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GEOMORPHOLOGY:

Suggested Text Books

1. Bloom, A., L., 1969, The surface of the earth, Prentice Hall.
2. Bloom, A.L., 1992, Geomorphology, A systematic analysis of late Cainozoic landforms,
Prentice hall.
3. Morisawa, M., Streams, their dynamics and morphology,
4. King, C.A., Techniques in Geomorphology

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY :

Suggested Books:
1. Bloss, F.D. Crystallography and crystal chemistry
2. Krauskopf., Principle of geochemistry
3. Mason. B., Principles of Geochemistry
4. Deer. Llowie and Zussman. Rock minerals Vol. 1 to Vol 5 and also condensed volume
5. Putnis. Mineralogy
6. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 2,3,5,7,9A,9B, and 13 ( Mineralogical society of America)

IGNEOUS PETROLOGY :

Suggested Text Books:

1. Yoder, H.S.,1976 - Generation of Basalt Magma
2. Eulers, E.G., 1972 - Interpretation of Phase Diagrams
3. Wilson,M., 1989 - Igneous Petrogenesis

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4. Philpots 1976 - Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic

Petrology
5. Hall, A., 1995 - Igneous petrology

METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY:

Suggested Text Books

1. Winkler, H.G.F., 1979 - Petrogeneis of metamorphic rocks
2. Bucher and Frey, 1995 - Petrogeneis of metamorphic rocks
3. Philpot, 1976 - Principle of igneous and metamorphic
petrology
4. Yardley, 1989 - Metamorphic petrology
5. Spear, F.S., 1997 - Metamorphic petrology
6. Spear, F.S., 1990 - Characterization of metamorphic rocks.
Am. Mineralgical Society review Vol.10
7. Turner. I.J., 1980 - Metamorphic petrology

SEDIMENTOLOGY :

Suggested Text Books

1. .Blatt, H., Middleton, G.V. and Murray, R., 1992, Origin of Sedimentary Rock
2. Carver, R.C. (Ed.), 1971, Procedures in Sedimentary Petrology
3. Boggs, S.Jr., 1987, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Merill Publ.
Co..
4. Miall, A.D., 1990, Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis, Springer Verlag
5. Reading, H.G. (Ed.), 1996, Sedimentary Environments and Facies, Blackwell
Science

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PALEOBIOGEOLOGY :
Suggested Books:
1. Benton, M. and Ilarper,D. Basic Paleontollgy
2. Beerbower, J.R. Search for the Past
3. Bignot, G Elements of Paleontology
4. Boeresma and Haque Introduction to Marine Micropaleontology
5. Brasier, M.D. Microfossils
6. Colbert, E.H. Evolution of Vertebrates
7. Cushman, J.A. Forminifers, their classification and economic use.
8. Emiliani The Sea
9. Jones, D.D. Introduction of Microfossils
10. Kennett, J.P. Marine Geology
11. Lindstrom Conodonts
12. Stirton, R.A. Time, Life and Man
13. Walton, J. An Introduction to the Study of Plants
14. Zeigier, B. Introduction to Paleontology; General Paleontology
15. Wards Collection on various aspect of Paleobiogeology

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY :

Suggested Text books

Evans A.M. (1993); Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals An Introduction.
Edwards R. and Atkinson K. (1986); Ore Deposit Geology.
Barnes H.L (1979);.Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits.
Ramdohr Paul F (1980); Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths.
Craig J.R. and Vaughan D.J. (1981); Ore Microscopy and Ore Petrography

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MINERAL EXPLORATION :

Suggested text books

Levinson,A.A. 1974; Introduction to exploration geochemistry, Applied Pub., Calgary
Peters,W.C. 1978 ; Exploration and mining gelogy. John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.
David, M. 1977; Geostatistical ore reserve estimation. Elsevier Pub., Amsterdam
Kreiter,U.M. 1968; Geological prospecting and exploration. MIR Pub., Moscow.

STRATIGRAPHY: CONCEPTS
AND APPLICATIONS :

Suggested text books

Ager, D.V; The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record
Boggs Sam Jr; Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Brenner, R.L. and Mchargue, T.R; Integrative Stratigraphy-Concepts and Principles
Dunbar, C.O. and Rodgers J.; Principles of Stratigraphy
Einsle, G.,Ricken,W. and Seilacher,; Cycles and Events in Stratigraph A. (Eds.)
Hailwood, E.A. and Kidd, R.B.; High Resolution Stratigraphy
Kay and Colbert; Stratigraphy and Life History
Lemon, R.R.; Principles of Stratigraphy
Shaw. A.B.; Time in Stratigraphy
Stamp, L.D.; An Introduction to Stratigraphy
Wadia, D.N.; Geology of India
Weller, J.M., Stratigraphic Principles and Practices

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PLATE TECTONICS

Suggested Text Books:

1. J.M. Bird (ed.). Plate Tectonics, American Geophysical Union
2. A.Cox (ed.) Plate tectonics and geomagnetic reversals, Freeman and Co.
3. K.C. Condie, Plate tectonics and crustal evolution, Butterworth Heieman.
4. P.Kearey and F.J. Vine., Global tectonics, Blackwell
5. E.M. Moores and R.J. Twiss, Tectonics, Freeman and Co.

SURFACE GEOPHYSICS :

Suggested Text Books

1. M.B.Dobrin Introduction to Geophysicsw Prospecting
2. W.M.Telford, D.P.Geolart, R.E.Sheriff and D.A.Keus Applied Geophysics
3. D.S.Parasnis Principles of Applied Geophsics
4. G.V.Keller & F.C. Friscaknect Electrical Methods in Geophysical Prospecting
5. L.L.Nettleton : Gravity and Magnetic Prospecting

SUBSURFACE GEOPHYSICS :

Suggested Text books

Lynch,E.J (1962) Formation evaluation, Harper & Row, NY.
Serra, O (1986) Fundamentals of well log interpretation

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Parasnis,D.S (1997) Principles of applied geophysics, Chapman & Hall, London

Telford,W.M, Geldart,L.P, Sheriff, R.E, Keys, D.A (1988) Applied geophysics, Oxford & IBH
Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY:

Suggested books
Gansser, A. Geology of the Himalayas
Wadia, D.N. Geology of India
Krishnan, M.S. Geology of India and Burma
Valdiya, K.S. Geology of the Kumaon Himalayas.
Saklani, P.S. Geology of the Lesser Himalayas.
Sinha, A.K. Global tectonics and metallogeny of the Himalayas.
Rupke, and Sharma, A.K. Geology and sedimentation of the Kumaon Lesser Himalayas

SOILS AND GEOMORPHOLOGY:

Suggested Text Books

Birkeland, P.W., 1984. Soils and Geomorphology, Oxford University Press.
Gerrard, J., Soil Geomorphology, Chapman and Hall, London.
Duchaufour, P., 1982. Pedology, Pedogenesis and Classification, George Allena and Unwin,
London.

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Richards, K.S., Arnett, A.R. and Ellis, S. (Eds.), 1985. Geomorphology and Soils. George Allen
and Unwin.
Bullock, P., Federoff, N., Jongerius, A., Stoops, G. and Tursina, T., 1985. Handbook of Soil Thin
Section Description. Waine Research Publishers, U.K.,

ISOTOPE GEOLOGY:

Suggested Text Books

1. Principles of Isotope Geology G..Faure, John Wiley & Sons
2. Radioanalysis in Geochemistry H.A.das,A.Faahof and H.A. Van Der Sloots, Elsevier
Publishers
3. Radiogenic isotope geology Allan P. Dickin

DEPOSTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS:

Suggested Text Books

1. Reading, H.G., 1954. Sedimentary Environments and Facies. 3 rd Ed., Blackwell Scientific
Publ., Oxford.
2. Reneick, H.E. and Singh, I.B., 1984. Depositional Sedimentary Environments. Springer Verlag.

PALEOECOLOGY :

Suggested text books

Models in Paleobiology - Schopf, 1972, Freeman Cooper & Co.
Introduction to paleobiology- Ziegler, 1983, Ellis Horwood Ltd.

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Paleobiology: A Synthesis_ Eds. D.E.G. Brigs & Peter Crowther, 1990, Blackwell Scientific
Publ.
Palaeoecology_ Concepts and Applications_ J.R. Dodd & R.J. stanton, 1981, john Wiley & Sons.
Concepts and models of ecosystem evolution- James W. Valentine (In Schopf 1972).
Ecology and Distribution of Recent Foraminifera_ Phleger, 1960, The John Hopkins.

VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY :

Suggested text books

E.H. Colbert; Evolution of the Vertebrates
R.L.Carroll; Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
M.J. Benton; Vertebrate Paleontology
A.S. Romer; Vertebrate Paleontology

INDIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS :

Suggested Text books

Bannerjee, D.K. (1992;) Mineral Resources of India
Arogyaswamy , R.N.P. (1973); Courses in mining Geology
Sharma, N.L. and Ram, K.S.V. (1964); Introduction to Indias economic minerals

PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING:

Suggested text books

Lillesand, T. M, (1979), Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley and Sons.
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Rees, W.G., (1990), Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, Cambridge University Press.
Drury, S.A., (1987), Image Interpretation in Geology, Allen & Unwin, London.

GEOHYDROLOGY :

Suggested text books

Michael Price (1990) Introducing Groundwater, George Allen & Unwin, London
Todd, D.K, (1986) Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley and Sons.
Heath R.C. and Frank W. Trainer, (1968), Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology
Karanth, K. R. (1987) Groundwater Assessment Development and Management, Tata McGrawHill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi.
Karanth, K. R. (1989) Hydrogeology, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New
Delhi.

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY :

Suggested Text books

M.B.Dobrin; : Introduction to Geophysical prospecting
R.F. Legget & A. Hathway; Geology and Engineering (1988)
D.P.Krynine and W.R.Judd; 1967. Principles of Engineering geology & Geotechtonics .
F.G. Bell; : Fundamentals of Engineering Geology (1983).
P.B.Attewell& I.W. Farmer; Principles of Engineering Geology (1976).
Q. Zaruba & V.Mencl; : Engineering Geology (1976).

PHOTOGEOLOGY :

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Suggested text books

Allum (1965) Photogeology and Regional Mapping
Gupta R.P. (1990) Remote Sensing Geology
Mekel J.F.M. (1970) ITC text book of photo-interpretation
Miller V.C. & Miller C.F. (1961) Photogeology
Pandey, S.N. (1987) Principles and application of Photogeology
Ray, R.G. (1965) Aerial Photography in Geologic Interpretation and Mapping..
Slater, P.N. (1980) Remote Sensing Optics and Optical Systems.
Verstappen H.T (1983) Applied Geomorphology

MINING GEOLOGY :

Suggested Text books

Mining Geology with sections - 2nd ed. (1962) H.E. Mikinstry, S.A. Tyler and K.E. Richard
Elements of Mining 3rd ed. (1964) R.S. Lewis and G.B. Clark
Surface Mining (1972) E.P. Peleider
Principles of Mineral Dressing (1939) - A.M. Gaudin
Textbook of Ore Dressing (1940) R.H. Richard and C.E. Locke
Courses in Mining Geology 2nd ed. (1980) R.N.P. Arogyaswamy

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY :

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Suggested Text Books

Barkar, C; Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration, AAPG Education Department
Biswas, S.K et al (Eds.); Proc. of Second Seminar on Petroliferous Basins of India.
Hobson, G.D; Developments in Petroleum Geology. Vol.I and Vol.II
Levorsen, H.I.; Geology of Petroleum
Swamy, S.N. and P.D. Dwivedi (Eds.); Petrotech 97 ,Vol. I (Exploration.)
Tissot, B.P. and D.H. Welte; Petroleum Formation and occuerence.

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES :

Suggested Text Books

The geochemistry of natural waters J.I.Drever, Prentice-Hall Publishers
Geoenvironment U.Aswathanarayana, A.A.Balkema Publish
The Chemistry of Atmosphere and Oceans H.D.Holland, Wiley-Interscience Publ.
The Global water cycle E.K.Berner and R.A.Berner, Prentice-Hall
Environmental Geology E.A.Keller, Merrill Publishing Co. 1988
Aquatic Chemistry W.M.Stumm and J.J.Morgan, John Wiley & Sons
Chemical Cycles and global environment R.M.Garrels,F.T.Mackenzie and C.Hunt, William
kaufmann Publ.

PRINCIPLES OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SYSTEM :

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Suggested text books

Burrough, P.A. (1986), Principles of Geographic Information Systems for Land
Resources Assessment, Oxford Univ. Press.
Aronoff, S., (1989), Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective, WDL
Publications, Ottawa, Canada.
Bonham-Carter, G. F., (1994), Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists:
Modelling with GIS, Pergamon Press.

MINERAL ECONOMICS :

Suggested Text Books

Mineral Economics fourth edition (1988) R.K. Sinha and N.L. Sharma
An Introduction to Mineral Economics (1993) K.K. Chatterjee
World Mineral Supplies (1976) G.J.E. Govett and M.H. Govett.

MARINE GEOLOGY :

Suggested Text Books

Ocean Science Scientific American, W.H. Freeman & Company
Sub-Marine Geology F.P.Sheoard, Harpers Geoscience Series
Marine Geochemistry - Roy Chester, Unwin Hyman
Chemistry of Atmosphere and Oceans H.D.Holland

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Oceanography R.G.Pierie
Introductory Oceanography H.V.Thurman, Charles E. Merill Publishers
Introduction to Oceanography D.A.Ross
The Gloabal Water Cycle E.K.Berner and R.A.Berner
Solutions, Minerals and Equilibria R.F.Garrels and C.L.Christ

NUMERICAL METHODS :

Suggested text books:

1. Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology by J.C. Davis.
2. Basic Statistics for Scientists and Engineers by Kennedy and Neville
3. Statistical Analysis of Geological Data by G.S. Koch and R.F. Link

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY :

Suggested Text Books:

Suupe, J. 1985. Principles of Structural Geology, Prentice Hall Inc., NJ 537 p.
Twiss, R. J. and Moores, E. M. 1992. Structural Geology, W. H. Freeman and Co., NY, 532p.
Davis, G. H. and Reynolds, S. J. 1996. Structural Geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and
Sons Inc. NY, 776p.
Ramsay, J. G. and Huber, M. I. 1983. The techniques of modern structural geology, v. 1, Strain
analysis, Academic Press, Lond. 307p.
Ramsay, J. G. and Huber, M. I. 1987. The techniques of modern structural geology, v. 2, Folds
and Fractures, Academic Press, Lond. 381p.
Ghosh, S. K. 1993. Structural Geology: fundamentals and modern developments: Pergamon
Press, Oxford, 598p.

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Ramsay, J. G. 1967. Folding and fracturing of rocks. Mc-Graw Hill Book Company, NY, 560 p.
Jaeger, J. C. and Cook, N. G .W. 1979. Fundamentals of rock mechanics. Methuen, London,
593p.

THERMODYNAMICS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA :

Suggested text books:
1. Chemical Thermodynamics: Basic Theory and Methods. By I. M. Klotz and R. M. Rosenberg.
The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company.
2. Thermodynamics of Solids. By R. A. Swalin. John Willey & Sons.
3. Geochemical Thermodynamics. By D. K. Nordstrom and J. A. Munoz. The
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company.
4. Short Course on Application of Thermodynamics to Petrology and ore Deposits. By H. J.
Greenwood (Editor). Mineralogical Association of Canada.
5. Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. By B. J. Wood and D. G. Fraser. Oxford
University Press.

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