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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
JEO 502TRAVERTINE GEOLOGY3 + 02nd Semester7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Master's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective Aim of this course is to gain scientific, technical and economic knowledge to students about carbonate spring deposits like travertine and tufa
Course Content Classification of travertines, formation mechanisms, review of important travertine fields in the World, physical and chemicial properties of travertines and travertine-precipitating spring water, travertine lithotypes, lithofacies and depositional systems, dating methods, general descriptions of Denizli travertines in western Turkey, active Pamukkale travertines and their environmental problems, economic potential of travertines and travertine marbling.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1Travertine formation conditions, textural and structural features travertines

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
PO 01PO 02PO 03PO 04PO 05PO 06PO 07PO 08PO 09PO 10PO 11PO 12PO 13PO 14PO 15PO 16PO 17PO 18PO 19PO 20
LO 001   5                
Sub Total   5                
Contribution00050000000000000000

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14342
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)148112
Mid-terms12020
Final examination12121
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course






195

7,5
COURSE DETAILS
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 Course TermNoInstructors
Details 2022-2023 Spring1EZHER TAGLİASACCHİ
Details 2019-2020 Spring1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2017-2018 Fall1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2016-2017 Spring1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2014-2015 Fall1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2013-2014 Spring1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2011-2012 Fall1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2010-2011 Spring1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2010-2011 Fall1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2009-2010 Spring1MEHMET ÖZKUL
Details 2009-2010 Fall1MEHMET ÖZKUL


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
JEO 502 TRAVERTINE GEOLOGY 3 + 0 1 Turkish 2022-2023 Spring
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. EZHER TAGLİASACCHİ egulbas@pau.edu.tr MUH B0002-02 %
Goals Aim of this course is to gain scientific, technical and economic knowledge to students about carbonate spring deposits like travertine and tufa
Content Classification of travertines, formation mechanisms, review of important travertine fields in the World, physical and chemicial properties of travertines and travertine-precipitating spring water, travertine lithotypes, lithofacies and depositional systems, dating methods, general descriptions of Denizli travertines in western Turkey, active Pamukkale travertines and their environmental problems, economic potential of travertines and travertine marbling.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Classification of travertine and tufa
2 Depositional models of travertines.
3 Depositional models of tufas.
4 Lithotype and facies description of traveetine.
5 Lithotype and facies description of tufa.
6 Geochemistry of travertine precipitating waters.
7 Geochemistry of tufa precipitating waters.
8 Travertine geochemistry
9 Evaluation of geochemical results
10 Travertine geochemistry
11 Evaluation of geochemical results
12 Dating of travertine and tufa
13 Economic potential of travertine and tufa.
14 Use of travertine and tufa as building stone.
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
Chafetz, H. S. and Folk, R. L., 1984, Travertines: Depositional morphology and the bacterially constructed constituents. Jour. Sedimentary Petrology, 54, 1, 289 - 316. English
Ford, T.D. and Pedlay, H.M.,1996, A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the the world. Earth-Sci. Revs., 41,117-175.English
Guo, L. and Riding, R.,1998, Hot-spring travertine facies and sequences, Late Pleistocene Rapolano Terme, Italy; Sedimentology, 45, 163-180.English
Altunel, E., 1996, Pamukkale travertenlerinin morfolojik özellikleri, yaşları ve neotektonik önemleri: MTA Derg., 118, 47-64Türkçe
Özkul, M. Varol, B., and Alçiçek, M.C., 2002 , Depositional environments and Petrography of Denizli Travertines, Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 125, 13-29, IV Plates.English
Pentecost A., 2005, Travertine, Springer Verlag, 446pEnglish
Pedley, H.M., 2009. Tufas and travertines of the Mediterranean region: a testing ground for freshwater carbonate concepts and developments. Sedimentology, 56, 221–246.English
Kele,S., Özkul, M., Fórizs, I., Gökgöz, A., Baykara, M.O., Alçiçek, M.C., Németh, T., 2011, Stable isotope geochemical and facies study of Pamukkale travertines: New evidences of low-temperature non-equilibrium calcite-water fractionation. Sedimentary Geology, Doi: 10.1016 /j.sedgeo.2011.04.015 English
Andrews, J.E., 2006. Paleoclimatic record from stable isotopes in riverine tufas: Synthesis and rewiew. Earth-Science Review 75, 85–104.English
Jones, B., Renaut, R.W., 2010. Calcareous Spring Deposits in Continental Settings. In Alonso Zarza, A.M., Taner, L.H. (Eds.) Carbonates in Continental Settings: Facies, Environments, and Processes, Developments in Sedimentology, 61, 177–204.English
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes