A treatise on the use of geostatistics for the characterization of nonrenewable resources |
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| Authors: | James R Carr |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Mail Stop 168, 89557-0138 Reno, Nevada, USA |
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| Abstract: | Five decades of geostatistical development are reviewed to summarize the state of the art for spatial interpolation vis-à-vis kriging or a form thereof. Although a search of the literature reveals a variety of kriging methods, there are but two infrastructures for geostatistical interpolation: simple cokriging, for estimating a single variable using two variables, and generalized cokriging, for estimating one or more variables using the same number of variables that are estimated. The many forms of kriging are varieties of these two interpolation infrastructures. This notion is emphasized to aid the selection of an appropriate interpolation model for a nonrenewable resource. These models are discussed, and literature for the models and for applicable software is cited. Additionally, all aspects of spatial interpolation are discussed, including the adequacy of spatial sampling, distribution characteristics of spatial samples, semivariograms, search parameters, and selection of interpolation models in conformance with spatial data characteristics. Finally, the relationship between interpolation and raster-based geographic information systems is emphasized. |
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| Keywords: | Nonrenewable resources Geostatistics Interpolation Spatial structure Geographic information systems |
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