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This book contains all the essential ingredients required for the students of Geology and Engineering at Bachelors and Masters levels in addition to all those desirous of pursuing various projects in Earth Sciences. Keeping in view the recent developments in Geology, every chapter has been enriched with detailed illustrations and examples that provide practical understanding to readers. In addition to elucidating on the basic concepts and ideas of geology, the book depicts hazards of various nature and environmental changes. The book is structured in a clear and logical manner to cater the academic and practical requirements of geoscientists and engineers||About the Author||A. Parthasarathy graduated from the Presidency College, University of Madras in 1945 and joined the faculty. He joined the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in 1959 where he worked till his retirement in 1985||V. Panchapakesan, after obtaining his Master's degree from Annamalai University in 1962, was a lecturer at National college, Tiruchirappalli, for a short period and joined the geology group at IIT Bombay. He joined the faculty of the institute after completing his doctoral programme in 1976 and continued his academic and research involvement till he retired in the year 2002||Panchapakesan's field of interest has been Economic Geology and High Temperature Geochemistry of mineral deposits in which he has published several papers in national and international journals||R. Nagarajan after his distinguished academic career in the masters and doctoral level at IIT Bombay joined the Center of Studies in Resources Engineering in the institute. His present research and teaching interest is in the area of application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) to various engineering geological and environmental projects on urban floods, railway alignment, tunnelling, recognition of areas of landslide hazards and river migration.