| Acronym | Meaning |
| EGU | European Geosciences Union |
| VSMOW | Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| RPECVD | Remote Plasma-enhanced Chemical-vapor Deposition |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| NCAP | Nematic Curvilinear Aligned Phase |
| DFMFT | Density-functional Mean-field Theory |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| ODEX | Optical Dynamics Experiments |
| MRL | Method Reporting Limit |
| PAZ | Partial Annealing Zone (fission-track) |