Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
JEO 438 Environmental Geology 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
Description of environmental geology, basic concepts and its relations with other disciplines. Contamination and types of contaminants, natural disasters (earthquakes, mass movements, volcanoes, floods, etc.). Mining activities, their environmental problems, and reclamation and rehabilitation studies. Solid wastes (house, industrial, radioactive) and disposal methods, water resources, their contamination and protection areas, analysis of contamination and monitoring methods, geological factors controlling land-use suitability, laws and regulations of environment.