| ACORK |
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Advanced Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit |
| ADP |
|
Amphibious Drilling Project |
| AGU |
|
American Geophysical Union |
| ANZIC |
|
Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium |
| APL |
|
Ancillary Project Letter |
| BCR |
|
Bremen Core Repository |
| BGS |
|
British Geological Survey |
| CAB |
|
Curatorial Advisory Board |
| CDEX |
|
Center for Deep Earth Exploration (JAMSTEC) |
| CDP |
|
Common Depth Point |
| CEREGE |
|
Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement |
| CIB |
|
Chikyu IODP Board |
| CORK |
|
Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit |
| CPP |
|
Complementary Project Proposal |
| DSDP |
|
Deep Sea Drilling Project (1968-1982) |
| D/V |
|
Drilling Vessel |
| ECORD |
|
European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling |
| EECO |
|
Early Eocene Climatic Optimum |
| EFB |
|
ECORD Facility Board |
| EPC |
|
European Petrophysics Consortium |
| EPM |
|
Expedition Project Manager |
| EPSP |
|
Environmental Protection and Safety Panel |
| ERB |
|
Editorial Review Board |
| ESSAC |
|
ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee |
| ESO |
|
ECORD Science Operator |
| GCR |
|
Gulf Coast Repository |
| HSE |
|
Health, Safety, and Environment |
| ICDP |
|
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program |
| IGC |
|
International Geological Congress |
| IODP |
|
International Ocean Discovery Program (2013-2024) |
| IODP |
|
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003-2013) |
| IODP-MI |
|
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. |
| JAMSTEC |
|
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
| JANUS |
|
USIO Database System |
| J-CORES |
|
Japanese Database System |
| J-DESC |
|
Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium |
| JOIDES |
|
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling |
| JR |
|
JOIDES Resolution |
| JRFB |
|
JOIDES Resolution Facility Board |
| JRSO |
|
JOIDES Resolution Science Operator |
| KCC |
|
Kochi Core Center |
| KIGAM |
|
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources |
| K-Pg |
|
Cretaceous-Paleogene |
| L2S |
|
Land-2-Sea |
| LDEO |
|
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| LIMS |
|
Laboratory Information Management System |
| LTBMS |
|
Long-Term Borehole Monitoring System |
| LWD |
|
Logging While Drilling |
| MarE3 |
|
Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (JAMSTEC) |
| MDP |
|
Multi-phase Drilling Project |
| MEXT |
|
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) |
| MoES |
|
Ministry of Earth Sciences (India) |
| MOST |
|
Ministry of Science and Technology (China) |
| MSP |
|
Mission-Specific Platform |
| NanTroSEIZE |
|
Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment |
| NJGS |
|
New Jersey Geological Survey |
| NSF |
|
National Science Foundation (USA) |
| ODP |
|
Ocean Drilling Program (1983-2003) |
| PANGAEA |
|
Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data |
| PDB |
|
Proposal Database System |
| POOH |
|
Pull Out Of Hole |
| PRL |
|
Proponent Response Letter |
| RCB |
|
Rotary Core Barrel |
| SAC |
|
Sample Allocation Committee |
| SCIMPI |
|
Simple Cabled Instrument for Measuring Parameters In-situ |
| SEG-Y |
|
Seismic data (designated Y) file in the Society for Exploration Geophysicists' (SEG) "standardized" format |
| SEP |
|
Science Evaluation Panel |
| SIO |
|
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SSDB |
|
Site Survey Data Bank |
| SSO |
|
Science Support Office |
| USIO |
|
United States Implementing Organization |
| USSSP |
|
U.S. Science Support Program |
| WDC-MARE |
|
World Data Center - Marine |
| WOW |
|
Wait On Weather |