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Course Name	Turkish	Çevre Jeolojisi
	English	Environmental Geology
Course Code	JEO 438	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		İrfan Yolcubal
Course Objectives		The purpose of this course is to gain students the ability to analyze interaction of human with environment from geological perspectives, to conduct environmental impact assessment and risk analysis, and to inform students regarding measures to be taken to reduce environmental risks.
Course Description		This course covers introduction to environmental geology: basic concepts and principles and relation with other disciplines; an overview of natural disasters: river flooding; soil and environment: soil classification, physical and chemical properties of soil, soil pollution, characterization; surface and ground water pollution: contaminant types and sources, environmental problems related to quantity (climate change, heavy pumping, subsidence, urbanization), groundwater contamination characterization, monitoring and remediation works, determination of groundwater protection areas; mining and environmental impacts; waste disposal: landfills, radioactive waste disposal, the role of geology for selection of landfill location; Land use and site selection in urban planning; environmental impact assessment, environmental laws and legislations.
Course Outcomes		Apply geological knowledge on determining and evaluating of environmental risks Define the effect of geological factors on environmental issues Identify geogenic and anthropogenic contaminant sources Perceive natural hazard risks Have a general knowledge about the measures to be taken Gain the ability to use geological knowledge in the land use planning stage
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Textbook		Keller, E.A., Environmental Geology (Çevre Jeolojisine Giriş), (Çeviren: Erdal Akyol, Kamil Kayabalı), Gazi Kitabevi, 2006. Artiola, J.F., Ian L. Pepper, I.L., Brusseau, M.L., Environmental Monitoring and Characterization,. Academic Press, San Diego, 2004.
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