Local and spatial joint frequency uncertainty and its application to rock mass characterisation

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-688

  Ellefmo, Steinar L ^a   Eidsvik, Jo ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Iron ore; Joint frequency; Rock mass classification

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; FREQUENCY DATA; GAUSSIAN VARIABLES; GAUSSIANS; GEOSTATISTICS; JOINT FREQUENCY; KEY ISSUES; KRIGING; POISSON SAMPLING; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY MAPS; ROCK MASS; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; SPATIAL JOINT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY PROBLEM; TURNING BAND METHODS;

IRON ORES; MINING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; IRON ORE; JOINT; KRIGING; MINING; POISSON RATIO; PROBABILITY; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TUNNELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68949216299     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-008-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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