BEST BOOKS IN GEOLOGY |Geologypage

Must read books for BSc. Geology  in India

Being able to choose books for the course is not an easy task to do, when you are a fresher in this subject. You may find  many books for the same subject by different authors. Reading from a list of books  selected and suggested by a cross-section of geology faculty from throughout India can help you provide the necessary perspective. You can buy these books from AMAZON directly from my blog and by doing so, you will help my blog to progress.

  PHYSICAL GEOLOGY  

1. Textbook of Geology  – 1 Dec 2009 by G.B. Mahapatra 

2. Textbook of Physical Geology-1 December 2008 by G.B. Mahapatra

MINERALOGY, AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 

1.Mineralogy by Dexter Perkins

2. An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals by W.A. Deer, R.A. Howie, J. Zussman

3.Optical Mineralogy: The Nonopaque Minerals Paperback – 2005 by Dana T. Griffen , Phillips W R, William Revell Phillips

4. Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy by Gribble

IGNEOUS PETROLOGY AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY

 1.Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology  by Winter  

 2.Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology – 2001 by Best

3. Principles of Petrology  – 2012 by Tyrrel

SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY

1. Introduction to Sedimentology  – 1 Dec 2007 by S.M. Sengupta 

2. Principles of Sedimentology & Stratigraphy  – 3 Mar 2016 by Boggs JR

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

1. Structural geology by S.K.Ghosh

2.Structural Geology – 3 Mar 2016 by Haakon Fossen

3. Structural Geology – 28 Feb 2007 by Robert J. Twiss , Eldridge M. Moores 

GEOTECTONICS AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

1. Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution by Kent C. Condie

2. Geomorphology by Savindra Singh

GEOCHEMISTRY 

1. Principles of Geochemistry by Mason

2. Isotope Geochemistry by William M. White 

STRATIGRAPHY 

1. Fundamentals of Historical Geology and Stratigraphy of India – 1 Jan 1998 by Ravindra Kumar

2. The making of India by K.S. Valdiya

PALAEONTOLOGY

1. Palaeontology (palaeobiology)  – 2016 by P.C. Jain & M.S. Anantharaman

2. A textbook of Palaeontology by Ajoy Kumar Sen

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND ORE GENESIS

1. Economic Geology: Economic Mineral Deposits – 1 Jan 2010 by U. Prasad

2. Economic Mineral Deposits  – 2013 by Mead L.Jensen , Alan M.Bateman

REMOTE SENSING AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

1. Remote Sensing and GIS – 1 Aug 2011 by Basudeb Bhatta 

2. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, – 2011 by Lillesand, Kiefer , Chipman 

HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUND WATER 

1. Applied hydrogeology by C.W. Fetter 
2. Groundwater Hydrology by David Keith Todd

ENGINEERING AND EXPLORATION GEOLOGY

1. Principals Of Engineering Geology – 2017 by K M Bangar

2. Principles of Engineering Geology and Geotechnics – 2005 by Judd, Krynine

3.  Courses in Mining Geology by Arogyaswami

FUEL GEOLOGY

1.  Textbook of Applied coal petrology  by  Chandra D.

2. Petroleum Geology by R.E. Chapman