| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAGC | International Association Of Geochemistry And Cosmochemistry |
| CCG | Continental Collision Granitoids |
| EDF | Environmental Defense Fund |
| DRE | Destruction Removal Efficiency |
| CLC | Capacity Limiting Constituents |
| RIXS | Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering |
| NOET | NASA Operational Environment Team |
| PBFFF | Potential Barrier Field-flow Fractionation |
| LTPS | Low Temperature Polysilicon |
| ZPC | Zero-point (energy) Corrections |