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Explanation of various abbreviations used in the Granth
Abbreviation 14C
A.D AAR
ARIF
B.C B.P. bya (Ga ago) byr (Ga) C.E CAF CAS CRN DFG ELA GHz
GPR
GPS IRS ITP ITSZ JCA KMY KS kya (ka ago) kyr (ka) L.D. Inst. LGM LIA MBT MCT MFT MHz MIS MSL MWP mya (Ma ago) myr (Ma) SASM Tip
Explanation Carbon (Dating) After Christ Birth Accumulation Area Ratio Ashtapad Research International Foundation Before Christ Birth Before Present Billion Years Ago Billion Years Common Era Coalescing alluvial fans Chinese Academy of Sciences Cosmogenic Radio-Nuclide A German Research Foundation Equilibrium Line Altitude Gigahertz Ground Penetrating Radar Ground Positioning System Indian Remote-Sensing Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone Jain Center of America Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Kailash Stage Thousand Years Ago Thousand Years Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology Last Glacial Maximum Little Ice Age Main Boundary Thrust Main Central Thrust Main Frontal Thrust Megahertz Marine Isotopic Stage Mean Sea Level Medieval Warm Period Million Years Ago Million Years South Asian Summer Monsoon Tibetan Plateau
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