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