Best geology books according to redditors

We found 261 Reddit comments discussing the best geology books. We ranked the 132 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Geology:

u/Discoastermusicus · 10 pointsr/climateskeptics

For an introduction and historical overview of the greenhouse effect, you can read these:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160932716300308

https://history.aip.org/climate/co2.htm

And the IPCC AR5 synthesis report:

https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/SYR_AR5_FINAL_full.pdf

Some historical geology stuff:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anicet_Beauvais/post/What_is_your_opinion_about_Impact_of_the_Evolution_of_Continents_and_Oceans_on_Climate_of_the_Past/attachment/59d63c1279197b8077999113/AS:413834524282883@1475677247867/download/Phanero_Atm.CO2_Climate_ESR-2014.pdf

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/310/5752/1293.full.pdf?casa_token=XwXFO_bSDeAAAAAA:8hNqZa6j-mAjscZwB7o4QKsYdknh2j4qY9WxCYAcIZ0_sV5WlGRvvpf6AmtJZ4ZY78pfE0gc3iNBCnE

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4237/1/Vaughan_revised.pdf

Some wiki articles do a decent job explaining some basics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle

More:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230615762_Increase_in_observed_net_carbon_dioxide_uptake_by_land_and_oceans_during_the_past_50_years

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL027817

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/269/5229/1413.full.pdf?casa_token=GzniWMWvCG4AAAAA:wFQqarGqeKodGy2jvvOIMTtaoDeSUE3dcjIbFDy0pCIFN3lM-D9zVC2_vvXJQ9i6D9GjBM6BmsNzIHU

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/325/5941/710.full.pdf?casa_token=p5vCjmCKll4AAAAA:ry44Zj_Is8xwd5N__DaeuiVnCBViUIdJoBOwsRoCezMwNps9Y-WlZ82pE5fjQNlHOyCgCGmKwJ_ncpE

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/308/5728/1611.full.pdf?casa_token=LLHKEy_LGTUAAAAA:eZkayljzNfqRYx1u8zRAfWiXizQZ6JR8KNmRJyBmKMnaVpypSHpJZID_6_P5gAQxdVKGgJ3mFqLtzmI

That should get you started. Depending on your background knowledge, it might be worth it to pick up an intro geology textbook, this one's pretty good (https://www.amazon.com/Earth-System-History-Steven-Stanley/dp/1429255269)

u/sandytombolo · 7 pointsr/geology

In addition to those mentioned I would add:

Colliding Continents by Mike Searle is a fantastic read! Both from a geology and mountaineering perspective.

Annals Of The Former World by John McPhee is also good, currently making my through it, very accessible and covers a lot of ground in North America.

Also, more for its humour value than anything: Exploration Days: An A-Z of Ways of Dying in Mineral Exploration by S.J. Waddell is a good, light read written by a former exploration geologist working in SE Asia in the 60's and 70's, can be had on iBooks for about $5.

u/SophieOink · 7 pointsr/geology
u/drunk_goat · 6 pointsr/oilandgasworkers

This what I recommend.

u/Not_So_Rare_Earths · 6 pointsr/rockhounds

I'm not local, but here are some resources you may look into:

A list of gem/mineral clubs in North Carolina. Here is the MAGMA club site, which I believe is local to you. I'm sure that other /r/rockhounds will back me up when I say that joining a club is a great way to meet people who know where to go to find the goods. Clubs also often go out on field trips periodically, including to spots you can't access as an individual.

This website describes sites in 13 counties of western NC, with great pictures of the finds from some of those locations. However, some of those are on private property and you need the owner's permission to hunt there.

A list of upcoming mineral shows. According to that list, there's one in Columbia, SC this weekend if you're okay with a drive. That's another solid place to meet some folks who might give you some pointers, and a great place to get your Christmas shopping done! Otherwise, you might try out the 2017 show in Asheville (scroll down), scheduled for March 17-19.

GatorGirl's list for general-interest geology stuff in your state. You might cut your teeth on one of the commercial sites listed at the bottom there before venturing out on your own. Here is a similar list of general western NC rockhound info.

Michael Streeter's A Rockhounding Guide to North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains seems well-received on Amazon. One of the reviewers mentions that it gives GPS coords for the sites, which is an absolute godsend. Your local library may have a copy.

And here is the full Mindat page for finds listed in your state -- towards the bottom, you can select a specific county to narrow things down a bit. Mindat's pretty comprehensive and often has great pictures to help you know what to look for when you hunt, although many of the specimens were collected from private land or closed sites.

Here is the Forest Service's guidelines for rockhounding and gold panning in National Forests in your state, if any of your travels lead you there. Be aware of the local laws and always keep the Code of Ethics in mind!

Happy hounding! I've obtained a couple awesome Chalk Mountain specimens from others, but I've never been able to make it over there myself. Maybe save the Torbernite hunt for a day without kids, though -- radioactivity ain't so good for yoots!

u/GreenLeafe · 5 pointsr/geologycareers

Outcomes of the Life of a Geologist is an excellent narrative introduction to geology that I think would pique your interest.

For a more rigorous or sciency introduction, you could look at intro geology textbooks. this was the one my course used (now in 10th edition).

But perhaps a better way to approach this, depending on where you're going to school, might be to just try to learn some things about the local geology. This will help you to get more out of your courses, if they have field components. The local rocks can be a gateway to all kinds of interesting topics, since they are marked by all the crazy shit that's happened to them over thousands to millions of years. For example, lots of rocks in New Hampshire have striations from the last glacial maximum. Let me know if you would like help finding sources/guiding an inquiry in this vein.

PS don't let this subreddit scare you in terms of careers. But DO take the excellent advice here in mind moving forward. You will have many opportunities to distinguish yourself to professors/employers through courses, internships, supervised research...take advantage of these!

Best of luck

u/Atempt2 · 5 pointsr/geology

Buy this book and memorize it. It's basically the Cliff notes for a geology degree. Start with the sections for the classes you have already taken. Start going to class, read the sections in your books prior to the prof talking about it. Accept the fact you're an adult and the choices you make now will impact your life going forward?

http://www.amazon.com/Geology-Field-Robert-R-Compton/dp/0471829021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451151978&sr=8-1&keywords=comptons+geology

u/Account_3_0 · 5 pointsr/Christianity

If you bothered to read the Springer link you would have learned of the different dating methods used and you would have seen that the article was supported by independent studies.

Attempts to link the Bible and geology were ended long ago. It’s only recently where creationist have regained a voice. Largely because of their ability to publish something online without a peer-review process.

So let’s look at his sources (that aren’t creationists). Most of his sources are from the small and discredited creationist community. They are discredited because the blatantly misrepresent the geological and larger scientific record.

Purdue source:

>The fluctuations we're seeing are fractions of a percent and are not likely to radically alter any major anthropological findings," Fischbach said. "One of our next steps is to look into the isotopes used medically to see if there are any variations that would lead to overdosing or underdosing in radiation treatments, but there is no cause for alarm at this point. What is key here is that what was thought to be a constant actually varies and we've discovered a periodic oscillation where there shouldn't be one."

The ENCODE project has been criticized for its liberal interpretation of the word “functional”. They have since defined the term

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENCODE#Criticism_of_the_project

What is interesting about the Purdue article is that it establishes the scientific community’s pursuit of the truth regardless of what the truth is. If you look at the history of earth dating methods, you’ll see one scientists after another trying to confirm the work of the previous scientist. As time went on, the older ideas and discoveries were supplanted by better ones. And each time the earth was determined to be older than previously thought. The attempts to date the earth go way back to 1700s and even then it was realized that age of the earth was at least millions of years old.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/geohist.html (note the diverse sources)

A creationist first believes the Bible and sets out to prove it. They discard what doesn’t fit, massage other data to fit and come back to same conclusion.

You’re entitled to your religion, but not your facts.

Challenge your beliefs and read this
https://www.amazon.com/Age-Earth-G-Brent-Dalrymple/dp/0804723311

u/MeeHungLowe · 5 pointsr/atheism

BTW, G. Brent Dalrymple, PhD (the author of the paper at that link) is not just your average internet expert - he is a renowned expert in geology and radiometric dating. A President's National Medal of Science winner, former Asst Chief Geologist at the USGS and a principal investigator on the NASA team that analyzed the lunar rocks brought back on Apollo 11 to 13. He literally "wrote the book" on radiometric dating and the age of the Earth.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Earth-Brent-Dalrymple/dp/0804723311

http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Earth-Skies-Cosmic-Surroundings/dp/0804749337

u/whiteynumber2 · 5 pointsr/geology

I think it's pattern recognition more than anything. By looking at the minerals as much as possible in different samples you can really get an idea of their key properties and the best things to distinguish them.

Gribble & Hall has probably been one of the most useful books for me; it really helps you make your own mind up about what you're looking at, by using the mineral properties. Looking at pictures may help but you really need to build up your own mental checklist.

Saying that though, I would get a book with a good collection of mineral images in. I don't know of any ones that I actually like, although the Imperial Rock Library, the UCL library and this one from the Univeristy of North Carolina should get you started.

u/yardenese · 4 pointsr/geology

Buy and read some textbooks that cover the required undergrad courses at a university. Here are a few that come to mind: structural geology and tectonics, sedimentology/stratigraphy, geophysics, earth materials (mineralogy), earth systems, petrography and petrogenesis, field methods and maybe volcanism and oceanography.


But back to your question... If you're mainly concerned with rock formations (sed/strat) then just read this book or this one, they will help you tremendously. Hope this helps!

u/icefoxen · 3 pointsr/geology

This sucker: http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Well-Log-Analysis-2nd/dp/0891816674/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416548393&sr=8-1&keywords=basic+log+analysis

There are probably others. Lots of oil/gas people in /r/geologycareers , dig through the archives there for people asking about books. Heck, doing that in this subreddit will get you lots of good books too.

u/omen2k · 3 pointsr/geologycareers

Whilst I don't know where you could learn online, I highly recommend looking up publicly available field courses in basic geology. You would learn alot and be able to go out hiking!

If you're interested in sedimentary geology, Gary Nichol's book is excellently written, organised, and I would say is very accessible by the layman.

I'd also recommend the different Geology Field Guide Books as they are small, easily looked through and designed to be taken into the field. They have one for sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic and structural I think, very good books that would definitely get you through at least the first 2 years of an undergrad bachelors in Geology.

EDIT: on further investigation I think I meant the Field Description book series. Either look pretty good for a basic grounding.

EDIT 2: I also forgot to mention they're relatively cheap compared to most academic texts!

u/foramsgalorams · 3 pointsr/geology

Hi there and congratulations on your acceptance to such an excellent choice of degree!

Your A-levels will serve you very well here, though once you start to get your teeth into the geology degree properly you may be surprised at the amount of chemistry involved! Anyway, a virtually identical question was posted here a few days ago, so I’ll regurgitate my answer from that thread:

Seeing as you mentioned A-Level you must be in the UK, so check out The Geology of Britain by Peter Toghill. Its at A-level standard, so shouldn’t cause you much trouble at the moment and will be very readable once you’ve made a little headway in the first year. It also has lovely large colour photographs and illustrations throughout, which is particularly useful when just starting to read about these things. Which uni are you off to? Probably many of the locations in the Toghill book you will end up going on field trips to.

A dictionary of geology terms is essential for first year (and all years really), the Oxford one is great. For getting to grips with the basics of thin sections, I also found this little handbook absolutely invaluable.

If you are more inclined towards the paleontology side of things, then I quite like this book too. Again, I would say it’s written at an A-level depth, and is actually much more than just the title suggests. After the initial pages with global paleomaps it covers many key periods in Earth history and the history of life.

Fossils at a Glance by Milsom & Rigby is a nice introduction to many key fossils and I like the way it has info laid out on a two page spread for each organism/topic, makes for a great reference.

Somebody else in the previous thread also recommended Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World by Simon Lamb, as a regular book to just read casually which introduces all the key concepts of geology.

u/cpt_crunch55 · 3 pointsr/geology

If your working with thin sections i'd suggest Gribble and Halls book, Not sure what level of detail your looking for but MacKenzie's rocks and minerals in thin section good to get the basics of optical mineralogy from.

u/SilentDebater · 3 pointsr/conspiracy

For an introduction and historical overview of the greenhouse effect, you can read these:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160932716300308

https://history.aip.org/climate/co2.htm

And the IPCC AR5 synthesis report:

https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/SYR_AR5_FINAL_full.pdf

Some historical geology stuff:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anicet_Beauvais/post/What_is_your_opinion_about_Impact_of_the_Evolution_of_Continents_and_Oceans_on_Climate_of_the_Past/attachment/59d63c1279197b8077999113/AS:413834524282883@1475677247867/download/Phanero_Atm.CO2_Climate_ESR-2014.pdf

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/310/5752/1293.full.pdf?casa_token=XwXFO_bSDeAAAAAA:8hNqZa6j-mAjscZwB7o4QKsYdknh2j4qY9WxCYAcIZ0_sV5WlGRvvpf6AmtJZ4ZY78pfE0gc3iNBCnE

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4237/1/Vaughan_revised.pdf

Some wiki articles do a decent job explaining some basics:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle

More:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230615762_Increase_in_observed_net_carbon_dioxide_uptake_by_land_and_oceans_during_the_past_50_years

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL027817

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/269/5229/1413.full.pdf?casa_token=GzniWMWvCG4AAAAA:wFQqarGqeKodGy2jvvOIMTtaoDeSUE3dcjIbFDy0pCIFN3lM-D9zVC2_vvXJQ9i6D9GjBM6BmsNzIHU

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/325/5941/710.full.pdf?casa_token=p5vCjmCKll4AAAAA:ry44Zj_Is8xwd5N__DaeuiVnCBViUIdJoBOwsRoCezMwNps9Y-WlZ82pE5fjQNlHOyCgCGmKwJ_ncpE

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/308/5728/1611.full.pdf?casa_token=LLHKEy_LGTUAAAAA:eZkayljzNfqRYx1u8zRAfWiXizQZ6JR8KNmRJyBmKMnaVpypSHpJZID_6_P5gAQxdVKGgJ3mFqLtzmI

That should get you started. Depending on your background knowledge, it might be worth it to pick up an intro geology textbook, this one's pretty good (https://www.amazon.com/Earth-System-History-Steven-Stanley/dp/1429255269)

Thanks to u/_Last_manstanding

u/terpichor · 3 pointsr/geology

So John McPhee books are generally pretty great and won't be too... much? For somebody just getting into it. The problem with most geology books is that they're going to get a little technical, and it can be easy to feel out of your depth (especially considering even basic terms aren't really taught in science classes in grade school). Anyway, Assembling California is a good one. Annals of the former world is another one by him that's really great, but it's a little thick.

There have to be some decent youtube videos, but even sites like Lynda don't have anything geology-wise.

If you want to get into it a little more casually, follow (legit) science groups/publications on social media. AGU is pretty active and posts on a wide variety of geologic topics (they have some good blogs, too); the NSF and NOAA also post cool stuff, but it's not specifically geology-related.

Honestly, your best bet is to try a class though. Geology is a pretty varied field, and even if intro-level courses are generally kind of... dumbed down (in a lot of schools they're called "rocks for jocks")? They'll still get you more than you might out of random googling.

u/YThatsSalty · 3 pointsr/geology

John McPhee's geology books are quite entertaining. Annals of a Former World is four-books-in-one, tracing the geology of the US across the 40th parallel, more or less. You learn some geology, some geography, some personal history, and US history.

u/DrWallyHayes · 3 pointsr/AskReddit

I'm a geologist by training. The best book I've ever read on geology (or possibly any other topic) is Annals of the Former World by John McPhee. (It's actually a compilation of five books, but they should really be read in order to get their full benefit). McPhee isn't a geologist, he's an essayist. Annals is a series of extended essays documenting his traversing of North America in the company of geologists; the author, as a geological layman, describes his experiences learning about the structure and history of the continent. There are also some related side stories about the people and towns he passes through, and how the local geology has affected the history of various places.

u/flug32 · 3 pointsr/books

Annals of the Former World by John McPhee. McPhee is one of the best nonfiction writers out there, which helps a lot.

The core of the book is a series of encounters with prominent scientists who were deeply involved in making the discoveries he outlined. So it is powerful from the human interest angle but that is inextricable tied in with a deep exploration of the science involved. It's from a layman's point of view, but that is probably a great advantage if you are layman yourself, and it's far from superficial but a real attempt to deeply understand and explain the geology.

Incidentally, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1999.

Take a look at this video as well - about one of the sections of Annals of a Former World.

u/AngryT-Rex · 3 pointsr/AskScienceDiscussion

One thing you might want to take a look at is an introductory historical geology textbook.

I read an older edition of this (http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Geology-Reed-Wicander/dp/1111987297) and it was generally pretty good. Very expensive there, but I'm sure a PDF is available for free with a bit of looking.

It covers the very basics of many fields (plate tectonics, Earth composition and structure, radiometric dating techniques) and then moves through major time periods of Earth's history, including dinosaurs and all sorts of other organisms.

You might find it somewhat unsatisfying in that it is covering such a vast amount of material that it can't go too in-depth proving its points every step of the way, but it does a pretty good job considering it's scope, and has lots of good photos of fossils and/or diagrams.

As a single book aimed at understanding Earth's history, I'm not sure you could do much better.

u/TTauriStellarBody · 3 pointsr/climatechange

Something along the lines of Bill Ruddimans Climate Past and Future

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earths-Climate-NA-N/dp/1429255250/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Its an introductory testbook covering the basics.

David Archers courses are also for basic introductory level

http://forecast.uchicago.edu/classes.html

MITs open courseware has lots to chose from

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/

McGuffies Climate Modelling Primer is another introductory work for those with a basic knowledge of physics.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Climate-Modelling-Primer-Kendal-McGuffie/dp/111994337X

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Start by getting a grasp on the radiative transfer model (which is discussed in Archer and Ruddiman works). And also basic atmospheric and ocean dymanics.

Be able to explain the 3 cell model of the atmosphere, describe the development of depressions, tropical storms and other basic weather phenomena. Be able to describe the basics of ocean circulation, the ENSO and its links to Walker Circulation, what the mixing layer, Eckman Transport and bottom water formation are.

Then be able to describe paleoclimate, what caused the recent glaciations, what the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximus was and so forth.

McGuffie should be a good over view of modelling.

Most of the books should be available in a uni library the courses are free to peruse though I have not checked if they are still open atm.

u/tau-lepton · 3 pointsr/politics

Glad to help. There's also this https://www.amazon.com/Earths-Climate-William-F-Ruddiman/dp/1429255250

Which is where your image is from

u/never_listens · 3 pointsr/gadgets

Actually the padparadscha (Sinhalese: lotus flower) is just another variety of fancy sapphire. Red corundum are rubies, everything else in the corundum species is a sapphire.

Also there's no definite demarcation of exactly how red a corundum needs to be before it's called a ruby.

Source: Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised Fifth Edition

u/ash_strata · 3 pointsr/whatsthisrock

Check out the Princeton Field Guide. It's really nice and around $20. If you're looking for the spiritual side of things, I don't have the know-how to provide a recommendation but if you're interested in the mineral themselves you may like it. It has lots of beautiful images and the descriptions are really good. They'll tell you the environments where they form, what their crystal systems look like, how they tend to break (you'll want to know that for drilling your holes and such - I imagine you'd drill perpendicular to cleavage for less fracture).

As far as fancy rock names, you'll just put that together with experience. You can pick up an old edition Earth by Tarbuck for $10 online and that'll tell you all of your basics and from there you can easily branch out.

It can be confusing and frustrating at first, but just keep at it and it'll all come together with some experience. I can recommend things for days, but those books really helped me get a grip on the variety.

If you have any other questions, I'm super happy to help!

Princeton: http://www.amazon.com/Minerals-World-Princeton-Field-Guides/dp/069109537X

Earth: http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Introduction-Physical-Geology-8th/dp/0131148656/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407769493&sr=1-9&keywords=earth+tarbuck

u/Enneirda1 · 3 pointsr/geologycareers

Fire up those walking sticks! Do flights of stairs and hills if possible. Start jogging. Rock climbers did very well in field camp.

Field camp is amazing. I recommend looking into UMich (I hear they've been cutting their program though), IU-Bloomington, University of Oklahoma, UH, UT, and UW-Seattle. IMO, take the longer field course if there are options within these programs.

Contour mapping, compass usage, and field techniques are important. I'd practice those now & buy the Compton book now since I've seen it sold for as much as $350 in the past. There's a cheaper, slightly less encompassing version of this book as well.

u/GORDO_WARDO · 3 pointsr/geology

https://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/0374518734

Honestly if your not already well versed as a geologist (I’m not) you might find some sections to be a bit of a slog (I did) but my recommendation is that if you feel yourself struggling through a passage, just skip along until you find more readable prose. There’s a hell of a lot of book to get through, so even if you miss out on something the first time, you’ll still learn and enjoy a ton of it, and maybe you catch that piece you missed on a second reading a few years down the line

u/m0untain · 2 pointsr/geology

I can't believe nobody mentioned John McPhee. I enjoyed all of his geology books; the four were republished as one volume in Annals of the Former World. http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/0374518734

u/cryptobum · 2 pointsr/MLPLounge

I am reading Assembling california by John Mcfee

u/RustyShakleford81 · 2 pointsr/geology

https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Alteration-Petrographic-Hydrothermal-Minerals/dp/0919216595

https://www.amazon.com/Ore-Textures-Interpretation-Roger-Taylor/dp/3642017827

These two are basically picture books with heaps of photos of altered rocks. Honestly though, recognising alteration is 90% experience, because your rocks will never look exactly like the photos. Everyone struggles a bit straight out of uni. Its harder now, but ideally move around a bit early in your career so you can see different rocks (and learn different ways of doing things).


https://www.amazon.com/Geology-Ore-Deposits-John-Guilbert/dp/1577664957

Guilbert & Park is good on alteration in terms of the minerals and chemical reactions involved, but its text with a few B&W diagrams.

u/goobervision · 2 pointsr/geology

http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Introduction-Physical-Geology-Edition/dp/0131148656

One of my Geology Texts - OK I was 2nd Ed. However, for my degree it wasn't great. I personally thought a good 16-18yr old book when studying geography and geology - when I got to Uni I bought the book and I'm not sure I got more from it than 10 or 20 pages.

u/this_toe_shall_pass · 2 pointsr/Romania

Da exista. Din pacate in engleza sunt mult mai multe resurse decat in romana dar asta nu ne mira.

In engleza ai:

  • Probabil cea mai completa resursa este ultimul raport IPCC. Aici ai linkul pentru sumarul raportului. Nu se folosesc termeni complicati, dar limbajul este foarte precis pentru ca trebuie sa fie, si deci poate e mai greoi de citit. Cu toate astea nici lista nu ar fi completa fara sa pun raport ul IPCC in varf pentru ca reprezinta sinteza muncii de decenii a intregii comuntati stiintifice pe tema schimbarilor climatice.

  • Siteul NASA pe tema de climate change - are explicatii pentru oameni normali, grafice, animatii si mult mult material care poate fi citit pe scurt sau mai in detaliu in functie de cat timp vrei sa dedici.

  • Un alt site cu slideuri simple dar la obiect e climate-change-knowledge.org - nu e la fel de frumos facut ca cel NASA

  • Un clip foarte scurt (<3min) facut de Agentia de protectia mediului din SUA. Explica bazele fenomenului si au si alte filmulete informative pe canalul lor.

  • Un alt canal de YouTube despre stiinta schimbarilor climatice pe care nu pot sa il recomand suficient - potholer54. Omul posteaza de ani de zile pe tema asta si este de meserie jurnalist pe teme de mediu asa ca are experienta in a explica termeni complexi in cuvinte simple. Are foarte multe clipru care raspund miturilor care neaga schimbarea climatica si este o resursa foarte buna ca sa intelegi cum apare, cum se propaga si cum poate fi refutata informatia gresita care circula pe teme de mediu.

  • Un ultim site care este excelent pentru explicat aceleasi mituri gresite despre schimbarile climatice si care include mereu surse si linkuri catre articolele stiintifice care rezolva problema este skeptical science. Un mic detaliu aici, foarte multe bloguri si siteuri care se ocupa cu propaganda anti-stiinta pe teme de mediu se cheama Skeptical-ceva pentru ca ei nu se considera ignoranti ci doar sceptici. Eh siteul pe care l-am dat mai sus se ocupa exact cu demontarea miturilor gresite pe tema asta cu surse si explicatii decent de simple.

  • Daca vrei ceva care poate fi citit si offline si care e in general o resursa educativa excelenta pentru oricine este "Earth’s Climate Past and Future - William F. Ruddiman". Se gaseste pe Amazon in diverse editii. Pdf ul insa pluteste liber prin diverse librarii online cum ar fi b-ok.xyz.

    In limba romana am gasit foarte putine resurse dar exista macar.

  • Pagina Agentiei Nationale de Meteorologie pe tema climei - poate grafic nu cea mai frumoasa dar au explicati simple si la punct in romana. Aici gasesti si informatii generale despre mecanismele schimbarii climatice si o privire mai in detaliu despre cum este si va fi afectata Romania.

  • Tot publicat de ANM si bun de citit offline e documentul asta (pdf). Are un cuprins foarte detaliat astfel incat poti sa citesti doar informatia de baza sau sa intri in detalii si nu este scris pentru specialisti.

    Ar mai fi multe, multe altele de recomandat dar astea cred ca acopera foarte bine subiectul intr-un mod accesibil pentru oricine e interesat. Presupun ca mai sunt si alte resurse bune in limba romana dar atat am putut gasii dupa o cautare simpla. Pentru orice alte intrebari iti stau la dispozitie.

    Edit: uitasem sa adaug linkul pentru canalul lui potholer54
u/dr_splashypants · 2 pointsr/geology

I second Dinosaur Ridge (make sure to also check out the Lykins Stromatolites across the road at Red Rocks while you're there). For a definitive compilation of other local sites I highly recommend this book co-written by CU prof. Lon Abbott. Back when I was at CU we taught our intro field classes using Lon's curriculum based around many of the sites he talks about in there. You can access a truly amazing variety of geologic history within an hour or so of Denver using that book as your guide. Assuming, like /u/mokoroko points out, that snow doesn't foil your plans. Hope you have a great visit!

u/infracanis · 2 pointsr/geologycareers

Rather than a textbook, I think you should go towards non-fiction books.

I'm really enjoying "Rising from the Plains," a book by John McPhee about the field geologist, David Love.

u/Autoxidation · 2 pointsr/geology

Are you looking for a textbook? I like "Introduction to Mineralogy" by William Nesse. It's pretty comprehensive on mineral ID and info, including occurrence, alteration, uses, cleavage, etc.

u/GusChiggins · 2 pointsr/geology

Rising From the Plains is a great geology book that isn't necessarily intended for geologists. This book talks about the geologic history of the Rocky Mountains as well as the cultural history of the pioneers and homesteaders who lived off this land.

I read this book my first semester of geology undergrad, and this is what cemented it for me that geology is truly what I wanted to do. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

If I can find my old copy, I will mail it to you if you want.

u/egregiously · 2 pointsr/geology

Thirding the suggestion for Nesse. I have this version, but the old text we keep in the lab has also been incredibly helpful, although it's nice to have coloured charts and more detailed diagrams. A new edition's supposed to come out soon from what I understand, but I could be wrong. Probably isn't going to be too different, though.

u/mel_cache · 2 pointsr/AskScienceDiscussion

Try a historical geology class.
Here's a [historical geology textbook] (http://www.amazon.com/Historical-Geology-Reed-Wicander/dp/1111987297) used for several, and a freebie historical book, although this looks like a combination of Physical and Historical more than strictly historical.

Course slides with excellent diagrams for the basic principles of how rocks are deposited.

List of Internet resources for historical geology

u/Smeeet · 1 pointr/rockhounds

Thanks for the recommendation! I just bought this book:
Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised Fifth Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454909536/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pPGIybE1G50X2

Given that I didn't know an Amethyst was a quartz, I figured it's a good place to start. The book you recommended seems like a logical next step once I've upped my technical knowledge of gemstones themselves!

u/ad_robotics · 1 pointr/RingMaking

After some digging, I came across a number of books. I'll come back and leave some notes after I've read them.

  • The Complete Jewelry Making Course by Jinks McGrath (link)
  • Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann (link)
  • The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones by Judith Crowe (link)
  • Gemstone Setting by Anastasia Young (link)
u/AndroidApple · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

This isn't really what you're after but may do the job - http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/0374518734 (Pulitzer Prize).

u/illiaster · 1 pointr/reddit.com

Have a look at this book.

Some have found it interesting.

u/gcwyodave · 1 pointr/books

Well, I'm a geologist, so I recommend a basic structure book, a decent sedimentology/stratigraphy book, a field guide to rocks and minerals, and this bad boy.

u/ryanxedge · 1 pointr/malefashionadvice

Genre: Science/Geology

Author: John McPhee

Title: Annals of the Former World (Amazon link)

A few quotes from the book to provide some food for thought:

> If you free yourself from the conventional reaction to a quantity like a million years, you free yourself a bit from the boundaries of human time. And then in a way you do not live at all, but in another way you live forever.

and:

> If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

u/Killawolf_62 · 1 pointr/geology

http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Introduction-Physical-Geology-8th/dp/0131148656/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331078232&sr=1-12

I've been self studying this book for some of my competitions - DOE science bowl/science Olympiad (high school senior) and I really like it. I found it recommended in this subreddit a while ago and decided to give it a go.

u/Betelgeuse39 · 1 pointr/exchristian

Just remembered another book that's worth looking into - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy if you want a good summary of sedimentary rocks etc

u/BlueSkyToday · 1 pointr/funny

The most obvious answer is all of the civilizations that spanned the period when Noah's flood was supposed to have happened:

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Global_flood#Things_that_happened_during_the_Great_Flood

We have ice cores from places like Greenland:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/ice-core

Ice sheets are like enormous layer cakes. You get layers for the seasons. The layers trap what-eve is blown in on the wind. The wind carries dirt and pollen from across the world.

We have uninterrupted records of what was happening on the planet that reach back over 150,000 years:

http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2010/07/31/oldest-greenland-ice-core-recovered/

We have very similar data from lake sediments:

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/lake

And we have the same kind of data from sea floor sediments.

And we have rivers sediments. The rivers bring sediments into their deltas and that stuff stacks up thousands of feet deep for big rivers like the Mississippi.

We have very clear data that tells us that there was no global flood and no rearranging of the Earth's crust beyond the very slow plate tectonics that moves things at about the same rate that your fingernails are growing.

> I was under the impression that the many of the younger scientists have shifted away from uniformitarianism, and that the major difference between young-earth supporters and the long-age supporters is the timescale of events preceding the most recent series of global catastrophes.

Nah, that's just creationists trying to move the goal post.

Geology happens over periods of time that are mind boggling huge. Yes, there will be small events that happen suddenly. A volcanic eruptions here, a ruptured glacial dam there.

Aside from extremely rare events, things that happen on a >100 million year interval like the Chicxulub impactor ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_impactor ) there simply aren't 'global catastrophes'.

There are things that happen over millions of years that can have big effects but it's moving the goal post to call those 'global catastrophes'. Firstly because they happen in a small region and their effect spreads out very slowly. And secondly, they're a long series of events that can literally span millions of years. There are very few example of this kind of thing. The Siberian Traps are probably the best know example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Traps

'Global Catastrophes' are the work of fiction.

Here's a link to what's probably the most enjoyable book I've ever read about how the field of geology evolved from the older fashioned views to the current view:

https://www.amazon.com/Assembling-California-John-McPhee/dp/0374523932

John McPhee has written an number of excellent books about Geology and a bunch of other fields. But I'd start there if I wanted to know more about the question you just asked.

u/Diligent_Nose · 1 pointr/IAmA

What part of geology are you interested in? Annals of the Former World is the go to book when this comes up on /r/geology

Ninja edit: I haven't read it, but it's on my list of things to read.

u/GreenStrong · 1 pointr/rockhounds

Even if you're not exactly in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Roadside Geology book for the park is a great one, Amazon has lots of other books that look good too.

I haven't read The Rockhounding Guide to the NC Blue Ridge mountains, but I think I will before next vacation....

u/metalburger · 1 pointr/geology

Reflected light microscopy is a bit of a lost art. I was never taught it formally, and had to learn it later. You'll want to look for old used books, but for most silicates reflected light isn't the way to go. Are you looking at ore samples? Because that is really when it becomes useful.

This is my go-to book for mineral identification:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199827389/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0199846278&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=JH49Y9MM8HG4CQ9X8A0G

u/rocksinmyhead · 1 pointr/askscience

Brent Dalrymple's book, Age of Earth is also a good read.

u/bill-merrly · 1 pointr/geology

I as well am currently using this book for an ore deposits class. it is well written and easy to fallow. Another book I have for more technical indepth descriptions of specific deposits is The Geology of Ore Deposits by Gilbert and Park, this book has just about everything.

u/GeoGeoGeoGeo · 1 pointr/geology

Before I took any classes on resource geology, I purchased an older book that was pretty handy here, but is far out-dated now (the PDF provided by Paaatrick_Baaaby_Boy is probably far more applicable).
For Cu porphyry systems (recommended to read up on these two papers by industry and a fellow who ran his own min-ex company) one of the go-to papers can be found here by Sinclair and another by Sillitoe can be found here.

u/marathonman4202 · 1 pointr/AskScienceDiscussion

You might look at the age of the earth or plate tectonics. There is a good book on the age of the earth that goes through all of the evidence.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Earth-Brent-Dalrymple/dp/0804723311
I can't think of an equivalent book on plate tectonics, but a number of geology textbooks go through the evidence for it.

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u/evilted · 1 pointr/geology

I'd start reading books such as Geology of the SF Bay Region and, one of my favorites, Assembling California. You might be able to borrow these from your uni.

These will give you a good start/background and from there find more detailed publications with maps on USGS website.

u/accousticabberation · 1 pointr/BreakingParents

Thanks! I just wish I could say there were more good things on the list.

And thanks for the Patton recommendation, I'll check that out.

I do recommend anything by John McPhee in the strongest possible terms. It's all non-fiction, and always interesting and often very funny, and about a tremendous range of topics.

Like fishing? Read The Founding Fish, which is all about the American Shad, and I mentioned before.

Like boats? Looking For a Ship is about the merchant marine.

Planes, trains, and automobiles (and more boats)? Uncommon Carriers deals with all of them, and why almost all lobster eaten in the US comes from Kentucky.

Care for tales about why New Orleans is doomed, pissing on lava , and debris flows in LA? The Control of Nature covers those.

Fruit? How about Oranges?

Geology? The Annals of the Former World is a compilation of several shorter books more or less following I-80 across the US.

Sports? Tennis (and basketball to a lesser extent). He's also written about lacrosse in various magazines.

...And a ton of other stuff, ranging from bears to farmers markets to nuclear energy to lifting body airplanes to Switzerland.

u/NV_Geo · 1 pointr/geologycareers

> Really, I just want to work in pretty country and find gold

Yeah that would be awesome. At least in the US you'd get to do a lot of work in NE Nevada and Alaska.

I know you've been working environmental for quite some time, how are you with mineral ID (sulfides and ig/met minerals specifically)? Did you take an economic geo classes? If you want to drop $100 on a text book the Geology of Ore Deposits is the quintessential economic geology text.

u/frisbee_coach · 1 pointr/FringeTheory

https://www.amazon.com/Spinning-Magnet-Electromagnetic-Created-World/dp/110198516X

This was an entertaining read. Written by an author who interviewed scientists.

u/thequiginator · 1 pointr/geology

http://www.amazon.com/Geology-Underfoot-along-Colorados-Front/dp/0878425950/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373737070&sr=1-1
I personally love this book. Lon Abbott is able to explain things very clearly, and not just in this book that is about the geological history of the Colorado front range, but in any of his books.