Earth is a very small part of a vast universe, but it is our home. It provides the resources that support our modern society and the ingredients necessary to maintain life. Knowledge of our physical environment is critical to our well-being and vital to our survival. A basic geology course can help a person gain such an understanding, and can also take advantage of the interest and curiosity many of us have about our planet—its landscapes and the processes that create and alter our physical environment.

Why do earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and landslides happen? What causes mountains to rise? How do beautiful landscapes develop? How have climate and life changed through time? When did the Earth form, and by what process? Where do we dig to find valuable metals, and where do we drill to find oil? Does sea level change?

Earth is a very small part of a vast universe, but it is our home. It provides the resources that support our modern society and the ingredients necessary to maintain life. Knowledge of our physical environment is critical to our well-being and vital to our survival.

Geomagnetism has always been at the forefront among the various branches of geophysics. At the end of the 16th century William Gilbert determined that the Earth is a big magnet, implying that it has a magnetic field; in the 1830s Carl Friedrich Gauss was able to formulate a procedure to measure the field completely and analyzed its characteristics with the spherical harmonic analysis, a method still used in the era of satellites and computers. Nevertheless, as recently as in the sixties, geophysics textbooks devoted only a thin chapter to geomagnetism, and limited their discussion mostly to prospecting methods, while many geologists’ curriculum practically left it out altogether. The essential contribution provided by the study of ocean floor magnetic anomalies and by paleomagnetism in the development of global tectonic models, made geomagnetism popular in the geological community, which nonetheless continued, and still continues, to view it as a highly specialist discipline. <...>

Учебные планы геологических факультетов университетов включают в себя, помимо ряда других геологических дисциплин, общий курс геологии—«Общую геологию» или «Введение в геологию», который читается в I и II семестрах.

The Seventh Edition of A Geology for Engineers has been written to provide students of engineering with a recent text  in geology for use during their first degree in Civil Engineering or Mining. As with previous editions, we have attempted to explain both the subject of geology and its relevance to engineering work in rock and soil.

Principles Of Engineering Geology by K.M. Bangar is a book that is designed as a basic text for the students of B.Sc in Geology, B.E. in Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering, A.M.I.E. Section B, and also Diploma In Mining Engineering. This book can also be referred to by those who are appearing for the different competitive examinations conducted by the U.P.S.C. and other State PSCs. The book also provides the required information for the keen readers of Geology. Principles Of Engineering Geology covers topics such as physical geology, minerals, study of various crystals, and also the different types of rocks, such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. The book also covers different geological structures and the Indian geology. Some of the other topics that are covered in the book are different deposits of ore and the role of engineering in geology. Various methods of exploration and surveying techniques are also covered in the book.K.M. Bangar is also the author of Engineering and General Geology.

Предлагаемая книга представляет собой значительно переработанное второе издание учебного пособия «Основы геологии СССР». При подготовке книги к переизданию автор использовал новые данные, появившиеся в последнее время по геологии, и учел пожелания и замечания кафедр технических вузов и читателей.
Учебник основывается на геотектоническом районировании территории СССР, принятом на тектонических картах СССР. Написана книга в соответствии с действующей программой и ставит целью познакомить студентов с закономерностями геологического строения и развития территории СССР.