Kriging regionalized positive variables revisited: Sample space and scale considerations

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 529-558

  Tolosana Delgado, Raimon ^a   Pawlowsky Glahn, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Block kriging; Lognormal kriging; Normal kriging; Positive data

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; RANDOM VARIABLES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 35248874732     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-007-9107-7     Document Type: Article

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