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