SCIENTIFIC OCEAN DRILLING ACRONYMS

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ADP – Amphibious Drilling Proposal

APC – Advanced Piston Corer

BGS – British Geological Survey

CDEX – Center for Deep Earth Exploration

CIB – Chikyu IODP Board

COL – Consortium for Ocean Leadership

CORK – Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit

DLP – Distinguished Lecturer Program

DSDP – Deep Sea Drilling Project

20ECORD – European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling

EEC – ECORD Evaluation Committee

EFB – ECORD Facilities Board

EMA – ECORD Managing Agency

EPC – European Petrophysics Consortium (University of Leicester)

EPSP – Environmental Protection & Safety Panel

ESO – ECORD Science Operator

ESSAC – ECORD Science Support & Advisory Committee

HLAPC – Half-Length Advance Piston Corer

HRT – Hydraulic Release Tool

JAMSTEC – Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

J-DESC – Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium

JR – RV JOIDES Resolution

JRFB – JOIDES Resolution Facilities Board

JRSO – JOIDES Resolution Science Operator

ICDP – International Continental Scientific Drilling Program

IODP – International Ocean Drilling Programme (2025 - present); International Ocean Discovery Program (2014-2024); Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003-2013)

MARUM - Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften (Bremen University)

MEXT – Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)

MSP – Mission Specific Platform

NSF – National Science Foundation (USA)

ODP – Ocean Drilling Program

PMO – Program Member offices

PSS – Petrophysics Summer School

SaDR – Sample and data Requests Database

SEDIS – Scientific Earth Drilling System

SEP – Science Evaluation Panel

SSDB – Site Survey Data Bank

TAMU – Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)

UK-IODP PAG – UK-IODP Program Advisory Group

XCB – Extended Core Barrel