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Anonymous 9/9/2025, 2:45:09 AM No.16779524 >>16780827 >>16780829

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Can I get some recommendations on books to study geology as an amateur hobbyist? Just read Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and found it amazing and intriguing
I don't think I want to "study" study geology but I'd like to learn more

Anonymous 9/9/2025, 12:58:29 PM No.16779913

I'm only up to Chapter 4 RN but maybe Essentials of Geology by Stephen Marshak? I found the third edition going cheap on a used book retailer and picked it up a while ago.
It's a textbook. Seems to parallel a lot of the same things I learned in a geology course.

Anonymous 9/9/2025, 1:06:35 PM No.16779916

i read that book as a kid, i remember it very fondly its a lot of fun

Anonymous 9/10/2025, 3:07:07 AM No.16780827

>>16779524 (OP)
>books to study geology as an amateur hobbyist?
It really depends on what you are interested in. Any basic book on basic concepts, then are you interested in oil/gas, diamonds, gold, plate tectonics, hydrogeology, recent time, the past (like really old geologic time old). A youtube channel called Geology Hub is interesting and discusses many topics around the world.

Anonymous 9/10/2025, 3:08:24 AM No.16780829

>>16779524 (OP)
>I'd like to learn more
about what?