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A
AOM - anaerobic oxidation of methane
a.sl. - above sea level
AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institute (for Polar and Marine Research)
B
b.sf. - below seafloor
b.sl. - below sea level
C
Carboniferous - Period in the palaeozoic era, ~360 - 280 Ma
E
ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, California)
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GeoEcoMar - National Institute of Marine Geology and GeoEcology, Bucharest, Romania
GEUS - Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelske)
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HMMV - Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano
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IMS - Internet Map Server
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MdC - Methane derived Carbonates
MPI - Max-Planck Institute
MV - Mud volcano
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OM - organic matter
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pers. comm. - personal communication
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Rotliegendes - Period in the palaeozoic era, stratigraphic name (german origin) of the Lower Permian in NW-Europe, ~290 - 270 Ma
RV - Research Vessel
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SCOPE -Scientific cooperation on sustainable water management in agricultural areas around St. Petersburg
SedRate - Sedimentation rate
s.l. - sensu lato; in the wide sense
SGD - submarine groundwater discharge
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TOC - total organic carbon / or: table of contents (in GIS-Software for example)
U
UKOOA - United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
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VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language
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Zechstein - Period in the palaeozoic era, stratigraphic name (german origin) of the Upper Permian in NW-Europe, ~270 - 250 Ma
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Prof. Dr. M. Schlüter /
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