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Course Name	Turkish	Jeodinamik
	English	Geodynamics
Course Code	JDM 501E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	1	1
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gültekin Topuz
Course Objectives		The purpose of the course is to teach basic information and concepts on the structure, composition, evolution of the Earth with special reference to the continental crust. Within this framework, the students will learn ? Rheological and compositional subdivisions of the Earth’s mantle and crust and its relation to the plate tectonics ? The origin, tectonic setting of magmatism and metamorphism ? Determination of formation and cooling ages of the magmatic and metamorphic rocks ? Geological structures, their variety and conditions of formation. ? Deformation, magmatism and metamorphism in extensional and contractional environments
Course Description		Earth – internal structure and composition; mantle and crust versus astenosphere and lithosphere; the concept of isostasy; Plate tectonics – principles and exceptions; Continental and oceanic crust – formation, structure, composition and evolution; Magmatism and magmatic processes in the continental crust; Magmatism and magmatic processes in the oceanic crust; ophiolite concept; Metamorphism – tectonic setting, metamorphic facies; Metamorphic processes and reactions; Isotopic dating of magmatic and metamorphic rocks; Geological structures – brittle and ductile; Extensional tectonics and rifting – deformation, magmatism and metamorphism; Subduction – deformation, accretionary complexes, metamorphism and magmatism; Large strike-slip faults – structures and basin formation; Orogeny – time, deformation, metamorphism and magmatism.
Course Outcomes		Earth – internal structure and composition; mantle and crust versus astenosphere and lithosphere; the concept of isostasy; Plate tectonics – principles and exceptions; Continental and oceanic crust – formation, structure, composition and evolution; Magmatism and magmatic processes in the continental crust; Magmatism and magmatic processes in the oceanic crust; ophiolite concept; Metamorphism – tectonic setting, metamorphic facies; Metamorphic processes and reactions; Isotopic dating of magmatic and metamorphic rocks; Geological structures – brittle and ductile; Extensional tectonics and rifting – deformation, magmatism and metamorphism; Subduction – deformation, accretionary complexes, metamorphism and magmatism; Large strike-slip faults – structures and basin formation; Orogeny – time, deformation, metamorphism and magmatism.
Pre-requisite(s)		Yok
Required Facilities		Hand samples of minerals and rocks
Other
Textbook		P. Kearey, K.A. Klepeis & F.J. Vine, 2009, Global Tectonic s. Wiley-Blackwell, 482 sayfa, ISBN 978-1-4051-0777-8. Donald L. Turcotte & Gerald Schubert, 2014, Geodynamics, Cambridge University Press, 636 sayfa, ISBN: 9780521186230.
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