| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| SPPIM | South Pacific Plume Imaging and Modeling |
| SPT | Standard Penetration Test |
| SR | Shear Rate |
| SRBB | South Range Breccia Belt |
| SRD | Sharp-Rimmed Depression |
| SRM | shock remanent magnetization |
| SS | Stone Size |
| SSBB | South Side Buffalo Bayou |
| SSDB | Sub-Surface Data Base |
| SSP | South Sea Pearl |
| SSPA | Standing Stone, Pennsylvania, USA seismic station |
| SSPM | Sierra San Pedro Martir |
| SSTR | SubSurface technical review |
| STE | Solar Thermal Electricity |
| STM | Single Theodolite Module |
| STOIIP | Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place |
| STOOIP | Stock Tank Original Oil In Place |
| STT | Silt Tech Tool |
| SUDS | Seismic Unified Data System |
| SVE | Société Volcanologique Européenne |