Geoscience Textbook Recommendations

Math Phobic and Lots of Pretty Pictures

• McKnight's Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation by Hess and Tasa
• Understanding Earth by Grotzinger and Jordan
• Geology: A Very Short Introduction by Zalasiewicz

Undergraduate

• Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology by Tarbuck and Lutgens
• The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics by Fowler
• Planetary Surface Processes by Melosh
• Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey by Wallace and Hobbs
• Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text by Marshall and Plumb
• Geodynamics by Turcotte and Schubert
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change by Seinfeld and Pandis (Prerequisites: thermodynamics, transport phenomena/[fluid mechanics and/or heat and mass transfer], and differential equations)
• Fundamentals of Geophysics by Lowrie
• Introduction to Mineralogy by Nesse
• Interpretation of Geological Maps by Butler and Bell
• A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences by Oxford University Press
• Volcanos by Francis and Clive Oppenheimer

Advanced

• The Dynamics of Partially Molten Rock by Katz
• Structural Geology by Fossen
• An Introduction to Optical Dating by Aitken
• Applied Stochastic Hydrogeology by Rubin
• Crystallographic Instrumentation by Aslanov
• Fluvial Hydraulics by Dingman
• Geochemistry by White
• Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by Winter
• Principles of Isotope Geology by Faure
• Geomagnetism, 2 Volume Set by Chapman
• An Introduction to the Rock-forming Minerals by Deer
• Metamorphic phase equilibria and pressure-temperature-time paths by Spear
• Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks by Folk
• Folding and fracturing of rocks by Ramsay
• Quantitative seismology by Aki
• The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting by Scholz

Prerequisites

Geoscience is interdisciplinary and utilizes knowledge from other fields regularly.

A typical Geology undergraduate program will require students to take:

Mathematics

• Calculus 1-2
• Multivariable Calculus
• Vector Geometry
• Linear Algebra
• Differential Equations
• Statistics

Physics

• College/University Physics 1-2

Chemistry

• General Chemistry 1-2

See the wiki for recommended textbooks on these subjects

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Geology and its relation to other sciences