| Acronym | Meaning |
| LVSEM | Low Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SGWD | Submarine Groundwater Discharge |
| APOE | Apolipoprotein E |
| LAPW | Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.) |
| SMAI | Solvated Metal Atom Impregnation |
| IUTOX | International Union Of Toxicology |
| RCIS | Resource Center Information System |
| HSI | Heat Stress Index |
| RHFS | Relativistic Hartree-Fock-Slater |
| COHMAP | Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project |