Spatial prediction of seabed sediment texture classes by cokriging from a legacy database of point observations

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 281, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-49

  Lark, R M ^a   Dove, D ^a   Green, S L ^a   Richardson, A E ^a   Stewart, H ^a   Stevenson, A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cokriging; Compositional data; Habitat mapping; Seabed sediment; Texture classes

Indexed keywords

CO-KRIGING; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; FINE GRIDS; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; HABITAT MAPPING; LEGACY DATA; LEGACY DATABASE; LINEAR MODEL OF COREGIONALIZATION; MAXIMUM PROBABILITY; MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION; RAPID MAPPING; REMAPPING; SEABED SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL PREDICTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; UK CONTINENTAL SHELVES; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES; VARIOGRAMS;

FORECASTING; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATABASE; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEXTURE; VARIOGRAM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868303068     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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