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PNWSN
— Pacific NorthWest Seismograph Network
USA
— United States of America
POLARIS
— Portable Observatories For Lithosphere Analysis And Research Investigating Seismicity
POJGFS
— Pueblo Of Jemez Geothermal Feasibility Study
PMT
— PressureMeter
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
PIL
— Pilar, Cordoba Seismograph station code
PHWO
— Phenakite Natural White gemstone
PHW
— Primary HeadWater
PJ
— Pretty Jewel
WAB2
— Wabern, Switzerland, IGS network station
FEED
— Front End Engineering Design
BTTM
— Bottom
GND
— Ground
BS&W
— Basic Sediment and Water
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
GALVN
— Galvanic
AMSL
— Above Mean Sea Level
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
STOIIP
— Stock Tank Oil Initially in Place
NAS
— Non-Access Stratum
DME
— Distance Measuring Equipment
QKV
— Quaking Viable
LWD
— Logging While Drilling
OCR
— Over consolidation ratio
STE
— Solar Thermal Electricity
CF
— Cape Fear Railways Incorporated
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
MSCY
— Mississippi Silty Clay Loam
FWL
— Free Water Level
PCL
— Pipe Conveyed Logging
OCTG
— Oil Country Tubular Goods
LAS
— Log ASCII Standard
FVST
— Field Vane Shear Test
RDH
— Reference Datum Height
CVSD
— Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
TTRD
— Through Tubing Rotary Drilling
GCM
— General Circulation Model
SPT
— Standard Penetration Test (soil science)
ERSS
— Earth Retaining Stabilizing Structure
GSI
— Geological Strength Index
HPHT
— high pressure, high temperature ammoniation procedure
GML
— Geography Markup Language
AHD
— Australian Height Datum
BPL
— Bone Phosphate Of Lime (phosphate Content As Calcium Phosphate)
CYN
— Canyon
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
DIN
— Deutsches Institut für Normung.
CERA
— Cambridge Energy Research Associates
TGA
— Thermogravimetric Analysis
AAPG
— American Association of Petroleum Geologists
EGS
— European Geophysical Society
AVO
— amplitude versus offset (geophysics)
MTNS
— Mountains
VSP
— Vertical Seismic Profile
OCS
— Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
OBM
— Oil-Based Mud
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
SEG
— Society Of Exploration Geophysicists
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
PDB
— Pee Dee Belemnite (Pee Dee River, South Carolina)
ETOH
— Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol)
MIA
— Marble Institute of America
SI
— Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
BGS
— British Geological Survey
DP
— Drill Pipe
POOH
— Pull Out of Hole
EP
— Extreme Pressure
PPV
— Peak Particle Velocity
SAN
— Styrene Acrylonitrile
MP
— melting point
GSA
— Geological Society of America
WGS-84
— World Geodetic System 1984
HWDP
— Heavy Weight Drill Pipe
KEG
— Kamloops Exploration Group
OIB
— Ocean Island Basalt
LDG
— Landing (aviation)
WHOI
— Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ETAP
— Eastern Trough Area Project
INSAR
— Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
NGVD
— National Geodetic Vertical Datum
MWD
— Measurement While Drilling
RIH
— Run In Hole
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
TBM
— Tunnel Boring Machine
POGO
— Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
ODP
— Ocean Drilling Program
NGDC
— National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
NEC
— Neutral Earth Compensator
DE
— Differential Equation(s)
TIREM
— Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
USG
— United States Gypsum
DC
— Drill Collar
GDR
— Geophysical Data Record
GLN
— Global Location Number
TCD
— Thermal Conductivity response Detector
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
E
— Echo
VHT
— Very High Temperature
PG
— Persian Gulf
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
GB
— Green Bay
AFR
— Average Flow Rate
PGV
— Peak Ground Velocity
IAG
— International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
LK
— Lake
SR
— Shear Rate
PET
— Pile Echo Tester
GR&R
— Gauge Reproducibility And Repeatability
SPE
— Society of Petroleum Engineers
TAMU
— Texas Agriculture and Mining University
PACS
— Physics and Astronomy Classification Schemex
KFUPM
— King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
UTR
— Untranslated Region
JMPS
— Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
NAD
— North American Datum
GIS
— Geographical Information System
RQD
— Rock Quality Designation/Designator
LIGO
— Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
GIR
— Geotechnical Interpretive Report
IAVCEI
— International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
USTZ
— Un- Supported Transition Zone
BGS
— British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire
CIS
— Continuous Injection System
ROF
— Ring of Fire
QZH
— Quanzhou seismograph station
I
— Island
IUGS
— International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
OBX
— Outer Banks
AMAP
— Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
IGN
— Institut Geographique National
LFO
— literature-low frequency oscillations
NEWS
— North, East, West, South
PNA
— Pacific North American
ELE
— Extinction Level Event
SOL
— Speed of Light
R
— Rollicking
YBP
— Years Before Present
AFTA
— Apatite Fission Track Analysis
CSRA
— Central Savannah River Area's
LOA
— Level of Activity
IRM
— Isothermal Remanent Magnetization
RMR
— Rock Mass Rating
IHP
— International Hydrological Program (UNESCO)
PC
— Pocket Computer
AMD
— Acid Mine Drainage
WHP
— Wellhead Platform
OBE
— Operating-Basis Earthquake
RTZ
— Rio Tinto Zinc
CCD
— Carbonate Compensation Depth
NESW
— North East South West
STOOIP
— Stock Tank Original Oil in Place
USCGS
— United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
UW
— Underwater
MNT
— Mount
YGR
— Yadong-Gulu Rift
R
— River
WGD
— World Geodetic Datum
NGF
— Nivellement Général de la France
WAIS
— West Antarctic Ice Sheet
WEEM
— Waterway Efficiency Evaluation Model
VOG
— Volcanic Smog
MFI
— Melt Flow Index
USIGS
— United States Imagery and Geospatial System
WOVO
— World Organization of Volcano Observatories
ALSF
— Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund
EPDP
— Enhanced Performance Drill Pipe
ANSI
— Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest
DDR
— Daily Drilling Report
D
— Diamonds
CACS
— Canadian Active Control System
VST
— Vane Shear Test
RBOD
— Right Bank Outfall Drain
ARD
— Acid Rock Drainage
SOI
— Survey Of India
MCEER
— Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
IGC
— International Geological Congress
OCSG
— Outer Continental Shelf (Gulf of Mexico)
RDG
— Ridge
PTM
— Puff Trajectory Model
JULIE
— Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators
SWTV
— Surface Water Temporal Variability
ACE
— Amethyst Contrast Enhancer
AF
— Across Flats
CPT
— Cone Penetration Test
BCY
— Bank Cubic Yards
WEVB
— Western European Variscan Belt
KGS
— Kansas Geological Survey
DAC
— Diamond Anvil Cell
ASR
— Aquifer Storage and Recovery
A-GPS
— Assisted Global Positioning System
EW
— East-West
WBKF
— Bankfull Width or river or stream
AST
— Above-ground Storage Tank
CGRS
— Chorological Grid Reference System
CMB
— Core-Mantle Boundary
WGHM
— Watergap Global Hydrological Model
IGS
— Institute of Geological Sciences
ABFZ
— Angola Benguela Frontal Zone
FTFZ
— Fifteen Twenty Fracture Zone
CPTU
— Piezocone Penetration Test
TT
— The Two Towers
CREG
— Center for Research in Economic Geology
OBT
— Orange Blossom Trail
WITS
— Wellsite Information Transfer Specification
QMO
— Quartz Mountain State Park seismograph station
BIF
— Banded Iron Formation
SSPA
— Standing Stone, Pennsylvania, USA seismic station
HOGG
— History of Geology Group
WTBG
— West Thumb Geyser Basin
LVZ
— Low Velocity Zone
HIL
— Hilo, Hawaii, Seismograph Station code
WWHM
— Western Washington Hydrology Model (flood risk calculation software; Washington State Department of Ecology)
DSC
— Displacement Shift Complete
CMT
— Centroid Moment Tensor
SHWT
— Seasonal High Water Table
LISS
— Live Internet Seismic Server
NEIS
— National Earthquake Information Service
GSWA
— Geological Survey of Western Australia
CNMOC
— Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
BDSN
— Berkeley Digital Seismic Network
RGV
— Rio Grande Valley
PNSN
— Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
F
— Field
MFP
— Moca Fernando Poo, Equatorial Guinea, Seismograph station code
LG
— Lower Ground
UMWT
— Upper Mon Water Trail
PISE
— Pneumatically Impacted Stabilized Earth
ISIP
— Initial Shut-In Pressure
POJ
— Pueblo Of Jemez
KOERI
— Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
CTD
— conductivity, temperature, and depth sensor
MNA
— Mina, Nevada, Seismograph station
DGMV
— Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam
ANARE
— Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
UMR-IWW
— Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
UYZ
— Upper Yukon Zone
CSM
— Certified Survey Map
QGG
— Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
AT
— All Terrain
GERM
— Geochemical Earth Reference Model
PTPK
— Patty Peak Seismic Station, Patty Peak, Alaska
QNR
— Quinn River Seismograph station
LBOD
— Left Bank Outfall Drain
SWAT
— Soil and Water Assessment Tool
JCW
— Jim Creek, Washington, Seismograph Station code
IOCM
— Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
PREM
— Preliminary Reference Earth Model
QZO
— Quartz Mountain State Park seismograph station
DE
— Diatomaceous Earth (filter)
AF
— Anti-Fall
JCT
— Junction, Texas, Seismograph station code
HIK
— Hikone, Japan, Seismograph Station code
HIG
— Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
QTZ
— Quartz
QZG
— Quezaltepeque seismograph station
WHGG
— West Highland Granite Gneiss
FP
— Fracture Plane
WAA
— Waris, Papua New Guinea (Seismograph station code)
GLO
— Gloucester, Massachusetts, Seismograph station
GGES
— Gravity Gradient Earth Sensor
SFV
— San Fernando Valley
CSRS
— Canadian Spatial Reference System
ISC
— Indian subcontinent
MVO
— Montserrat Volcano Observatory
DODI
— Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
EAPU
— External Auxiliary Power Unit
NMIZ
— Northern Marginal Ice Zone
ENE
— East North East
WCCA
— West Coast Central America
HOMS
— Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System
BGS
— Below Ground Surface
ELK
— Elko, Nevada, Seismograph Station code
MDT
— Modular Dynamic formation Tester
WIO
— Western Indian Ocean
BRB
— Barbados Seismograph station code
YEC
— Young Earth Creation
WHZM
— Western Hemlock Zone Mantling
FEC
— Florida East Coast
SCEC
— Southern California Earthquake Center's
UMWA
— United Mine Workers of America
KNW
— Keenwild Fire Station, Mountain Center, California
NMPM
— New Mexico Principal Meridian
ESDT
— Earth Science Data Type
RAT
— Rock Abrasion Tool
TIH
— Trip in Hole
RTA
— Riberalta, Bolivia, seismograph station
AGO
— Automated Geophysical Observatory
SVE
— Société Volcanologique Européenne
QPO
— Quasi-periodic Oscillation
ULY
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active
ARM
— Anhysteretic Remanent Magnetization
AVO
— Alaska Volcano Observatory
CSR
— Chase Ranch, California, Seismograph station
GEOSS
— Global Earth Observation System of Systems
SOC
— Self-Organized Criticality
GSGS
— Geographical Section General Staff
CGL
— Central Gem Laboratory
B
— Branch
WFQM
— Precambrian West Quartz Monzonite Gneiss
ISES
— Integrated Solid Earth Science
LFAS
— Low-Frequency Active Sonar
TDPS
— Lake Titicaca, Desaguadero River, Lake Poopo, and the Salt Lake of Coipasa
CTR
— Castle Rock, New York, Seismograph station
DTM
— Digital Terrain Map
CRUD
— Chalk River Unidentified Deposits
ACI
— l'Association Cartographique Internationale
ZBL
— Zircon, Blue, Loupe Gemstone
ULY-BA
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active, grayish brown
MFT
— Main Frontal Thrust
DRB
— Delaware River Basin
ASSS
— Along-Strike Seismic Structure
KISM
— Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping
JWL
— Jewelry & Watch Liquidators
CNSZ
— Central Nevada Seismic Zone
CERESIS
— Regional Center for Seismology for South America
YWOZ
— Yosemite West Overlay Zone
WHMR
— Waterman Hills-Mitchell Range
TRM
— Thermal Remanent Magnetization
VTP
— Virtual Terrain Project
TPZ
— topaz
IAAC
— International Antarctic Analysis Centre
PEL
— Petroleum Exploration License
CLO
— Calibrated Lump Ore
PVR
— Potential Vertical Rise
IGBN
— Inferred Geological Boundary North
AADC
— Australian Antarctic Data Centre
ACE
— After the Common Era
AMOSITE
— Asbestiform mineral - Cummingtonite-Grunnerite Solid Solution Series
WHC
— Water Holding Capacity
KBD
— thousands of Barrels per Day
NVM
— National Volcanic Monument
UAC
— Utah Avalanche Center
RIGS
— Regionally Important Geological Site
JDEC
— Japan Dam Engineering Center
WTGS
— West Texas Geological Society
APTR
— APpalachian TRail
PETM
— Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
RVSP
— Reversed Vertical Seismic Profile
YWO
— Yosemite West Overlay zone
AEDD
— Arctic Environmental Data Directory
WGIM
— Working Group on Inclusions in Minerals
GSSA
— Geological Society of South Africa
AAG
— Association of American Geologists
CZ
— Cubic Zirconia
ICEO
— IEEE Committee on Earth Observation
TVZ
— Taupo Volcanic Zone
HEC
— Hydrologic Engineering Center
BLS
— Below Land Surface
FIG
— Féderation Internationale des Géomètres
LMFU
— Local Maxima Finder Unit
ABFZ
— Azores Bank Fracture Zone
ICSG
— International Copper Study Group
BIMS
— British and Irish Meteorite Society
ICB
— Inner Core Boundary
PRB
— Powder River Basin
ANSS
— Advanced National Seismic System
QZ
— Quartzsite
ZIP
— Zero Injection Pressure
VTM
— Vegetation Type Map
SFZ
— Sumatra Fracture Zone
USNK
— Upper Snake River
SGM
— San Gabriel Mountains
MIGI
— Metadata Integration and Geodata Integrity
MRF
— Mineral Resources Forum
UOV
— Upper Ohio Valley
MF
— Mount Fuji
ICSM
— Intergovernmental Committee on Survey and Mapping
ABCN
— Area Based Community Nutrition
WVFZ
— Wabash Valley Fault Zone
GADS
— Geographic Access Database System
NSSC
— National Soil Survey Center
WGGT
— Work Group on Glacial Tectonics
NKP
— No Known Place
PBO
— Plate Boundary Observatory
RC
— Radius of Curvature of river or stream
CISP
— Computer Inventory of Survey Plans
SMBI
— Southern Moreton Bay Islands
APT
— Advanced Plume Treatment
IMGA
— International Medical Geology Association
SAPS
— Seismological Acquisition and Processing System
GSOA
— Geo-Service Oriented Architecture
TFZ
— Tjörnes Fracture Zone
IODP
— Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
AGWA
— Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment
ASOS
— Automated Seismological Observation System
WNAF
— Western part of the North Anatolian Fault
ISCO
— ITRC in Situ Chemical Oxidation
VHMS
— Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide
GEOLOGY
— General Earth Or Lithology Of Great Yarmouth
GEM
— Global Earthquake Model
WADI
— Dry riverbed that only contains water during times of heavy rain
WIP
— Water Injection Pipeline
CGMT
— Construction Geotechnical Materials Testing
FDRS
— Field Data Reporting System
VSN
— Virtual Seismic Network
TTSZ
— Tomquist-Teisseyre Suture Zone
WSGS
— Wyoming State Geological Survey
UPRB
— Upper Paraguay River Basin
WGB
— Western Great Basin
MERS
— Microwave Earth Remote Sensing
ULY-BW
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active, light brownish gray
MVAC
— Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
IGRS
— Institute of Geoinformatics & Remote Sensing
MDE
— Maximum Design Earthquake
ABP
— Aegean Blue Pearl
KGS
— Kentucky Geological Survey
OBGYN
— Obstetrics and gynaecology
ACRC
— Australian Crustal Research Centre
CGM
— Central Gulf of Mexico
VRM
— Viscous Remanent Magnetization
WVGES
— West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Z
— Zeolite
QYF
— Holocene Young alluvial Fan deposits
WBDR
— Wind Borne Debris Region
ITU
— Istanbul Teknik Universitesi (Istanbul Technical University)
MUFV
— Maximum Uniform Flow Volume
GBH
— Great Blue Hill
AGSG
— Asian Geography Specialty Group
RTOC
— Real-Time Operating Centre
GACC
— Geographic Area Coordination Centers
CSTSC
— Canadian Soil Thin Section Collection
WEHY
— Watershed Environmental Hydrology
ERDAS
— Earth Resource Data Analysis System
OASIS
— Open Accessible Space Information System
UW
— Underwater Weighing
C
— Cuticle
WCSB
— Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
GCAGS
— Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
WWAT
— Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool
OPUS
— Online Positioning User Service
USDW(S}
— underground source(s) of drinking water
SYV
— Santa Ynez Valley
GESI
— Global Earthquake Safety Initiative
AOV
— Atlantic Ocean Volcanism
EG
— Engineering Geologist
NSGI
— National Standards for Geographic Information
UVO
— Usu Volcano Observatory
WBLE
— Western Basin of Lake Erie
RFZ
— Romanche Fracture Zone
C
— Cut
WBDR
— West Branch of the Delaware River
ANCZ
— Andaman and Nicobar Islands Coastal Zone
IOCG
— Iron-Oxide Copper Gold district
COOR
— Coordinate
MTJ
— Mendocino Triple Junction
SHS
— slide-hold-slide
FCFZ
— Furnace Creek Fault Zone (California)
NMSZ
— New Madrid Seismic Zone
WRZ
— Western Roscoelite Zone
BHG
— Black Hills Gold
SEP
— Santa Elena Peninsula
NADM
— North American Data Model
NA
— North American Airlines
ECGS
— European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology
UGS
— Utah Geological Survey
WAGS
— Web Accessible Geodata Search
CZ
— Coastal Zone
WHZ
— Western Hemlock Zone
MISB
— Mississippi Interior Salt Basin
GSOI
— Geological Society of Iran
GED
— Global Element Distribution
GWTF
— Ground Water Task Force
BSE
— Bulk Silicate Earth
NORM
— Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material
GEEA
— Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis
WASG
— Western Australian Speleological Group
BABB
— Back-Arc Basin Basalt
TOT
— Top of Tree
DEWI
— Drilling Electronic Weight Indicator
WCFR
— West Coast Fossil Reserve
IGQ
— Illinois Geologic Quadrangle
VZM
— Vadose Zone Monitor
OVSP
— Offset-source Vertical Seismic Profile
RVO
— Rabaul Volcano Observatory
MVP
— Magmatic Volatile Phase
UBSS
— University of Bristol Spelæological Society
VZO
— Vadose Zone Observatory
APLS
— Advantage Porosity Logging Service
WBM
— Water-Based Mud
LDGO
— Lamont Doherty Geological Observatory
ICWG
— Ice Core Working Group
GEO
— Geotechnical Engineering Office
EOTC
— Edge Of The Continent
NVZ
— Northern Volcanic Zone, Iceland
FGGM
— Fine-Grained Ground Mass
DSS
— Direct Shear Test
GSSP
— Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point
TSA
— Total Survey Area
NSZ
— Nyainqentanglha Shear Zone
WFV
— Wasatch Front Valley
LFE
— Low Frequency Effect
EASE
— Equal Area Scalable Earth
MWV
— Mount Washington Valley
WUSS
— Wittenberg University Speleological Society
NAC
— Natural Area Coding
MFPR
— Middle Fork Payette River
HIPP
— Himalayan Interdisciplinary Paleoclimate Project
WCNP
— West-Central North Pacific
GERG
— Geochemical and Environmental Research Group
ULY-A
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active, dark grayish brown
UWRB
— Upper White River Basin
IOCK
— Iron Oxide Coated Keramzite
NJG
— Norwegian Journal of Geology
QFP
— Quartz Feldspar Porphyry
UGS
— Underground Gas Storage
QOZ
— General term used for sand dunes
CSVH
— Catalog of Submarine Volcanoes and Hydrological phenomena
VRSD
— Visualization of Remote Sensing Data
CCT
— Critical Crevice Temperature
ADIR
— Adirondacks
CGS
— Committee on Geological Sciences
SOG
— Study and Observations Group
WSSG
— Western Slope Study Group
QIT
— Quebec Iron Titanium
WGDB
— Wyoming Geologic Database
GPM
— Geopotential Meter
WDML
— Wisconsin District Mercury Laboratory
APT
— Australasia Pacific Thrust
LVST
— Laboratory Vane Shear Test
GICS
— Geographic Identification Code Scheme
COSG
— Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics
GWPI
— Ground Water Potential Index
WWAN
— WestWide Avalanche Network
PZM
— Pressure Zone Monitor
WXFS
— Wilcox Fault System
WGCP
— West Gulf Coastal Plain
CWFZ
— Coyote Warp Fault Zone
SGP
— Southern Great Plains
MAR
— Mid-Atlantic Ridge
APM
— Advanced Power Mangement
SDMS
— Seismic Data Management System
MPRC
— Minerals and Petroleum Reference Centre
GRL
— Geophysical Research Letters
MRAC
— Mining Regulations Advisory Committee
VO
— Volcano Observatory
DCAS
— Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing
CSAV
— Center for Study of Active Volcanoes
ULY-BC
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active, light gray
HURL
— Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory's
NPGS
— Niagara Peninsula Geological Society
WMFZ
— West Moba Fault Zone
WCFZ
— Walker Creek Fault Zone
MSTM
— Mississippi Transverse Mercator
CLAMS
— Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling System
WICM
— Wastecap Interactive Computer Model
USRW
— Upper Suwannee River Watershed
WEHZ
— Western Earthquake Hazards
NNTSLD
— Name, North, Title, Scale, Legend, Date
ACWI
— All Country World Index
LECO
— Lake Erie Coast Ohio
LTRS
— Laboratory for Terrestrial Remote Sensing
ESDB
— European Soil Database
BR
— basic region
SOS
— Standing on Stone
DSDM
— Diaphragm Seismic Design Methodology
ACRR
— Angelo Coast Range Reserve
FAI
— Field-Aligned Irregularity
UYV
— Upper Yakima Valley
FIMO
— Federal Indian Minerals Office
WSGL
— Well-Site Gamma Logger
F
— Filling
KMFS
— Kapiti-Manawatu Fault System
UGPM
— USIGS (United States Imagery and Geospatial System) Geospatial Production Management
SASSA
— Soil Analysis Support System for Archaeology
WRSZ
— Western Rainier Seismic Zone
GEODAS
— Geophysical Data System
WHEM
— White English Manor Alabaster
NFPR
— North Fork Payette River
IMPRC
— Iran Mineral Processing Research Center
GLORIA
— Geological LOng-Range Inclined ASDIC
CMG
— Coastal Marine Geology
TD
— Trinchera Dolina
MNT
— Mountain
PALE
— Paleoclimate of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries
NF
— Nugget Finder
ICSS
— Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey
CACY
— CAlifornia Clay Loam
RBC
— Round Brilliant Cut
QFL
— Quartz Feldspar Lithics
RCZ
— Rural Coastal Zone
PDE
— Preliminary Determination of Epicenter(s)
GLOBE
— Global Learning And Observation To Benefit The Environment
WSSC
— Weathering System Science Consortium
TDS
— Terra Del Sol
WCFZ
— West Cache Fault Zone
GWCD
— GroundWater Conservation District
GEOS
— General Earthquake Observation System
NMP
— New Map Project
JCSS
— Joint Committee on Seismic Safety
WFFZ
— West Fissure Fault Zone
GESG
— Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda
UYV
— Upper Yadkin Valley
WVSZ
— Wabash Valley Seismic Zone
RAP
— Rapindik, New Britain, Seismological Station
MNFI
— Michigan Natural Features Inventory
WMPH
— Weak Morphemic Plane Hypothesis
FPF
— Fixed Point Free
GDEP
— Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program
WULG
— Walferdange Underground Laboratory for Geodynamics
GDE
— Great Divide Expedition
GMNA
— Geologic Map of North America
SSP
— South Sea Pearl
DSB
— Deep Sand Bed
WPGM
— Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
SAF
— San Andreas Fault
IRS
— Indian Remote Sensing
GCMT
— Global Centroid-Moment-Tensor
MNTP
— Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
LLD
— Deep LaterLog
RIG
— Running In Ground
RVDS
— Rotary Vertical Drilling System
RL
— Regression Line
PIMA
— Portable Infrared Mineral Analyzer
PPL
— Populated Place
SDR
— Special Drawing Rates
CFMS
— California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
VHP
— U. S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
GA
— Geographic Area
GARS
— Geological Applications of Remote Sensing
TVD
— Tennessee Valley Divide
JNG
— Jungle
MF
— Mantle Floor
WGZ
— West Gabbro Zone
NRP
— National Reference Point
NBAR
— Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance
SUDS
— Seismic Unified Data System
AARS
— Asian Association of Remote Sensing
KM
— Kiduah Meyuhad
RZT
— Renbu Zedong Thrust
NCPR
— North Carolina phosphate rock
NSU
— Northern Superior Uplands
WBRL
— West Bank River Levee
RLA
— Round Lake Area
DF
— Deformation Front
CSVZ
— Central Southern Volcanic Zone
GLOL
— Geology Labs On Line
URPG
— Undergraduate Research in Petrology and Geochemistry
WMAS
— Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society
FZ
— Fracture Zone
GSOI
— Geological Survey Of Israel
ETA
— Erroding Terrain Asilar
POR
— Point of Reference
HASAP
— High-Altitude Stereo Aerial Photograph
SZP
— Slant Zenithal Projection
HDD
— Horizontal Directional Drilling
GNDB
— Geographic Names DataBase
GRASP
— Geospatial Repository for Analysis and Safety Planning
QTF
— Quaternary Tectonic Faulting
WGCG
— Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group
ALS
— Airborne Laser Survey
NSQ
— Natural Stone Quarry
USRB
— Upper Snake River Basin
MTD
— Measured Total Depth
JWL
— Whitehall Jewellers, Inc.
ICEF
— International Commission on Earthquake Forecasting for Civil Protection
VTV
— Voxel Terra Vision
SEDC
— Shallow Exploration Drillers Clinic
MMRI
— Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute
WAFZ
— West Anatolia Fault Zone
WC
— Westwood Clay
WEVF
— West Eifel Volcanic Field
GWCP
— GroundWater Contamination Potential
NIGI
— Neo Ithaca Geological Institute
ACR
— Angelo Coast Range
WBFS
— Walls Boundary Fault System
RRN
— Red River of the North
CRT
— Cedar River Trail
MHT
— Micro Hardness Tester
NSL
— Nevada Seismological Laboratory
SP
— Spear Point
WMFZ
— West Marungu Fault Zone
GWTT-94
— GroundWater Travel Time Analysis of 1994
CPZ
— Coastal Polynya Zone
RPIZ
— Ross Polynya Ice Zone
ABFZ
— Agua Blanca Fault Zone
FCMG
— Fossilized Coral Mineral Granule
WLFZ
— Walker Lane Fault Zone
CZE
— Critical Zone Exploration
TTSN
— Taiwan Telemetered Seismographic Network
MRSS
— Malaysian Remote Sensing Society
GWMP
— Groundwater Management Plan
WGMG
— Water Guidance And Monitoring Group
SFZ
— Seattle Fault Zone
SCPT
— Seismic Cone Penetration Testing
NDSZ
— Nyainqntanglha Ductile Shear Zone
GDRD
— Geographical Date Range Data
QGE
— Quasi- Geostrophic Equation
CBM
— Coal Bed Methane
GDA
— Geocentric Datum of Australia
VS
— Very Slight
WFZ
— Wasatch Fault Zone
VEI
— Volcanic Explosivity Index
ITC
— integrated Terrain Compensation
NARS
— Network of Autonomously Recording Seismographs
BRDZ
— Black Reef Deposition Zone
NF
— Natural Flat
PCY
— Paradise Canyon Elementary School
FGS
— Florida Geological Survey
WDBP
— Water Data Banks Project
LIP
— Large Igneous Province
WIFS
— Wide Field Sensor
A
— Australian
USLW
— Upper Susquehanna- Lackawanna Watershed
ERDS
— Extended Reach Drilling Simulator
SCC
— Sodor China Clay
IGU
— International Geophysical Union
ULY-C
— Ultra-fine-silty Loam, Super-active, pale brown
WZCT
— Western Zone Consideration Times
UMV
— Upper Mantle Vessel
VESU
— Mount Vesuvius
HMSZ
— Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone
AIH
— Area Including Holes
EOT
— Eocene-Oligocene time
GWPP
— Ground Water Pollution Potential
LSRB
— Lower Susquehanna River Basin
NERD
— National Earthquake Research Department
MC
— Mountain Crest
MGS
— Maryland Geological Survey
HPT
— Hydraulic Profiling Tool
EC
— Electrical Conductivity
WRS
— Worldwide Reference System
FVF
— Formation Volume Fraction
LSM
— Little Skull Mountain
DFG
— Dig For Gold
SCB
— Santa Clara Basin
QGS
— Quasi- Geostrophic System
PN
— Pacific Northwest
PB
— Prosodic Boundary
RLE
— Review Level Earthquake
ICSZ
— Ice Covered Shelf Zone
PC
— Pacific Coast Railroad
HELP
— Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance
TXCY
— Texas Clay Loam
NRM
— Natural Remanent Magnetization
SDAT
— Seismic Data Access Technology
GWC
— Get World Coordinates
TBB
— Tillamook Bay Basin
SSDB
— Sub-Surface Data Base
LPB
— Lake Pontchartrain Basin
SPE
— Slightly Pointed East
TOR
— Time on Reference
PLM
— Preservation Layer Model
MUFL
— Main Urals Fault Line
TENR
— Technology Enhanced Natural Radiation
WGGC
— Working Group on Geological Correlation
NPFD
— Numata Pumice Flow Deposit
WMF
— West Moba Fault
NAM
— North American Mesoscale
HPAA
— High Plains Applied Anthropologist
WSCC
— Western States Composition Conference
BC
— Black Creek
GGEL
— Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois Chicago
DAF
— Dissolved Air Filtration
USDW
— Underground Source of Drinking Water
VZG
— VNIIZARUBEZHGEOLOGIYA ( All Union Institute For the Geology of Foreign Countries)
EPSA
— Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement
BS
— Bulk Sample
LLD
— Log Linear Detrending
NKV
— Northern Katahdin Valley
EUSW
— Estimated Utilizable Surface Water
WSSI
— World Seismic Safety Initiative
WCQ
— West Coast Quartz
WHDF
— Waterman Hills Detachment Fault
ACH
— Aki, Christoffersson, and Husebye
JFM
— Juan Fernandez Microplate
ASR
— Alkali silica reactivity
MRC
— Maximum Reservoir Contact
SAPB
— Southern Alps Plate Boundary
RS
— Residual soil
SEGS
— Sustainable Energy Geophysical Surveys
WCMG
— USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology team
WHGS
— Wyoming Historical Geological Society
NRRV
— New River and Roanoke Valleys
NPG
— Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
EPLR
— Eberhart Point, Little River Canyon
UYB
— Upper Yangtze Basin
VPT
— Verified Paper Trails
HUFF
— High Undergrads Feeling Fine
IPIZ
— Interior Pack Ice Zone
RRV
— Red River Valley
GWTT
— GroundWater Travel Time
WGNS
— Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
NMR
— Non-metallic Mining Reclamation
CCB
— Compacted Clay Barrier
H
— Hilly
GKI
— Great Keppel Island
BC
— Black Canyon
MIS
— Mountain Ice Sheet
MCS
— Multichannel Seismic
GCOS
— Global Change Of Support
GLWG
— Glaciated Landscapes Working Group
JCSSR
— Joint Committee on Seismic Safety Records
FTFET
— Four-Terminal Field Effect Transistor
AE
— Alkaline Earth
UC
— Ubehebe Crater
SGB
— Southern Great Basin
WRAP
— Watershed Research and Assessment Project
WRB
— Winnipesaukee River Basin
SSBB
— South Side Buffalo Bayou
WGNS
— Wallarah Great Northern Seam
IFM
— Indicative Flood Map
GRL
— Geographic Reference Locator
HP
— Highest Point
GAM
— Groundwater Availability Modeling
SRM
— Shock Remanent Magnetization
WOIW
— Workover Injection Well
ERZ
— Eastern Roscoelite Zone
SS
— Stone Size
MUFZ
— Main Urals Fault Zone
ACM
— Autonomous Crack Monitoring
LLD
— Long-lasting Depolarization
SHI
— Seismic Hydroacoustic Infrasound
SSPM
— Sierra San Pedro Martir
SOI
— Sand and Oil Interceptor
SZC
— Steppe Zone Complex
CPT
— Cone Potentiometer Test
CSZ
— Contract Strain Zone
OXN
— Oxnard aquifer
WCFZ
— Warm Springs-Central Range Fault Zone
ISC
— International Seismological Center
UPT
— Uniformitarian Plate Tectonics
SIS
— Substratum Intake System
RPP
— Rui Palmeira Pluton
LE
— Lower Eldorado River
OGS
— Oklahoma Geological Survey
SWI
— Sea Water Injection
CM
— Core Mantle
DBPR
— Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge
HTMP
— Hyperbolic Topographic Mapping for Proximity Data
PVS
— Principle Variation Search
UGC
— Upper Gulf of California
HDR
— Hot Dry Rock (geothermal Reservoir)
GD
— Green Diamond
WMFN
— West Margin Fault Network
WEHT
— Western Earthquake Hazards Team
VRSR
— VectorSeis Remote Seismic Recorder
WCFZ
— West Culverden Fault Zone
MS
— Mount Shasta
LM
— Meander Length of river or stream
P
— Peninsula
AAOD
— Australian Age of Dinosaurs
WBSZ
— Wadati-Benioff Seismic Zone
NGP
— Northern Great Plains
WCFD
— Well Completions & Frac Database
QC
— Quick Core
K
— Permeability factor
NSE
— Natures Sea Essentials
STM
— Single Theodolite Module
IDCA
— Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association
CC
— Cane Creek
HI
— Hotspot Implementation
BENA
— British Empire Naturalists' Association
GWR
— Ground Water Recovery
PIG
— Pine Island Glacier
RGD
— Rapid Gravity Dewatering
DTM
— Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
JDF
— Juan De Fuca plate
C
— Calcutta
NVGD
— Niging Van Grammofoonplaten Detaillisten
ICSL
— Independent Coloured Stones laboratory
GSGE
— Gulf Society for GeoEngineeiring
SMART
— Secant Method For Automatic Rocksim Testing
MRV
— Macal River Valley
MRS
— Mountain Research Station
WPG
— Western Pacific Geophysics
SWAP
— Seismic Wave Analysis Program
TTE
— Through The Earth
RMR
— Rocky Mountain Region
PV
— Penobscot Valley
UGB
— Upper Geyser Basin
PB
— Primary Basin
RV
— Rock Valley
NMT
— Norwegian Method of Tunnelling
WGS
— Westmorland Geological Society
AEE
— Australian European Expedition
ASF
— Alaska Satellite Facility
WCFZ
— Wheeler Crest Fault Zone
ISL
— Isle
GWC
— Groundwater Wells located in Canal
VGP
— Visiting Geologists Program
OMC
— Old Mine Cut
UU
— Undrain UnConsolidation Triaxial Test
SSTR
— SubSurface technical review
VZF
— Ventas de Zafarraya Fault
WBFS
— Welsh Borderland Fault System
LH
— Laetoli Hominid
SIL
— South Iceland Lowland
SFZ
— Shackleton Fracture Zone, Drake Passage
WR
— Waitabu Reef
WDP
— Well Data Pack
WBHB
— Wind / Bighorn River Basin
BCE
— Before Complete Extinction
MCA
— Mid- Continent Area
IB
— Intercontinental Belt
WGS
— Wisconsin Geological Society
NUAP
— Northern Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau
GWTV
— Ground Water Temporal Variability
DMS
— Dig More Stones
SDMB
— Salt Dome- MiniBasin province
WEMO
— West Mojave
HPT
— Hydrocarbon Process Technology
MGO
— Marine Gas and Oil
DRP
— Distance Rference Point
MGS
— Michigan Geological Survey
BS
— Baltic Shield
GG
— Gorgonian Grotto
IRIS
— Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
MPT
— mid(dle) pleistocene transition
OC
— Orange Coast
CT
— Consolidated Test
NDT
— Note De Transduction
AASR
— Annual Aquaculture Statistics Report
GWC
— GroundWater Contamination
UHB
— UpHeaval Buckling
CRA
— Country, Region, and Area
EI
— East Indian
SARB
— San Antonio River Basin
MS
— Martensite
WQ
— Western Quartz
MGS
— Mississippi Geological Society
MG
— Mesotrophic Grassland
MSDS
— Mine Safety Determination Specification
REB
— Research Earth Borer
UIS
— Union Internationale de Speleologie
FC
— Field Core
SV
— Saginaw Valley
MGS
— Maine Geological Survey
BRV
— Borovoye Geophysical Observatory
WMF
— West Marungu Fault
GLSL
— Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
CF
— Cape Fear
GW
— Geostrophic Wind
MSCA
— Mobilized Soil Conductivity Assessment
WCNG
— West Coast Natural Gas
SP
— South Pacific
SGI
— Scientific Geographical Interest
CU
— Undrain Consolidation Triaxial Test
VV
— Vermilion Valley
PV
— Potomac Valley
CONT
— Center of Next Transformation
WVF
— Wabash Valley Fault
RSM
— Remote Sensing Manual
LGS
— Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc.
SF
— Shallow Faulting
ND
— Nanda Devi
PVS
— Physical Volcanology Section
GG
— Golden Gate
IB
— Injection Borehole
SPCB
— Standardised Pure Carbon dioxide Blanket
MNT
— Moist Nonacidic Tundra
IBF
— Integrated Basin Flow
ELL
— Ellipsometer
SDM
— Spatial Data Modelling
BFW
— BankFull Width
RRG
— Red River Gorge
J
— Jade
HAB
— High Aluminium Basalt
GIC
— Geocarto International Centre
CP
— Central Peak
GCH
— Green Color Histogram
DMD
— Double Meridian Distance
OK
— Old Keokuk
DM
— Deep Mine
ERG
— Eel River - Garberville
QYW
— Holocene Young alluvial Wash deposits
LITE
— Logic Involving Time And Evolution
MOB
— Middle Of Beach
MST
— Modal Survey Test
PD
— Position Difference
IP
— Intermediate Period
WVF
— Washita Valley Fault
JMP
— Japan Map Project
HS
— Hunsucker Spring
OMC
— Online Map Creation
SCD
— Silver Creek Division
CW
— Constant Width
WFM
— Woodhills Flat and Mountainless
DF
— Dodurga Fault
RT
— Relative Timing
CAD
— Computer Aided Drilling
AC
— American coast
DTG
— Digital Topographic Grid
DU
— Dry and Unstable
VSM
— Volcano System Monitor
SA
— Southern Andes
NER
— Ninetyeast Ridge
PA
— Position Approximate
FRD
— Field Redevelopment
MR
— McQuarrie's Rock
SOG
— Southern Ohio Graded
IWW
— Illinois WaterWay
JB
— Jiaozhou Bay
EEC
— East European Craton
GDP
— Gentle Deep Pond
UCG
— Underground Compressed Gas
GST
— Geological Survey of Tanzania
VTEC
— Volcano TECtonics Laboratory
HD
— High Desert
TMP
— Tin Mountain Pegmatite
CVG
— Cirque and Valley Glacier
TB
— Tacoma Basin
DM
— Depleted Mantle
SC
— Saratoga Champlain
SF
— South Fork
GRS
— Green River Shales
GT
— Ground Treatment
UEP
— Upland Erosion Process
GP
— Governors Pass
ISBS
— In-Situ Bio-geochemical Stabilization
RIS
— Reservoir Induced Seismicity
NWL
— North Wales Limestone
HASA
— High Altitude Southern Appalachian
MVT
— Mississippi Valley Type deposit
W
— Woody
CFA
— Continuous Flight Auger
NA
— Natural Amber
FA
— Fine Aggregate
RR
— Rugged Ridge
FS
— Field Stones
NI
— Nitrogen Injection
VMM
— Volcanomagnetic Modeling Maglab
MAC
— Mid-Atlantic Cape
VR
— Volcano Run
GL
— Geograpic Location
DRO
— Direct RunOff
IDC
— Imputed Days of Contribution
ERE
— Enhanced Revised Evolved
PT
— Permian Tertiary
CPM
— Continuous Permeable Mountain
USB
— Useless Steam Blowhole
CR
— Columbia River
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