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