Geostatistics. A colloquium / Геостатистика. Коллоквиум

Although geologists have used statistical analysis in their research for many years, only recently has geostatistics, as a creative tool in the geosciences, received the attention it deserves. Even now many geologists are unaware of the tremendous power statistical methods offer. Today earth scientists can use summary statistics for large data bases, frequency distributions, sampling designs and problems, and applications of stochastic models and use them in dynamic ways for research and developm·ent. Providing the foundation for a new discipline, this volume explores some assumptions, limitations, and applications of statistical geology and geostatistics. The editor has been a pioneer in organizing interdisciplinary colloquia and research; his previous volume Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences, the first volume in this series, examines the use of computers in the various branches of geoscience and provides the necessary transition for the application in the new field of geostatistics. Together, these volumes establish a clearly defined relationship between quantitative methods and the earth sciences, thus providing guidance for future research. By placing a continuation orderfor books in this series, the geoscientist is assured delivery of this and other volumes immediately upon publication. <...>