Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
JEO 424 Volcanology Turkish Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Physical and chemical aspects of magma, what is the volcano? volcano types, eruption types, materials come from the volcanoes: liquid (lava) and solid (pyroclasts or tefra), the different mechanisms on the development of the volcanic rocks: pyroclastic fall mechanism end their products, pyroclastic flow mechanism and their products (hot and cold flow units), surge mechanism and their products, epiclastic proccesses and epiclastic rock types, examples for some recent and ancient volcanoes-volcanism, and their volcanological features.