A geostatistical approach to predicting sulfur content in the Pittsburgh coal bed

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-22

  Watson, William D ^a   Ruppert, Leslie F ^b   Bragg, Linda J ^b   Tewalt, Susan J ^b  

^a Energy Information Administration   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison with mine data; Geostatistical analysis; Kriging; Pittsburgh coal bed; Statistical precision

Indexed keywords

COAL BEDS;

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SULFUR;

COAL;

COAL MEASURES; COAL RANK; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; KRIGING; SULFUR;

EID: 0035667461     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(01)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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