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Course Name	Turkish	Provenance Analysis
	English	Provenance Analysis
Course Code	JDM 631E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Alı Mohammadı
Course Objectives		The course aims to determine the source region (provenance) of clastic sediments. It is aimed to reconstruct the parent rock, the time of deposition of the terrigenous rocks, and the climate conditions during the formation of the sediments to reconstruct the tectono-sedimentary evolution of sedimentary basins in time and space.
Course Description		The course covers important topics related to different bulk sediment techniques, heavy minerals identification under binocular, polarizing, and electronic microscopes, and their applications in geochronology (igneous and metamorphic ages), and Low-temperature thermometers (zircon and apatite FT, (U-Th)/He). Furthermore, statistical methods and software for proper interpretation of complex distributions and their applications in the reconstruction of tectono-sedimentary evolution of sedimentary basins as well as oil and gas explorations.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students learn and apply the basic understanding of sedimentary rocks provenance analysis including: 1. Multi-proxy methods in provenance analysis 2. Different type of igneous and metamorphic heavy minerals 3. Application of heavy minerals in geochronology 4. Application of heavy minerals in Low-temperature thermometers 5. Application of provenance analysis in tectonics study
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Textbook		Mange, M.A. and Maurer, H., 2012. Heavy minerals in colour. Springer ? Mange, M.A. and Wright, D.T. eds., 2007. Heavy minerals in use. Elsevier. ? Morton, A.C., 1985. Heavy minerals in provenance studies. In Provenance of arenites (pp. 249-277). Springer, Dordrecht. ? Johnsson, M.J. and Basu, A. eds., 1993. Processes controlling the composition of clastic sediments (Vol. 284). Geological Society of America. ? Bernet, M. and Spiegel, C. eds., 2004. Detrital thermochronology: Provenance analysis, exhumation, and landscape evolution of mountain belts (Vol. 378). Geological Society of America.
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