University :Mansoura University |
Faculty :Faculty of Science |
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| 1- Course data :- |
| | Code: | 32317 | | Course title: | سيزمية زلزالية - تنقيب إشعاعى | | Year/Level: | ثالثة جيوفيزيقا | | Program Title: | | | Specialization: | | | Teaching Hours: | Theoretical: | 4 | Tutorial: | | Practical: | 4 |
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| 2- Course aims :- |
| - For students undertaking this course, the aims are to: Introduce the principles of radiometric prospecting methods.
- Study the sources of natrural radiactivity and prospecting techinques
- Enable the students to measuring radioactivity in the filed , corrections and interpretation.
- Introduce the priciples of plate tectonics and causes of earthquakes .
- Outline the primary and secondary disasterous effects of earthquakes.
- Acquire the students knowledge to locate and forcaste large earthquakes.
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| 3- Course Learning Outcomes :- |
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| 4- Course contents :- |
| | No | Topics | Week |
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| 1 | Introduction, natural radiactivity and fundamentals of radiometric. | | | 2 | U, Th and K mineralization and their geochemical behaviour. | | | 3 | Interaction of gamma rays with matter. | | | 4 | Types of detctors and radiometric instruments. | | | 5 | Field survey and data processing and corrections. | | | 6 | Interpretation of radiometric data and its applications. | | | 7 | Why and where earthquakes occur. | | | 8 | Effects of earthquakes. | | | 9 | Seismographs and Observatories. | | | 10 | Seismogram interpretation. | | | 11 | Seismic risk and earthquake prediction. | |
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| 5- Teaching and learning methods :- |
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| Lectures using data show and whiteboard. | | Discussion sessions - Excursion to Helwan Observatory (NRIAG). | | Calss activity. | | Laboratory work |
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| 6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :- |
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| 7- Student assessment :- |
| A. Timing |
| | No | Method | Week |
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| 1 | Final written exam | 14 | | 2 | Oral exam | 14 | | 3 | Practical exam. | 13 | | 4 | Mid-term exam. | 6 |
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| B. Degree |
| | No | Method | Degree |
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| 1 | Mid_term examination | 5 | | 2 | Final_term examination | 70 | | 3 | Oral examination | 10 | | 4 | Practical examination | 15 | | 5 | Semester work | 0 | | 6 | Other types of asessment | 0 | | Total | 100% |
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| 8- List of books and references |
| | S | Item | Type |
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| 1 | Coures Notes of radiometric prospecting ( Prof. Hosni Ghazala) | | | 2 | Course Notes (Korrat ) Notes on Earthquakes Seismology | | | 3 | Sharma ( 1995) Geophysical methods and geology 2ed | | | 4 | Ota Kulhanek “Anatomy of Seismograms”, El-Sevier, 1990. | | | 5 | K. Bullen and B. Bolt “An Introduction to the Theory of Seismology”, 4th edition, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993. | | | 6 | Reynolds ( 1995) Environmenta Geophysics 2nd ed. | |
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| 9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course |
| | S | Content | Study week |
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| Introduction, natural radiactivity and fundamentals of radiometric. | | | U, Th and K mineralization and their geochemical behaviour. | | | Interaction of gamma rays with matter. | | | Types of detctors and radiometric instruments. | | | Field survey and data processing and corrections. | | | Interpretation of radiometric data and its applications. | | | Why and where earthquakes occur. | | | Effects of earthquakes. | | | Seismographs and Observatories. | | | Seismogram interpretation. | | | Seismic risk and earthquake prediction. | |
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| Course Coordinator(s): - |
| - Hosni Hassan El-said Ghazala
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| Head of department: - |
| Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed Kora |
