List of Acronyms


A
ACEX: A
rctic Coring Expedition, Expedition 302
AGU: American Geophysical Union
ANDRILL -
Antarctic Geological DRILLing
ANZIC - Australia New Zealand IODP Consortium
APLACON - Alternative Platform Conference
B
BCR - Bremen Core Repository
BGS - British Geological Survey
BoG - IODP-MI Board of Governors
C
CDEX - Center for Deep Earth EXploration, Japan
CDP - Complex Drilling Project
CMO - Central Management Organization
D
DPG - Detailed Planning Group on Asian Monsoon
DS3F - Deep-Sea and Sub Seafloor Frontier
DSDP - Deep-Sea Drilling Program
E
EC - European Commission
ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling
EDP - Engineering Development Panel
EGU: European Geosciences Union
EMA - ECORD Managing Agency
EPC - European Petrophysics Consortium
EPSP - Environmental Protection & Safety Panel
ERA-Net - European Research Area Network
ESF - European Science Foundation
ESO - ECORD Science Operator
ESSAC - ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee
G
GBREC - Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes, Expedition 325
I
ICDP - International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
IIS-PPG - Industry - IODP Science Program Planning Group
ILP - Industry Liaison Panel
INVEST - IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets
IOs - Implementing Organizations
IODP - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
IODP-MI - IODP Management International, Inc.
IPOD - International Phase of Ocean Drilling within ODP
ISP - Initial Science Plan for the IODP
IWG+ - International Working Group +
J
JAMSTEC - JApan Marine Science & TEchnology Center
J-DESC - Japanese Earth Drilling Science Consortium
JEODI - Joint European Ocean Drilling Initiative
JOI - Joint Oceanographic Institutions
JR - JOIDES Resolution
L
LDEO - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
M
MEXT - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan
MOES - Ministry Of Earth Sciences, India
MOST - Ministry Of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China
MoU - Memorandum of Understanding
MSP - Mission-specific platform
N
NanTroSEIZE - Nankai Trough SEIsmogenic Zone Experiment
NERC - Natural Environment Research Council, UK
NJSS - New Jersey Shallow Shelf, Expedition 313
NSF : National Science Foundation, USA
O
OD21 - Ocean Drilling in the 21st Century, Japan
ODP - Ocean Drilling Program
OSP - Onshore Science Party
P
PEP - Proposal Evaluation Panel
PMO
- Program Member Office
S
SAS - Science Advisory Structure
SASEC - Science Advisory Structure Executive Committee
SCP - Site Characterisation Panel
SEDIS - Scientific Earth Drilling Information Service
SIPCOM - Scientific Implementation and Planning COMmittee
SODV - Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel
SPC - Science Planning Committee
SPWC - Science Plan Writing Committee
SSEP - Science Steering & Evaluation Panel
SSP
- Site Survey Panel
STP - Site Technology Panel
T
TAMU : Texas A & M University
ToR - Terms of Reference
U
USIO - US Implementing Organization
USSAC - United States Science Advisory Committee
USSSP - United States Science Support Program

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