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Acronyms
Pages 153-154

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... ESNL Earth Science Natural Laboratory FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency GCM global circulation model GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment G&P Geology and Paleontology (NSF) GPS Global Positioning System GSN Global Seismic Network ICPMS inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry I&F Instrumentation and Facilities (NSF)
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... NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program NIH National Institutes of Health NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation OCE Ocean Sciences Division (NSF) PBO Plate Boundary Observatory PI principal investigator R&D research and development REU Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF)
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  • hazards reduction
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  • cycle experiment

  • inductively coupled
  • seismographic network
  • fault observatory
  • global energy
  • national earthquake

  • research equipment
  • seismic network
  • plasma mass
  • british thermal
  • global circulation

  • emergency management
  • mars global
  • science natural
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  • ban treaty

  • federal emergency
  • reduction program
  • coupled plasma
  • standardized seismographic
  • boundary observatory


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