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Is there anyothr book for geog. besides ncert?m nt sure frm whch book 2 prefer.

These are some good books for geology which are also used by IAS aspirants:

1.Geology: An Introduction - Kronaris and Krambine
2.Text Book of Geology - P.K. Mukherjee
3.Text Book of Physical Geology - Mahapatra
4.Geomorphology - Woolridge or Tharnbury
5.Principles of Petrology - G.W. Turrel
6.Underground Hydrology - David Keith Toad
7.A Dictionary of Geology - Morrison
8.Igneous Rocks and Metromorphic Petrology - Turner

Originally Posted by Resannaevans

Is there anyothr book for geog. besides ncert?m nt sure frm whch book 2 prefer.

Dear friend,
Though NCERT books are the best in this business,but here are some books that you may like to refer:

General Geology:

Annals of a Former World by John McPhee
The Map that Changed the World by Simon Winchester
Earth by D.K. Publishing
Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey
Great Geological Controversies
Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the World by Stephen Baxter
Smithsonian Rock And Gem
Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth
Over the Mountains (An Aerial view of Geology)
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth by Marcia Bjornerud
Dictionary of Geological Terms
The Man who Found Time
The Seashell on the Mountaintop
Rocks From Space by Richard O. Norton
After the Ice Age by EC Pielou
Down the Great Unknown
Sand: The Never-Ending Story by Micheal Well

Oil/Energy:

Oil Notes by by Rick Bass
The Prize by Daniel Yergin
The Last Boom by James Anthony Clark & Michael Thomas Halbouty

Fossils/Palentology:

Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
Raptor Red by Robert Bakker
T. Rex and the crater of doom
The Crucible of Creation by Simon Conway Morris
Digging Dinosaurs by John R. Horner
The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert T. Bakker
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway by Kirk Johnson
Hunting Dinosaurs by Louie Psihoyos
Islands in the Cosmos by Dale A. Russell
Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution by E. N. K. Clarkson
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul

Volcanos/Tectonics:

Volcano Cowboys by Dick Thompson
Fire Under the Sea
Plate Tectonics
Shaping the Earth: Tectonics of Continents and Oceans
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes by Haraldur Sigurdsson

Disaster/Epic Change:

Noah's Flood by William Ryan & Walter Pitman
Disaster by the Bay by Paul Jeffers
A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
Bretz's Flood
Heaven and Earth Global Warming by Ian Plimer

Regional Geology:

The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park
Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Prairie, Peak and Plateau: the Geology of the Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau - a geologic history
Geology of Utah
Deepest Valley
Roadside Geology
Ontario Rocks: Three Billion Years of Environmental Change by Nick Eyles
Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey by Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall
The Physiography of Southern Ontario, 3rd ed. by L. J. Chapman and D. F. Putnam
Shield Country Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet by Jamie Bastedo
Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours by Ben Gadd
Handbook of the Canadian Rockies by Ben Gadd

Fiction:

A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Susan Cummins Miller
Sarah Andrews

Peotry:

Trilobite Poems
Possession by AS Byatt

Text:

Morphology and Landscape by Harry Robinson
The Age of the Earth by Brent Dalrymple
Physical Geology: Earth Revealed
The Field Guide to Geology
Geochemistry: An Introduction by Francis Albarède

at which site i can read the above suggested books on geology online?

General Geology:

Annals of a Former World by John McPhee
The Map that Changed the World by Simon Winchester
Earth by D.K. Publishing
Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey
Great Geological Controversies
Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the World by Stephen Baxter
Smithsonian Rock And Gem
Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth
Over the Mountains (An Aerial view of Geology)
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth by Marcia Bjornerud
Dictionary of Geological Terms
The Man who Found Time
The Seashell on the Mountaintop
Rocks From Space by Richard O. Norton
After the Ice Age by EC Pielou
Down the Great Unknown
Sand: The Never-Ending Story by Micheal Well

Oil/Energy:

Oil Notes by by Rick Bass
The Prize by Daniel Yergin
The Last Boom by James Anthony Clark & Michael Thomas Halbouty

Fossils/Palentology:

Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
Raptor Red by Robert Bakker
T. Rex and the crater of doom
The Crucible of Creation by Simon Conway Morris
Digging Dinosaurs by John R. Horner
The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert T. Bakker
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway by Kirk Johnson
Hunting Dinosaurs by Louie Psihoyos
Islands in the Cosmos by Dale A. Russell
Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution by E. N. K. Clarkson
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Gregory S. Paul

Volcanos/Tectonics:

Volcano Cowboys by Dick Thompson
Fire Under the Sea
Plate Tectonics
Shaping the Earth: Tectonics of Continents and Oceans
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes by Haraldur Sigurdsson

Disaster/Epic Change:

Noah's Flood by William Ryan & Walter Pitman
Disaster by the Bay by Paul Jeffers
A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester
Bretz's Flood
Heaven and Earth Global Warming by Ian Plimer

Regional Geology:

The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park
Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Prairie, Peak and Plateau: the Geology of the Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau - a geologic history
Geology of Utah
Deepest Valley
Roadside Geology
Ontario Rocks: Three Billion Years of Environmental Change by Nick Eyles
Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey by Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall
The Physiography of Southern Ontario, 3rd ed. by L. J. Chapman and D. F. Putnam
Shield Country Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet by Jamie Bastedo
Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours by Ben Gadd
Handbook of the Canadian Rockies by Ben Gadd

Fiction:

A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Susan Cummins Miller
Sarah Andrews

Peotry:

Trilobite Poems
Possession by AS Byatt

Text:

Morphology and Landscape by Harry Robinson
The Age of the Earth by Brent Dalrymple
Physical Geology: Earth Revealed
The Field Guide to Geology
Geochemistry: An Introduction by Francis Albarède

Please suggest few books on geology that cover all the syllabus for IAS, or study material for the same . Thanks, You can also mail me the same @ [email protected]