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  • Geophysical Methods in Determining Earthquake Hazards
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Code - Course Title KRY531 - Geophysical Methods in Determining Earthquake Hazards
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 7.5
Course Instructor(s) DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ Emir BALKAN
Mode of Delivery This course is given only in distance learning format.
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or corequisite for this course.
Courses Recomended Students taking this course are also encouraged to take all the compulsory courses of the graduate program
Recommended Reading List Ali Keçeli (2012), Applied Geophysics, Chamber of Geophysical Engineers Educational Publications, Ankara
Assessment methods and criteria Assignment (Application), Final Exam (Test).
Work Placement Not included
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 General Geophysics
Week - 2 Earthquakes: magnitude, intensity, structural and non-structural hazards
Week - 3 Detection of faults with seismic methods (refraction/reflection)
Week - 4 Detection of faults using gravity and magnetic method
Week - 5 Sample application of the gravity method
Week - 6 Solutions for shallow faults with ground penetrating radar
Week - 7 Seismology and fault solutions with seismological methods
Week - 8 Sample application of seismological methods (Microtremor method)
Week - 9 Detection of faults with the electricity-resistivity method and other areas of use
Week - 10 Other geophysical methods and their areas of use
Week - 11 Statistical estimation of earthquake recurrence periods
Week - 12 Active Fault Map and Türkiye Earthquake Hazard Map
Week - 13 Engineering soil parameters in Turkish Building Earthquake Regulations
Week - 14 Estimation of ground parameters using geophysical methods

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