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Select a letter from the list below to view glossary terms, acronyms/abbreviations, chemicals, and units of measure.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O º P R S T U V W X Y Μ
s
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
SAGD
Salt
Sandstone
Savannah
scf
Scrubbers
SDWA
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
Sedges
Sediment
Sedimentary rock
Sedimentation
Seeps
Seismic
Sensitive species
Seral
SFC
Shake-down tests
Shale oil
Shortite
SHPO
Shrub Steppe
Silt
Siltation
Siltstone
SIP
Slash
Sludge
SMA
SMP
SO2
Solid Waste Disposal Act
Sound pressure level
SOx
Special areas
Special Recreation Management Areas (SRMAs)
Special Status species
Species of Special Concern
Spent shale
Split estate lands
Spoilbank
SPR
SRMA
SSI
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Steppe
Stipulation
Strata
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
Stratification
Stratigraphy, subsurface
STSA
Subalpine
Substation
Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
Sulfur oxides (SOx)
Surface mining
Surface retorting
Surface water
SWCA
Switchgear
SWPPP
Syncline
Syncrude


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