Towards stochastic time-varying geological modeling

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-569

  Caumon, Guillaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Geomodeling; Geostatistics; Inverse methods; Structural restoration; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EARTH; GEOSTATISTICS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954088876     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-010-9280-y     Document Type: Article

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