| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEPP | State Environmental Protection Plan |
| MBH | Mediobasal Hypothalamus |
| IIASA | International Institute Of Applied Systems Analysis (near Vienna |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| ARGOS | Advanced Remote Gaseous Oxides Sensor |
| DS | Dry Solids |
| EMIT | Enzyme-multiplied Immunoassay Technique |
| PXD | Powder X-ray Diffraction |
| GERM | Geochem. Earth Ref. Model |
| ROA | Relaxed Orbital Approximation |