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Code - Course Title	YBL540 - The Earth's Physics and Lithosphere Dynamics
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	Face to face
Prerequisites	None
Courses Recomended	None
Required or Recommended Resources	Oruç, B. 2021. Yerküre Fiziği ve Temel Deprem Bilimi. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 280 s., ISBN 978-625-417-403-2Allen, P., Allen, J., 2013. Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England.Turcotte, D. L., Schubert, G., 1982. Geodynamics: Applications of continuum physics to geological problems, 450 pp., John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
Recommended Reading List	Articles in earth’s physics and lithosphere dynamics
Assessment methods and criteria	1 mid exam, 1 Homework, 1 final exam.
Work Placement	None
Sustainability Development Goals

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Earth’layer and phase transition
Week - 2	Evaluation of continental and oceanic lithosphere
Week - 3	Dynamic topography
Week - 4	Finite difference solution of heat transfer function and thermal modeling of mid-ocean ridges
Week - 5	Lithosphere dynamics in subduction zones
Week - 6	Lithosphere dynamics in collision zones
Week - 7	Lithosphere dynamics in rifting zones
Week - 8	Stress difference and lithosphere strength relations, analysis of rheology profiles
Week - 9	Elastic properties of the lithosphere and isostatic response functions
Week - 10	Compilation of spherical gravity anomalies and modeling of deep interfacial boundaries (Moho and Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary)
Week - 11	Mapping the effective elastic thicknesses of the lithosphere and its relation to earthquake activities
Week - 12	Modeling of crustal bending from the Vening-Meinesz isostastic model
Week - 13	Analysis on the thermomechanical properties of the lithosphere structure of the Anatolian plate
Week - 14	Geoid anomalies and stress field estimation

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
Toplam (%)		0