| ACRONYM | | Organization |
| ACEX |  | Arctic Coring Expedition |
| ACH | | Automated Clearing House |
| AESTO | | Advanced Earth Science and Technology Organization (Japan) |
| AGI | | American Geophysical Institute |
| AGU | | American Geophysical Union |
| AOGS | | Asia-Oceana Geosciences Society |
| APC | | Advanced Piston Core |
| APCT | | APC Temperature Tool |
| API | | American Petroleum Institute |
| APP | | Annual Program Plan |
| BCR | | Bremen Core Repository |
| BGS | | British Geological Survey |
| BHA | | Bottom Hole Assembly |
| BoG | | Board of Governors |
| BP | | Before Present |
| BSR | | Bottom Simulator Reflector |
| CB-RMM | | Core barrel - retrievable memory module |
| CCD | | Carbonate Compensation Depth |
| CDEX | | Center for Deep Earth Exploration |
| CDP | | Complex Drilling Projects |
| CMCR | | Center for Advanced Marine Core Research (Kochi University) |
| CMO | | Central Management Office |
| CNRS | | Centre National de la Research Scientific (France) |
| CO | | Contracts Officer |
| COI | | Conflict of Interest |
| CORK | | Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit |
| DIS | | ICDP Drilling Information System |
| DMS | | Data Management Specialist |
| DP | | Dynamic Positioning |
| DPG | | Detailed Planning Group |
| DSDP | | Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| DSS | | Drilling Sensor Sub |
| DVTP | | Davis-Villinger Temperature Probe |
| E&O | | Education and Outreach |
| ECORD | | European Consortium for Ocean Drilling Research |
| ECORD-net | | E.C. Research Area Network |
| EDP | | Engineering Development Panel |
| EGU | | European Geosciences Union |
| EMA | | ECORD Management Agency |
| EOR | | Expedition Objective Research |
| EPC | | European Petrophysical Consortium |
| EPSP | | Environmental Protection and Safety Panel |
| ESO | | ECORD Science Operator |
| ESSAC | | ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee |
| ESSEP | | Environmental Science Steering and Evaluation Panel |
| ETF | | Engineering Task Force |
| FMS | | Formation Micro Scanner |
| FY | | Fiscal Year |
| GCR | | Gulf Coast Repository |
| GIS | | Geographic Information Systems |
| HSE | | Health, Safety and Environment |
| ICDP | | International Continental Scientific Drilling Program |
| IFREE | | Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution |
| IIS-PPG | | Industry-IODP Science Program Planning Group |
| ILP | | Industry Liaison Panel |
| IO(s) | | Implementing Organization(s) |
| IODP | | Integrated Ocean Drilling Program |
| IODP-MI | | Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc. |
| ION | | International Ocean Network |
| iSAS | | Interim Science Advisory Structure |
| ISC | | Information Service Center |
| ISP | | Initial Science Plan |
| ISSEP | | Interior Science Steering and Evaluation Panel |
| 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 |
| JOI | | Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. |
| JOI Alliance | | USIO: Consists of JOI, LDEO, and TAMU |
| JOIDES | | Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling |
| JPIO | | Japan Implementing Organization |
| KCC | | Kochi Core Center Repository |
| KIGAM | | Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources |
| kt | | knots | |
| LDEO | | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| LGHF | | Laboratoire de Géophsique et Hydrodynamique en Forage |
| LGM | | Last Glacial Maximum |
| LTBMS | | Long-Term Borehole Monitoring System |
| LUBR | | Leicester University Borehole Group |
| LWC | | Logging while Coring |
| LWD | | Logging while Drilling |
| m | | meters | |
| MAT | | Mid-Atlantic Transect |
| mbsf | | meters below sea floor |
| MCS | | Multi Channel Seismic |
| MEXT | | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Japan) |
| MOST | | Ministry of Science and Technology (People's Rep. of China) |
| msb | | meters sub-basement |
| MSP | | Mission Specific Platform |
| NanTroSEIZE | | Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment |
| NERC | | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| NERC | | National Environmental Research Council |
| nmi | | nautical miles |
| NSF | | National Science Foundation (USA) |
| OCC | | Oceanic Core Complex |
| OCE | | Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF |
| ODP | | Ocean Drilling Program |
| OOI | | Ocean Observing Initiative |
| OPCOM | | Operations Committee (now Operations Task Force) |
| ORI | | Ocean Research Institute |
| ORION | | Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks |
| OTF | | Operations Task Force |
| PCS | | Pressure Core Sampler |
| PI | | Primary Investigator |
| PMO | | Program Member Offices |
| PMT | | Project Management Team |
| POC | | Platform Operations Costs |
| PSDIM | | Publications, Sample and Data Integration manager |
| PSG | | Project Scoping Group |
| PTM | | Pulsed Telemetry Module |
| QAQC | | Quality Assurance Quality Control |
| RCB | | Rotary Core Barrel |
| RFP | | Request for Proposal |
| RIS | | Rig Instrumentation System |
| RMM | | Retrievable Memory Module |
| SAS | | Science Advisory Structure |
| SAS | | Science Advisorary Structure |
| SASEC | | SAS Executive Committee |
| SASEC | | Science Advisory Executive Committee |
| SciMP | | Scientific Measurements Panel (in ODP) |
| SDSC | | San Diego Super Computer Center |
| SEDIS | | Scientific Earth Drilling Information System |
| SIO | | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SIT | | Systems Integrated Training |
| SMCS | | Sample Materials Curation Management System |
| SOC | | Science Operating Costs |
| SODV | | Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel |
| SPC | | Science Planning Committee |
| SPPOC | | Science Planning and Policy Oversight Committee (operated up until April, 2006) |
| SRMs | | Standard Reference Materials |
| SSDB | | Site Survey Data Bank |
| SSEP | | Science Steering and Evaluation Panel |
| SSP | | Site Survey Panel |
| STP | | Scientific Technology Panel |
| TAMU | | Texas A&M University |
| TAP | | Technology Advice Panel |
| TD | | Total Depth |
| TOB | | Torque on bit |
| UBI | | Ultra Borehole Imager |
| USAC | | U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling |
| USGS | | U.S. Geological Survey |
| USIO | | United States Implementing Organization |
| USSAC | | United States Science Advisory Committee |
| USSSP | | U.S. Science Support Program |
| VP-SO | | Vice President for Science Operations |
| VP-SP | | Vice President for Science Planning |
| VSP | | Vertical Seismic Profile |
| WBE | | Work Breakdown Elements |
| WDC | | World Data Center |
| WOB | | Weight on bit |
| WST | | Well Seismic Tool |
| XCB | | Extended Core Barrel |
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