| Acronym | Meaning |
| BABB | Back Arc Basin Basalt |
| VBXES | Valence Band X-ray Emission Spectroscopy |
| DAFS | Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure |
| ITEP | Institute For Theoretical And Experimental Physics |
| ASE | Augmented Secular Equation |
| CS | Crystal Structure |
| ITER | International Toxicity Estimates For Risk |
| DOMES | Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study |
| ITD | Ion Trap Detector (mass Spectrometry) |
| ADAF | Advection-dominated Accretion Flow |