| Acronym | Meaning |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| FASTER | FAst Spinning Gives Transfer Enhancement At Rotary Resonance |
| DVC-FISH | Direct Viable Count-fluorescent In Situ Hybridization |
| SWMU | Solid Waste Management Unit(s) |
| SNOM | Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy |
| IRN | Indicator Radionuclide |
| DECC | Diethylcarbamyl Chloride |
| CTM | Conditional Test Method |
| MIS 5 | Marine Isotope Substage 5e |
| GSAC | Generalized Symmetry Adapted Cluster (theory) |