Comparison of indicator kriging, conditional indicator simulation and multiple-point statistics used to model slate deposits

Engineering Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 50-59

  Bastante, F G ^a   Ordonez C ^a   Taboada, J ^a   Matias J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; Geostatistics; Indicator kriging; Mining resource evaluation; Multiple point statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; STATISTICS;

CONDITIONAL SIMULATION; GEOSTATISTICS; INDICATOR KRIGING; MINING RESOURCE EVALUATION; MULTIPLE-POINT STATISTICS; SLATE DEPOSITS;

MINING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MINERALIZATION; MINING; SLATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 41449102583     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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