Ders Bilgileri

PLATE TECTONICS
Kodu	Dönemi	Teori	Uygulama	Ulusal Kredisi	AKTS Kredisi
		Saat / Hafta
JM379	Fall	2	0	2	3

Ön Koşulu Olan Ders( ler )	None
Dili	en
Türü	Elective
Seviyesi	Bachelor's
Öğretim Elemanı( ları )	Prof. Dr. Erol Özer
Öğretim Sistemi	Face to Face
Önerilen Hususlar	None
Staj Durumu	None
Amacı	Define plate movements on crust and properties of large scale structures developed by these movements and explain geological events more reliably.
İçeriği	Litosphere, astenosphere, crust, mantle, geological properties of plate boundaries, divergen, convergen and transform faulted plate boundaries, continental collision and orogenic belts, intra-plate tectonic regimes.

Dersin Öğrenim Çıktıları

#	Öğrenim Çıktıları
1	Define lithosphere and some important properties of lithosphere.
2	Define the crustal movements and the sources of stress which creates the movements.
3	Define convergen tectonic regimes and divergen tectonic regimes, middle oceanic ridges, continental rifts, allocogens.
4	Define strike-slip tectonic regimes, transpression, transtension concepts and transform faults.
5	Define continental collision and intra-plate tectonic regimes.
6	Interpret the plate movements on the crust and large scale structures developed by these movements.
7	Explain evolution of basins and their geotectonic locations.
8	Explain the large scale tectonic events which are important in Turkey’s tectonic evolution and their recent effects.

Haftalık Ayrıntılı Ders İçeriği

#	Konular	Öğretim Yöntem ve Teknikleri
1	Introduction to plate tectonics, data supporting plate tectonics theory. Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere	Lecture and discussion
2	Some important properties of lithosphere, convection currents, source of stress on lithosphere, stresses on edge of plates	Lecture and discussion
3	Kinematics of plates, triple joints, stability of triple junction	Lecture and discussion
4	Divergen tectonic regimes, middle oceanic ridges, continental rifts,allocogens	Lecture and discussion
5	Structures developed with extensional regimes, magmatic and metamorphism in spreading centers and continental stress regions	Lecture and discussion
6	Sedimantation in spreading centers and continental stress regions	Lecture and discussion
7	Convergen tectonic regimes, Chili type and Mariana type subductions, factors effecting subduction zones geometry, accretionary prism structures	Lecture and discussion
8	Mid-term exam	Examination
9	Basins developed with convergen tectonic regimes, trench basins.	Lecture and discussion
10	Forearc and back arc basins	Lecture and discussion
11	Strike-slip teconi regimes, theoric models of strike-slip regions, transpression and transtension concepts	Lecture and discussion
12	Oceanic transform faults, basins developed with strike-slip tectonic regimes	Lecture and discussion
13	Continental collision, flake tectonic, structures od thrustal belts, indentation tectonic and continental escape	Lecture and discussion
14	Turkey’s tectonic evolution after continental collision, foreland basins	Lecture and discussion
15	Intra-plate tectonic regimes	Lecture and discussion
16	Final exam	Examination

Resources

#	Malzeme / Kaynak Adı	Kaynak Hakkında Bilgi	Referans / Önerilen Kaynak
1	Plaka Tektoniği Ders Notları, Doç.Dr. Erol Özer	Lecture Notes	Moores, E.M. and Twiss, R.J., “Tectonics”, 1995.
2	Frisch, W., Meschede, M. and Blakey, R., “Plate Tectonics”, 2009.

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Sistemi

#	Ağırlık	Çalışma Türü	Çalışma Adı
1	0.6	5	Final Exam
2	0.4	1	1. Mid-Term Exam

Dersin Öğrenim Çıktıları ve Program Yeterlilikleri ile İlişkileri

#	Öğrenim Çıktıları	Program Çıktıları	Ölçme ve Değerlendirme
1	Define lithosphere and some important properties of lithosphere.	4͵7͵10͵14	1͵2
2	Define the crustal movements and the sources of stress which creates the movements.	4͵7͵10͵14	1͵2
3	Define convergen tectonic regimes and divergen tectonic regimes, middle oceanic ridges, continental rifts, allocogens.	4͵7͵10͵14	1͵2
4	Define strike-slip tectonic regimes, transpression, transtension concepts and transform faults.	4͵7͵10͵14	1
5	Define continental collision and intra-plate tectonic regimes.	4͵7͵10͵14	1
6	Interpret the plate movements on the crust and large scale structures developed by these movements.	4͵7͵9͵10͵14	1͵2
7	Explain evolution of basins and their geotectonic locations.	4͵7͵10͵14	1͵2
8	Explain the large scale tectonic events which are important in Turkey’s tectonic evolution and their recent effects.	4͵7͵9͵10͵14	1

Not: Ölçme ve Değerlendirme sütununda belirtilen sayılar, bir üstte bulunan Ölçme ve Değerlerndirme Sistemi başlıklı tabloda belirtilen çalışmaları işaret etmektedir.

İş Yükü Detayları

#	Etkinlik	Adet	Süre (Saat)	İş Yükü
0	Course Duration	14	2	28
1	Course Duration Except Class (Preliminary Study, Enhancement)	14	2	28
2	Presentation and Seminar Preparation	0	0	0
3	Web Research, Library and Archival Work	0	0	0
4	Document/Information Listing	0	0	0
5	Workshop	0	0	0
6	Preparation for Midterm Exam	1	7	7
7	Midterm Exam	1	2	2
8	Quiz	0	0	0
9	Homework	0	0	0
10	Midterm Project	0	0	0
11	Midterm Exercise	0	0	0
12	Final Project	1	0	0
13	Final Exercise	0	0	0
14	Preparation for Final Exam	1	8	8
15	Final Exam	1	2	2
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