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Open-File Report 2014-1079

Sediment Data Collected March 2012 to July 2013 from Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Acronyms, Abbreviations, And Symbols


ACRONYM OR
ABBREVIATION
DEFINITION
°C Degree Celsius
ρ Density
% Percent
Φ Phi Particle Size Scale
φ Porosity
θ Water Content
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
Be-7 Beryllium-7
BIER Barrier Island Evolution Research
Bi-214 Bismuth-214
cm Centimeter
cc, cm3 Cubic Centimeter
CMGP Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Cs-137 Cesium-137
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
FAN Field Activity Number
FL Florida
g Gram
GPS Global Positioning System
H2O2 Hydrogen Peroxide
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ID Identification
Inc. Incorporated
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
K-40 Potassium-40
kb Kilobyte
keV Kiloelectron Volt
km Kilometer
Lc Critical Level
LOI Loss On Ignition
Mb Megabyte
m Meter
µm Micron
mL Milliliter
mm Millimeter
NAD83 North American Datum of 1983
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
ND Not Detected
OM Organic Matter
Pb-210 Lead-210
Pb-214 Lead-214
pCi Picocurie
PDF Portable Document Format
Ra-226 Radium-226
s Second
SPCMSC Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Th-234 Thorium-234
U-238 Uranium-238
USGS United States Geological Survey
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

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