160 of the Best Free eBooks for Exploring our Earth, its Geography and All the Science Behind It

Geology

1. Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region by Edwin Dinwiddie McKee
2. Apatites and their Synthetic Analogues by Petr Ptacek (ed.)
3. Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera by Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel
4. Charles Lyell and Modern Geology by Thomas George Bonney
5. Clay Minerals in Nature: Their Characterization, Modification and Application by M. Valaskova, G.S. Martynkova
6. Common Minerals and Rocks by William O. Crosby
7. Creation of the Teton Landscape by J. D. Love, John C. Reed
8. Deserts: Geology and Resources by A.S. Walker
9. Earthquakes by Louis Pakiser, Kaye M. Shedlock
10. Earthquakes and Tsunamis by Emilio Lorca, Margot Recabarren
11. Fractal Analysis and Chaos in Geosciences by William Harmon Norton
12. General Dictionary of Geology by Scott T. Marshall
13. Geology: The Science of the Earth’s Crust by William J. Miller
14. Groundwater Hydrology by Charles Lyell
15. Guidebook to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona by David A. Kring
16. Handbook for the Alaskan Prospector by Ernest N. Wolff
17. Historical Geology by Wikibooks
18. Imaging the Earth’s Interior by Jon F. Claerbout
19. Introduction to Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems by Mike Howard, Darcy Howard
20. Introduction to Structural Geology by Bryn Mawr College
21. Mechanism of Sedimentary Basin Formation by Yasuto Itoh (ed.)
22. Metal Mining and the Environment by T. L. Hudson, F. D. Fox, G. S. Plumlee
23. New Theory of the Earth, 2nd Edition by Don L. Anderson
24. Physical Geology by stanford.edu
25. Planetary Geology A Teachers Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences by Robert Fox Sorsbie
26. Principles of Geology or The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Charles Harvey
27. Sedimentary Geology by Don L. Anderson
28. Structural Geology by Stephen J. Martel by Justin R. Loomis
29. Technical Guide to Managing Ground Water Resources by Steve Glasser, at al.
30. Tectonics by Damien Closson
31. Tectonics: Recent Advances by Evgenii Sharkov (ed.)
32. Texas Rocks and Minerals by Roselle M. Girard
33. The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
34. The Elements of Geology: Adapted to the Use of Schools and Colleges by Justin R. Loomis
35. The Geologic Story of Arches National Park by S. W. Lohman
36. The Geologic Story of Palo Duro Canyon by William A. Matthews
37. The planet we live on: The beginnings of the Earth Sciences by Chris King
38. The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology by J. E. Marr
39. Theoretical Geomechanics by Marian Ivan
40. Theory of the Earth by James Hutton
41. Theory of the Earth by Don L. Anderson
42. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics by W.J. Kious, J.W. Kious, R.I. Tilling
43. Traces of Catastrophe by Bevan M French
44. Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists and Engineers by James Tindall, James Kunkel
45. Venezuelan Tepuis: Their Caves and Biota by R. Aubrecht et al.
46. Volcanism of Hawaii by Wikipedia
47. Volcanoes by Robert I. Tilling
48. Volcanology and Geothermal Energy by Kenneth Wohletz, Grant Heiken
49. Why, and How, Should Geologists Use Compositional Data Analysis by Ricardo A. Valls

Earth Science

1. A Practical Guide to Geostatistical Mapping by Tomislav Hengl
2. Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition by Diane E. Boyer, Robert H. Webb
3. Earth As Art by Lawrence Friedl, et al.
4. Earth Observation by Rustam B. Rustamov, Saida E. Salahova
5. Earth Observations for Geohazards by Zhenhong Li, Roberto Tomas
6. Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks by Katsuhiro Kamae (ed.)
7. Fractal Analysis and Chaos in Geosciences by Sid-Ali Ouadfeul (ed.)
8. Great Disasters and Horrors in the World’s History by Allen Howard Godbey
9. High School Earth Science by John Benner, et al.
10. New Achievements in Geoscience by Hwee-San Lim
11. Remote Sensing Tutorial by Nicholas M. Short, Sr.
12. An Atlas of the Global Water Cycle by Wee Ho Lim, Michael L. Roderick
13. Atmospheric Convection by David J. Raymond
14. Climate Change by Wikibooks
15. Climate Variability: Some Aspects, Challenges and Prospects by Abdel Hannachi
16. Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications by J. Hansen, M. Sato, P. Kharecha, K. von Schuckmann
17. Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States by Thomas R. Karl, at al.
18. Mathematical and Physical Ideas for Climate Science by Valerio Lucarini, et al.
19. Meteorology by J. G. M’Pherson
20. Natural Aerosols in the Climate System by Charlie Zender
21. Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology by Robert DeCourcy Ward
22. Recent Hurricane Research: Climate, Dynamics, and Societal Impacts by Anthony Lupo
23. The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change by Richard C. J. Somerville
24. U.S. Severe Weather Terminology by Wikipedia
25. Weather Explained by Advameg, Inc.

Environmental Science

1. Acceptable Risk?: Making Decisions in a Toxic Environment by Lee Clarke
2. Applied Ecology by Wikibooks
3. Averting Catastrophe: Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologies by J. Morone, E. Woodhouse
4. Data Analysis for Environmental Science and Management by Bruce Kendall, Chris Costello
5. Earth and Environmental Sciences by Imran Ahmad Dar, Mithas Ahmad Dar
6. Environmental Technologies by E. Burcu Ozkaraova Gungor
7. Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering by Richard C. Flagan, John H. Seinfeld
8. Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States by Thomas R. Karl, at al.
9. Global Warming Primer by Jeffrey Bennett
10. Global Warming: Causes, Impacts and Remedies by Bharat Raj Singh
11. Global Water: Issues and Insights by David Allendes et al.
12. Metal Mining and the Environment by T. L. Hudson, F. D. Fox, G. S. Plumlee
13. Organic Pollutants: Monitoring, Risk and Treatment by M. Nageeb Rashed (ed.)
14. Sediment Transport by Silvia Susana Ginsberg
15. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air by David JC MacKay
16. The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R. Weart
17. The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change by Richard C. J. Somerville
18. The Green Fuse: An Ecological Odyssey by John Harte
19. The Tsunami Threat: Research and Technology by Nils-Axel Moerner
20. Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists and Engineers by James Tindall, James Kunkel
21. Water Encyclopedia: Science and Issues by Advameg, Inc.

Geophysics

1. Basic Earth Imaging by Jon F. Claerbout Cecil, Ida Green
2. Earth Soundings Analysis: Processing versus Inversion by Jon F. Claerbout
3. Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical and Structural Earthquake Engineering by Sebastiano D’Amico (ed.)
4. Fundamentals of Geophysical Data Processing by Jon Claerbout
5. Geo-neutrinos by G. Bellini, et al.
6. Geochronology: Methods and Case Studies by Nils-Axel Morner (ed.)
7. Geodesy and Gravity by John Wahr
8. Geodesy for the Layman by Richard K. Burkard
9. Geodetic Sciences: Observations, Modeling and Applications by Shuanggen Jin
10. Geomagnetism by Wikipedia
11. Image Estimation by Example: Geophysical Soundings Image Construction by Jon Claerbout, Sergey Fomel
12. Imaging the Earth’s Interior by Jon F. Claerbout
13. Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest by Robert S. Yeats
14. New Theory of the Earth, 2nd Edition by Don L. Anderson
15. Observatory Seismology by J. J. Litehiser
16. Oceanographic and Geophysical Tomography by Y. Desaubies, A. Tarantola, J. Zinn-Justin
17. Statistical Physics of Fracture, Friction and Earthquake by Hikaru Kawamura, et al.
18. Tectonics by Damien Closson
19. Tectonics: Recent Advances by Evgenii Sharkov (ed.)
20. Theoretical Geomechanics by Marian Ivan
21. Theory of Seismic Imaging by John Scales
22. Why could ice ages be unpredictable? by Michel Crucifix

Oceanography

1. Bathymetry and Its Applications by Philippe Blondel
2. Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications by J. Hansen, M. Sato, P. Kharecha, K. von Schuckmann
3. Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Robert H. Stewart
4. Marine Minerals: Exploring Our New Ocean Frontier by U.S. Government Printing Office
5. Regional Oceanography: an Introduction by Matthias Tomczak
6. Rogue Waters by A. Slunyaev, I. Didenkulova, E. Pelinovsky
7. The Oceans, Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology by H. U. Sverdrup, M. W. Johnson, R. H. Fleming
8. The Practical Oceanographer: A Guide to Working At-Sea by Rick Chapman

Physical Oceanography

1. An Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Odd Henrik Selen Eyvind Aas
2. Chemical Oceanography by Robert Stewart
3. Evolution of Physical Oceanography by Prof. Paola Rizzoli
4. Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography by Raffaele Ferrari, Terrence Joyce
5. Lecture Notes in Oceanography by Robert H. Stewart, Department of Oceanography, Texas A and M University
6. Lecture Notes in Physical Oceanography by Odd Henrik Selen Eyvind Aas by Flinders University of South Australia
7. Topics in Oceanography by Matthias Tomczak
8. Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere by Bruce A. Warren and Carl Wunsch

Geochemistry

1. Geochemistry Earth’s System Processes by various authors
2. Geochemistry Lecture Notes by W. M. White
3. Introduction to Geochemistry by Dionisios Panagiotaras
4. Medical Geology/Geochemistry An Exposure by Glen S. Mattioli and Ralph K. Davis
5. Trace Element Geochemistry by Dionisios Panagiotaras

Mineralogy

1. Mineralogy by Prof. Stephen A. Nelson by Jim Miller
2. Mineralogy class Materials by Whitman College
3. Mineralogy Lecture Notes by Middle East Technical University by Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts
4. Mineralogy Lecture Notes Online by Middle East Technical University

Petrology

1. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by Aley K. El-shazly
2. Igneous Petrology by Shaun K. Frape
3. Petrology by Dr. Susan M. DeBari by John Goodge
4. Petrology Lecture Notes by Prof. Timothy Grove