Geology

Topics (10)

• 1
  Mineralogy
• 2
  Petrology
• 3
  Structural Geology
• 4
  Palaeontology & Stratigraphy
• 5
  Economic Geology
• 6
  Introduction to Geophysics

  Seismology, geomagnetism, geoelectricity, tectonophysics, gravimetry, geo-thermy and geodesy.

• 7
  Sequence Stratigraphy

  Seismic reflections, well logs, sea-level changes, hierarchy of sequence stratigraphic elements.

• 8
  Petroleum Geology

  Hydrocarbon origin, migration and accumulation; source, reservoir and trap; Sedimentary Basins of Pakistan.

• 9
  Engineering and Environmental Geology

  Rock and soil mechanics, geological hazards, EIA and IEE, waste disposal.

• 10
  Mineral and Energy Resources

  Hydrocarbons, coal, gemstones, metallic and non-metallic minerals; coal deposits of Pakistan including Thar Coal.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Geology syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Physical Geology

   Plummer, McGeary, Carlson

2. 2

   Principles of Physical Geology

   A. Holmes

3. 3

   Principles of Paleontology

   Raup and Stanley

4. 4

   Vertebrate Paleontology

   A.S. Romer

5. 5

   Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

   E.N.K. Clarkson

6. 6

   Stratigraphy of Pakistan

   S.M.I. Shah

7. 7

   Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

   S. Boggs

8. 8

   Stratigraphy and Historical Geology of Pakistan

   Kazmi and Abbasi

9. 9

   Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

   M.G. Best

10. 10

    Introduction to Optical Mineralogy

    W.D. Nesse

11. 11

    Minerals and Rocks

    C. Klein

12. 12

    Principles of Mineralogy

    W.H. Blackburn

13. 13

    Mineralogy

    D. Perkins

14. 14

    Plate Tectonics — Geodynamics

    Moores and Twiss

15. 15

    Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions

    Davis, Reynolds and Kluth

16. 16

    Carbonate Sedimentology

    Tucker and Wright

17. 17

    Applied Sedimentology

    R.C. Selley

18. 18

    Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks

    S. Boggs Jr.

19. 19

    Sedimentary Rocks

    F.J. Pettijohn

20. 20

    Introduction to Applied Geophysics

    Burger, Sheehan and Jones

21. 21

    Geophysical Methods in Geology

    P.V. Sharma

22. 22

    The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics

    C.M.R. Fowler

23. 23

    Sequence Stratigraphy

    Emery and Myers

24. 24

    Elements of Petroleum Geology

    Richard C. Selley

25. 25

    Petroleum Geology

    F.K. North

26. 26

    Geology of Pakistan

    Bender and Raza

27. 27

    Engineering Geology: Principles and Practice

    Price and de Freitas

28. 28

    Environmental Geology

    C.W. Montgomery

29. 29

    Economic Geology: Principles and Practice

    Walter L. Pohl

30. 30

    Metallogeny and Mineral Deposits of Pakistan

    Kazmi and Abbas