Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Türkiye Jeolojisi
	English	Geology of Turkiye
Course Code	JEO 409	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	2	2	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Cenk Yaltırak
Course Objectives		To teach the geology of Turkey, to introduce the students in advance to the general characteristics of the study areas in their future studies related to their professions
Course Description		The course covers the paleotectonic and neotectonic evolution and paleogeography of Turkey and the surrounding seas, the mechanisms of their formation, the formations of the region in time-rock relationship, and the geological evolution of Turkey.
Course Outcomes		Temporal and spatial distribution of the rocks forming Turkiye, Palaeotectonic evolution of Turkiye, Neotectonic evolution of Turkiye, Active tectonics of Turkiye, The formation system and active tectonics of the seas of Turkiye, Learning the main tectonic and stratigraphic elements in the land areas of Turkiye.
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Textbook		Geology of Turkiye, İhsan Ketin
Other References		Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni, MTA Bülteni, Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences