DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT
ACRONYMS USED FOR WIRELINE SCHLUMBERGER (SLB) TOOLS
| BHC | Borehole Compensated Sonic Tool | 
| CNL | Compensated Neutron Log | 
| DIL | Dual Induction Log | 
| DLL | Dual Laterolog | 
| EL | Electrical Log (Normal 16", Normal 64", Lateral 18'8") | 
| FDC | Formation Density Compensated Tool | 
| GGD | Gamma-Gamma Density Tool | 
| GNT | Gamma-Neutron Tool | 
| GR | Natural Gamma Ray Tool | 
| HRT | High Resolution Temperature Log | 
| IEL | Induction Electrical Log (Normal 16", R6FF40) | 
| ISF | Induction Spherically Focused Tool | 
| LL3 | Laterolog 3 | 
| LL8 | Laterolog 8 | 
| LSS | Long Spacing Sonic Tool | 
| MCD | Mechanical Caliper Device | 
| NGT | Natural Gamma Ray Spectrometry Tool | 
| SP | Spontaneous Potential | 
ACRONYMS USED FOR WIRELINE GEARHART-OWEN TOOLS
| BHC | Borehole Compensated Sonic Tool | 
| CL | Caliper Log | 
| CDL | Compensated Density Log | 
| GR | Natural Gamma Ray Tool | 
| IEL | Induction Electrical Log (Normal 16", R6FF40) | 
| LL3 | Laterolog 3 | 
| NL | Neutron Log | 
| TEMP | Temperature Tool | 
ACRONYMS USED FOR WIRELINE DRESSER ATLAS TOOLS
| AL | Acoustic Log | 
| CL | Caliper Log | 
| EL | Electrical Log (Normal 16", Normal 64", Lateral 18'8") | 
| SP | Spontaneous Potential | 
ACRONYMS USED FOR WIRELINE WELEX TOOLS
| EL | Electrical Log (Normal 16", Normal 64", Lateral 18'8) | 
| SP | Spontaneous Potential | 
OTHER TOOLS
  
| MAGN | Russian Magnetometer/Susceptibility Tool | 
ACRONYMS AND UNITS USED FOR DATA CHANNELS
| ASN | EL Amplified Short Normal (Ωm) | 
| CALI | CL/MCD Caliper (in) | 
| CGR | NGT Computed (Th+K) Gamma Ray (API units) | 
| CILD | IEL Deep Induction Conductivity (mS/m). Used for the conductivity from the IEL tool (mS/m) | 
| COND | LL3/LL8 Conductivity (mS/m) (for compatibility with more recent software) | 
| CS | Cable Speed (m/hr) | 
| DIFF | Mean-Median Difference, computed (μs/ft) | 
| DRHO | CDL/FDC Bulk Density Correction (g/cm3) | 
| DT | BHC/AL Transit Time in BHC (μs/ft) | 
| DT | LSS Short Spacing Transit Time (10'-8' spacing; μs/ft) | 
| DTL | LSS Long Spacing Transit Time (12'-10' spacing; μs/ft) | 
| ETIM | Elapsed Time (s) | 
| FCNL | CNL Far Detector Count Rate (cps) | 
| GR | GR/GNT Natural Gamma Ray (API units) | 
| GRAD | Temperature Gradient (mK/m) | 
| HX | MAGN X-component of the magnetic field (γ or nT) | 
| HY | MAGN Y-component of the magnetic field (γ or nT) | 
| IL | IEL Induction Resistivity from IEL tool (Ωm) | 
| ILD | DIL Deep Resistivity (Ωm) | 
| ILM | DIL Medium Resistivity (Ωm) | 
| ITT | LSS Integrated Transit Time (s) | 
| LL3 | LL3 Laterolog (Ωm) | 
| LL8 | LL8 Laterolog (Ωm) | 
| LLD | DLL Laterolog Deep (Ωm). Sometimes used instead of LL3. | 
| LLS | DLL Laterolog Shallow (Ωm) | 
| MEAN | Mean Transit Time, computed (μs/ft) | 
| MEDIAN | Median Transit Time, computed (μs/ft) | 
| NCNL | CNL Near Detector Count Rate (cps) | 
| NPHI | CNL Neutron Porosity (%) | 
| PEF | CDL Photoelectric Effect (barns/e-) | 
| POINTS | Number of Transmitter-Receiver Pairs Used in the Sonic processing | 
| POTA | NGT Potassium (wet wt. %) | 
| RIL | IEL Induction Resistivity from IEL tool (alternate name for IL; Ωm) | 
| RHOB | CDL/FDC Bulk Density (g/cm3) | 
| RNEU | GNT/NL Raw Neutron (API units) | 
| RRHO | GGD Raw Density (cps) | 
| SFLU | DIL /ISF Spherically Focused Log (Ωm) | 
| SGR | NGT Standard (Total) Gamma Ray (API units) | 
| SN | IEL Short Normal (Ωm) | 
| SP | SP Spontaneous Potential (mV) | 
| SUSC | MAGN Magnetic Susceptibility (x 4π x 10-6 SI) | 
| TEMP | HRT/TEMP Temperature (°C) | 
| TENS | Tension (lb) | 
| THOR | NGT Thorium (ppm) | 
| TT1 | LSS Transit Time (10' spacing; μs) | 
| TT2 | LSS Transit Time (8' spacing; μs | 
| TT3 | LSS Transit Time (12' spacing; μs) | 
| TT4 | LSS Transit Time (10' spacing; μs) | 
| URAN | NGT Uranium (ppm) | 
| VP | BHC/AL Compressional Wave Velocity (km/s), computed from DT | 
| VP1 | Compressional Wave Velocity (LSS Short Spacing or Mean Transit Time; km/s) | 
| VP2 | Compressional Wave Velocity (LSS Long Spacing or Median Transit Time; km/s) | 
| Z | MAGN Vertical component of the magnetic field (γ or nT) | 
| Any missing SLB acronyms could be found at SLB's Curve Mnemonic Dictionary |