Table T1. Abbreviations for technical terms, Leg 193.)
 
Abbreviation
Definition
ADCB advanced diamond core barrel
AF alternating field
AFM atomic force microscopic
AHC active heave compensator
AMS anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility
AMST archive MST
APC advanced hydraulic piston corer
API American Petroleum Institute (unit)
APS accelerator porosity sonde
ARM anhysteretic remanent magnetization
ASC Analytical Services Company
ATP adenosine triphosphate
BGO bismuth germanate
BHA bottom-hole assembly
BOP blowout prevention system
BRG Borehole Research Group
CBTT core barrel temperature tool
DAPI 4,6-diamindino-2-phenylindole
DC-SQUID direct current superconducting quantum interference device
DES dual elevator stool
DHML downhole measurements laboratory
DIT dual induction resistivity
DP dynamic positioning
DSA drill string accelerometer
DSI dipole shear imager
DWE drawworks encoder
FFF free-fall funnel
FFSW formaldehyde in artificial seawater
FMS Formation MicroScanner
FTIR fluorier transmission infrared spectroscopic
GFI ground fault interrupt
GPS Global Positioning System
GRA gamma-ray attenuation
GSC green silica-clay
GTE guideline tensionometer encoder
HEPES N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-2- ethanesulfonic acid
HLDS hostile-environment lithodensity sonde
HNGS hostile-environment natural gamma-ray sonde
HRRS hard-rock reentry system
HTGC high-temperature/pressure telemetry gamma-ray cartridge
HTT high-temperature tool
IC ion chromatography
ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy
IRM isothermal remanent magnetization
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
k whole-core magnetic susceptibility
kij susceptibility tensor
kips 1000 lb
LDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
LOI loss on ignition
LWD logging while drilling
MBR mechanical bit release
mbrf meters below rig floor
mbsf meters below seafloor
MCE motion compensator encoder
MORB mid-ocean-ridge basalt
MSM magnetic susceptibility meter
MST multisensor track
MTEM real-time cable head temperature capabilities
NAA neutron activation analysis
NCS nitrogen, carbon, sulfur
NGR natural gamma radiation
NGT natural gamma-ray tool
ODP Ocean Drilling Program
PACMANUS Papua New Guinea-Australia-Canada-Manus
PBS phosphate buffer saline
PDR precision depth recorder
PFT perfluorcarbon tracer
PHC passive heave compensator
PIMA portable infrared mineral analyzer
PNG Papua New Guinea
ppg pounds per gallon
P-wave compressional wave
PWL compressional wave logger
PWS3 contact probe system
Q the Koengsberger ratio
RAB resistivity at the bit
RCB rotary core barrel
RI refractive index
ROP rate of penetration
RPM revolutions per minute
RRING focused lateral resistivity measurement
SEM scanning electron microscopic
spm strokes per minute
S-wave shear wave
SWIR shortwave infrared
TAMU Texas A&M University
TCA trichloroacetic acid
TD total depth
TEM transmission electron microscopic
triple combo triple combination (tool string)
TSF Transocean Sedco Forex
UHT-MSM ultra high temperature multisensor memory tool
VCD visual core description
VIT vibration-isolated television
WHC wireline heave compensator
WOB weight on bit
WSTP water-sampling temperature probe
XRD X-ray diffraction