| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIPEA | Association Internationale Pour L'Etude Des Argiles |
| WATCH | Working Group On Assessment Of Toxic Chemicals |
| LAICP | Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma |
| QUASH | Quality Assurance Of Sample Handling [a EU Project] |
| SCA | Semiclassical Approximation |
| RBCA | Risk-based Corrective Action |
| BSH | Bile Salt Hydrolase |
| ODAS | Ocean Data Acquisition System |
| COPW | Complete Orthogonalized Plane Wave |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |