the area and discontinuity features to be used in architecture and planning.
4) It indicates the problems caused by ground and ground discontinuities in residential areas.
5) This course includes the introduction of building blocks, their environment and excavation in the earth's crust, the methods of using these natural stones in structures, and how to incorporate the same building blocks in which buildings and interiors, with illustrations and theoretical descriptions.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Learning Outcomes
	1	Low	Middle	Middle	Low	High	High	High	High	High
	2	Middle	Middle	High	Middle	High	High	High	High	High
	3	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	High	High
	4	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	High	High
	5	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

In areas; settlement or settlement planning will be made; The extent of macro, micro-earthquake discontinuities (active faults, ground mass movements, groundwater effects, deformed geography and meaning, etc.) and their negative effects on construction, and the methods of elimination of these effects, along with the suggestion of alternative construction areas.

Weekly Schedule

1) Definition of Earth's crust and general geological and geophysical properties
2) Rocks forming the Earth's crust and its properties
3) Metamorphic rocks and their properties
4) Magmatic rocks and their properties
5) Sedimentary rocks and their properties
6) Methods of Engineering Geology
7) Midterm examination
8) Identification of earth crust discontinuities and determination by geological geophysical methods
9) Map concept and basic features of digital map programs
10) Groundwater and under groundwater with relationship to construction
11) Identification of active fault zones
12) Mass movements of earth and theirs with causes and results
13) Determination of various discontinuity areas at a certain depth of the ground by geophysical methods
14) The relationship between climatic factors and construction geography
15) Map concept and basic features of digital map programs
16) General evaluations and as a questions and answers discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Gall, V., Zaw Soe Oo, 2011. Quality and Risk Management Considerations for Very Shallow Soft Ground Conventional Tunneling in Urban Settings, World Tunnel Congress 2011, Helsinki, Finland.
2- Neuhuber, G., Zaw Soe Oo, 2014. Engineering Geological Observations during Construction of Caldecott 4th Tunnel State route 24, San Francisco, California, Digital Proceeding, World Tunnel Congress 2014, Iguassu Fall, Brazil.
3- Kious, Jacquelyne; Tilling, Robert I. (February 1996). "Developing the Theory". This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics. Kiger, Martha, Russel, Jane (Online ed.). Reston, Virginia, USA: United States Geological Survey. ISBN 0-16-048220-8. Retrieved13 March 2009.
4- Brimhall GH, Jr, Chadwick OA, Lewis CJ, Compston W, Williams IS, Danti KJ, Dietrich WE, Power ME, Hendricks D, Bratt J. 1992. Deformational mass-transport and invasive processes in soil evolution. Science 255: 695–702
5- Ferrier KL, Kirchner JW. 2008. Effects of physical erosion on chemical denudation rates: a numerical modeling study of soil-mantled hillslopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 272: 591–599.
6- Kump LR, Brantley SL, Arthur MA. 2000. Chemical, weathering, atmospheric CO2, and climate. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 28: 611–667

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Simulation
5) Case Study
6) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

20%

		Number	Percentage
Semester Studies	Midterm Examination	1	30%
	Quiz	2	20%
	Project	1	20%
	Presentation/Seminar	1	20%
	Field Study	2	10%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

80%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Earth Discontinuities, Planning and Construction	MIM611	Elective	Doctorate degree	1	Fall	8