Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The manual has been produced under the auspices of the American Geological Institute (AG1) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). It is backed up by an Internet site, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain size scale, etc.), Instructor Resource Guide, Instructor Transparency Set, and an Instructor Resource Center (IRC) on CD-ROM.

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The manual has been produced under the auspices of the American Geological Institute (AGI) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). It is backed up by an Internet site, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain-size scale, etc.), Instructor Resource Guide, Instructor Slide Set, Instructor Transparency Set, and a Digital Image Gallery (DIGIT) CD-ROM.'

Environmental geology is the study of the relationship between humans and their geological environment. This relationship goes both ways. Not only do naturally occurring geological phenomena affect the lives of people each day, but also human activities affect geological processes, sometimes with tragic consequences. Given the growing global population, the potential risk for experiencing abrupt, if not catastrophic, geological and climatic changes has never been greater for more people.

Rock is the main ingredient in planet Earth. Nearly everything under your feet is rock. It may be buried out of sight, but it’s always there. Rocks are full of surprises and secrets. They give us precious gems, gold, and vital resources such as iron and glass. Written into rock is a record of Earth’s fascinating history, preserved as fossils. <...>

The book: Geology and Mineral Resources, by Dr. R. K. Upadhyay starts with a brief introduction about the universe, its galaxies, solar systems, various planets including our own “mother earth”. Mineral resources and the various geological dynamic processes of the Earth have left their imprints on human kind and helped shape their history.

The current approach to the study of the origin of life and to the search for life elsewhere is based on two assumptions. First, life is a purely physical phenomenon closely linked to specific environmental conditions. From this, we hypothesise that when these environmental conditions are met, life will arise and evolve. If these assumptions are valid, the search for life elsewhere should be a matter of mapping what we know about the range of environments in which life can exist, and then simply trying to find these environments elsewhere. Second, life can be clearly distinguished from the non-living world.

Геология – наука о Земле. Однако это определение требует уточнения, так как в настоящее время изучением Земли занимается целый ряд наук, имеющих свои определенные задачи и методы познания. 

Содержание современной геологии сводится к изучению образования и развития земной коры и жизни на Земле от самых отдаленных времен до нашей эры. В соответствии с содержанием геология делится на два тесно связанных между собой раздела, нередко рассматриваемых как обособленные дисциплины: а)геологию динамическую (физическую), изучающую разнообразные геологические процессы, под влиянием которых происходят в настоящее время  происходили в прошлом изменения земной коры, и б) геологию историческую, изучающую изменения земной коры во времени и пространстве и связь развития органического мира с развитием земной коры

​Political geology was created to bring together geology and politics in new ways. It developed largely within a mgeographers and was, in part, inspired by discussions surrounding the Anthropocene. But political geology also resonated with conversations across the humanities with shared interests in the social life of geology and the geology of social life. Political geology attempted to extend those interests by foregrounding the geos in the geopolitical at the very moment when many contemporary geopolitical analyses had forgotten that the geos of politics was actual material: grounded geological processes.

Назначение настоящего учебника — дать студентам по возможности ясное представление о Земле как природном теле, о составе и строении земной коры и о процессах эндогенного и экзогенного характера. В каждой главе учебника дается не только общее представление о минералах, горных породах, геологических процессах, геохронологии и т. д., но и рассматривается зависимость происхождения минеральных масс от развития тех или иных процессов и развития тех или иных процессов от минерального состава земной коры.
Книга предназначается не только для студентов, изучающих курс общей геологии, но и для преподавателей, читающих этот курс. В учебнике 5 таблиц и 169 рисунков. Подавляющее большинство фотографий (рис. 5, 7—10, 13—21, 23, 24, 26—35, 37, 38, 42, 48—52, 54, 56,60—65, 70—73, 75, 78, 83, 84, 86, 87—89, 98—100, 106, 107, 111, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119 и 123) выполнены автором.