List of important publications in geology

• Topic creator - A publication that created a new topic
• Breakthrough - A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
• Influence - A publication which has significantly influenced the world or has had a massive impact on the teaching of geology.

Foundations

Economic geology

• Lindgren, W. Mineral Deposits. 930 pp. McGraw-Hill, New York.
• Pohl, W.L., 2011. Economic Geology, Principles and Practice: Metals, Minerals, Coal and Hydrocarbons – an Introduction to Formation and Sustainable Exploitation of Mineral Deposits. 663 Pages, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.

  Geochemistry

Geochronology

• De Geer, G.. A geochronology of the last 12000 years. Congr. Géol. Int. Stockholm 1910, C.R., 241-253.

  Geomorphology

• Łozinski, W.. Die periglaziale fazies der mechanischen Verwitterung. Comptes Rendus, XI Congres Internationale Geologie, Stockholm 1910.

  Geophysics

Geotechnical engineering

Hydrogeology

Mineralogy and petrology

• Petroleum geology

Plate tectonics

Sedimentology and stratigraphy

Structural geology

Paleontology

Seismology

Tectonics

Volcanology

• Secundus, Gaius Plinius Caecilius. Letters of Pliny the Younger, Book Six, 16 and 20.