| Acronym | Meaning |
| PFCGE | Pulsed-field Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |
| SEE | Standard Error Of Estimate |
| SANDS | Stratospheric Aitken Nuclei Detection System |
| L2MS | Laser-desorption Laser-ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| CCO | Coupled-channel-optical (potential |
| NVPA | No-virtual-pair Approxn. |
| XRMA | X-ray Microanalysis |
| HIM | Hydroxy Interlayered Minerals (clay Minerals) |
| CDWA | Continuum Distorted-wave Approxn. (for Scattering Calcns.) |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic Acid |