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# Geoscience Textbook Recommendations

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## 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

Geology and its relation to other sciences

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