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Subject: sci.geo.geology FAQ 4/5 Glossary
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 11:34:34 EDT
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sci.geo.geology FAQ 4/5 Glossary
[This glossary tries to not only define terms and abbreviations used in the
FAQ but also common terms used in s.g.g. discussions. If posts in s.g.g.
contain terms you don't understand and they aren't in this glossary or in a
dictionary of geology please e-mail me. Thank you, Spencer]
COGS - Computer Oriented Geological Society
DEM - Digital Elevation Models
DLG - Digital Line Graph, USGS Digital Map Data Format
DTM - Digital Terrain Models
E&P - Exploration & Production (for and of petroleum)
GAC - Geological Association of Canada
GPS - Global Positioning System
GSA - Geological Society of America
GSC - Geological Survey of Canada
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language used with World-Wide-Web
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol used by World-Wide-Web
IAMG - International Association for Mathematical Geology
K/T - Cretaceous/Tertiary
Ma - millions of years before present
OGS - Ontario Geological Survey
pC - Precambrian
SDTS - Spatial Data Transfer Standard
TOC - total organic carbon
URL - Unique Resource Locator for the World-Wide-Web
USGS - United States Geological Survey
WWSSN - World Wide Standard Seismograph Network. A network of 70 or so
stations set up largely with US Defense funding in the sixties.
World Wide Web - kind of like a multi-media gopher (but with some
WWW significant differences in operation).
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