Andre Journel
The Donald and Donald M. Steel Professor of Earth Sciences, Emeritus
Energy Science & Engineering
Web page: http://web.stanford.edu/people/journel
Administrative Appointments
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Mining Project Engineer, Centre de Morphologie Mathematique (1969 - 1973)
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Maitre de Recherches, Centre de Geostatistique Paris School of Mines (1973 - 1978)
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Visiting Associate Professor of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1978 - 1979)
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Associate Professor of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1979 - 1986)
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Chairman Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1986 - 1992)
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Professor of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1987 - 1992)
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Professor of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University (1992 - 2010)
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Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University (1992 - 2010)
Honors & Awards
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Director, NATO Institute on Geostatistics (1983)
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Krumbein Medal, Mathematical Geology (1989)
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Opening Keynote Speaker, 23rd APCOM Congress (1992)
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Opening Keynote Speaker, Geostatistics for the Next Century Symposium (1993)
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Donald and Donald M. Steel Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1994)
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School of Earth Sciences Teaching Award, Stanford University (1995)
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Opening Keynote Speaker, 5th International Geostatistics Congress (1996)
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Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering (1998)
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Lucas Gold Medal, AIME/SPE (1998)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Scientific Committee, Geostatistics Congress (1980 - 2007)
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Admission Committee (G&ES), Stanford University (1982 - 1996)
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Week-long Geostatistics seminars, sponsored by academic institutions, attended by professionals from mining and petroleum industries, Stanford University (1983 - 2009)
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Chairman Applied Earth Sciences Dpt., Stanford University (1986 - 1992)
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Director, Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting, Stanford University (1986 - 2007)
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Associate Editor, Mathematical Geology (1989 - 2009)
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Admission Committee (PE), School Space Committee (1992 - 2000)
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Admission Committee (ERE), Stanford University (1997 - 2004)
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Editor, Applied Geostatistics Series, Oxford University Press (1997 - 2007)
Professional Education
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DSc, University of Nancy, Applied Math: Geostatistics (1977)
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DS2, University of Nancy, Ing. docteur (1974)
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B.S., Ecole Nat. Sup. Mines, Nancy, France, Mining Engineering (1967)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Research
I am interested in the process of building numerical models of the space-time distributed phenomena that are found in Earth sciences. How can such models integrate data of different sources, different scales and reliability, both hard and soft, and at the end provide a basis for a numerical assessment of the phenomenon being studied including space extrapolation and time prediction? The mathematics and algorithmic parts of the building process are of greater interest to me than any particular application, although any model must be judged by its applicability to real data and ability to solve real questions. Recent applications are in modeling hydrocarbon reservoirs, air pollution spread, and urban growth. For the last few years at Stanford I have been editing a major book, SGEMS: User’s Manual and Software, related to the new C++ freeware Stanford Geostatistical Earth Modeling Software. The book is authored by three of my students, Nicolas Remy, Alex Boucher, and Jianbing Wu, and was published by Cambridge U. Press (2008).
Teaching
As an emeritus each Spring quarter I teach an advanced PhD level seminar ERE240
Professional Activities
Election to the National Academy of Engineering (1998); director, Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting (1984-1997); editor-in-chief, Oxford Press Applied Geostatistics Series (until 2009); editorial board member, Mathematical Geology
All Publications
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A package for geostatistical integration of coarse and fine scale data
COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES
2009; 35 (3): 527-547
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.12.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000264464800009
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Fast FILTERSIM simulation with score-based distance
MATHEMATICAL GEOSCIENCES
2008; 40 (7): 773-788
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11004-008-9157-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000258760200003
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The nu expression for probabilistic data integration
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2007; 39 (8): 715-733
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11004-007-9117-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000251226800001
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Geostatistical integration of linear coarse scale and fine scale data
12th Conference of the International-Association-for-Mathematical-Geology
STATE KEY LABORATORY GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES & MINERAL RESOURCES (GPMR). 2007: 401–405
View details for Web of Science ID 000250473800101
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The necessity of a multiple-point prior model
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2006; 38 (5): 591-610
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11004-006-9031-2
View details for Web of Science ID 000242854000004
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Establishing spatial pattern correlations between water saturation time-lapse and seismic amplitude time-lapse
56th Annual Technical Meeting of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference
CANADIAN INST MINING METALLURGY PETROLEUM. 2006: 15–20
View details for Web of Science ID 000242651500005
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Linear inverse Gaussian theory and geostatistics
GEOPHYSICS
2006; 71 (6): R101-R111
View details for DOI 10.1190/1.2345195
View details for Web of Science ID 000242598600045
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A novel method for mapping land cover changes: Incorporating time and space with geostatistics
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
2006; 44 (11): 3427-3435
View details for DOI 10.1009/TGRS.2006.879113
View details for Web of Science ID 000241933600021
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Changing relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and key North Atlantic climate parameters
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2006; 33 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005GL024573
View details for Web of Science ID 000235361900003
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Filter-based classification of training image patterns for spatial simulation
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2006; 38 (1): 63-80
View details for DOI 10.1007/s11004-005-9004-x
View details for Web of Science ID 000238343600005
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Prediction of spatial patterns of saturation time-lapse from time-lapse seismic
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 671–680
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400068
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Roadblocks to the evaluation of ore reserves - The simulation overpass and putting more geology into numerical models of deposits
International Symposium on Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning
AUSTRALASIAN INST MINING & METALLURGY. 2005: 17–20
View details for Web of Science ID 000238645800003
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A workflow for multiple-point geostatistical simulation
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 245–254
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400025
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Early uncertainty assessment: Application to a hydrocarbon reservoir appraisal
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 551–557
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400056
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From maximum entropy to pattern reconstruction: the advent of multiple-point simulation
Annual Conference of the International-Association-for-Mathematical-Geology
YORK UNIV. 2005: 726–731
View details for Web of Science ID 000233264200122
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Beyond covariance: The advent of multiple-point geostattstics
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 225–233
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400023
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Sequential conditional simulation using classification of local training patterns
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 265–273
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400027
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Merging prior structural interpretation and local data: The Bayes updating of multiple-point statistics
Annual Conference of the International-Association-for-Mathematical-Geology
YORK UNIV. 2005: 615–620
View details for Web of Science ID 000233264200103
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Mapping land cover changes with landsat imagery and spatio-temporal geostatistics
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 809–818
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400084
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Evaluating information redundancy through the tau model
7th International Geostatistics Congress
SPRINGER. 2005: 1037–1046
View details for Web of Science ID 000234961400108
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Improving sequential simulation with a structured path guided by information content
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2004; 36 (8): 945-964
View details for Web of Science ID 000225219800004
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Uncertainty in N/G ratio in early reservoir development
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2004; 44 (1-2): 115-130
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.02.009
View details for Web of Science ID 000225118500009
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Spatial connectivity: From variograms to multiple-point measures
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2003; 35 (8): 915-925
View details for Web of Science ID 000188007100002
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Combining knowledge from diverse sources: An alternative to traditional data independence hypotheses
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2002; 34 (5): 573-596
View details for Web of Science ID 000176462300006
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The theoretical links between sequential Gaussian simulation, Gaussian truncated simulation, and probability field simulation
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2001; 33 (1): 31-40
View details for Web of Science ID 000171996600002
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Stochastic modeling of atmospheric pollution: a spatial time-series framework. Part II: application to monitoring monthly sulfate deposition over Europe
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
2001; 35 (13): 2339-2348
View details for Web of Science ID 000168491800010
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Stochastic modeling of atmospheric pollution: a spatial time-series framework. Part I: methodology
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
2001; 35 (13): 2331-2337
View details for Web of Science ID 000168491800009
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Geostatistical quantification of geological information for a fluvial-type North Sea reservoir
1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
SOC PETROLEUM ENG. 2000: 457–67
View details for Web of Science ID 000089915600011
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Correcting the smoothing effect of estimators: A spectral postprocessor
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
2000; 32 (7): 787-813
View details for Web of Science ID 000088927500002
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Integrating seismic attribute maps and well logs for porosity modeling in a west Texas carbonate reservoir: addressing the scale and precision problem
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2000; 28 (1-2): 65-79
View details for Web of Science ID 000089265900005
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Markov models for cross-covariances
11th Annual Meeting of the Stanford-Center-for-Reservoir-Forecasting
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. 1999: 955–64
View details for Web of Science ID 000083115000002
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Conditioning geostatistical operations to nonlinear volume averages
11th Annual Meeting of the Stanford-Center-for-Reservoir-Forecasting
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. 1999: 931–53
View details for Web of Science ID 000083115000001
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Conditional 3D simulation of lithofacies with 2D seismic data
COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES
1999; 25 (7): 845-862
View details for Web of Science ID 000082196400012
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Geostatistical space-time models: A review
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1999; 31 (6): 651-684
View details for Web of Science ID 000080738300002
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An expanded GSLIB cokriging program allowing for two Markov models
COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES
1999; 25 (6): 627-639
View details for Web of Science ID 000081705100002
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Scale matching with factorial kriging for improved porosity estimation from seismic data
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1999; 31 (1): 23-46
View details for Web of Science ID 000078380100002
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Deriving constraints on small-scale variograms due to variograms of large-scale data
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1998; 30 (7): 837-852
View details for Web of Science ID 000076364700005
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Stochastic modelling of a fluvial reservoir: a comparative review of algorithms
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
1998; 21 (1-2): 95-121
View details for Web of Science ID 000075699200007
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Automatic modeling of (cross) covariance tables using fast Fourier transform
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1998; 30 (6): 589-615
View details for Web of Science ID 000074914200002
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Deterministic geostatistics: A new visit
Wollongong 96 International Geostatistical Congress
SPRINGER. 1997: 292–301
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BH83F00025
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Geostatistical analysis of a soil salinity data set
ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY, VOL 58
1997; 58: 241-292
View details for Web of Science ID 000072973000006
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Deriving conditional distributions from ordinary kriging
Wollongong 96 International Geostatistical Congress
SPRINGER. 1997: 92–102
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BH83F00008
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Rank order geostatistics: A proposal for a unique coding and common processing of diverse data
Wollongong 96 International Geostatistical Congress
SPRINGER. 1997: 174–87
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BH83F00015
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The abuse of principles in model building and the quest for objectivity
Wollongong 96 International Geostatistical Congress
SPRINGER. 1997: 3–14
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BH83F00001
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Conditional simulation of geologically averaged block permeabilities
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
1996; 183 (1-2): 23-35
View details for Web of Science ID A1996UU52800004
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INTEGRATING SOIL MAP INFORMATION IN MODELING THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF CONTINUOUS SOIL PROPERTIES
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
1995; 46 (3): 397-414
View details for Web of Science ID A1995TC96700008
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HISTOGRAM AND SCATTERGRAM SMOOTHING USING CONVEX QUADRATIC-PROGRAMMING
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1995; 27 (1): 83-103
View details for Web of Science ID A1995QN72000006
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Unsmoothed estimation with dense secondary information using probability field technique
3rd Canadian Conference on Computer Applications in the Mineral Industry (CAMI 95)
MCGILL UNIV. 1995: 95–102
View details for Web of Science ID A1995BG01C00011
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JOINT SIMULATION OF MULTIPLE-VARIABLES WITH A MARKOV-TYPE COREGIONALIZATION MODEL
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1994; 26 (5): 565-588
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PQ38600003
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THE USE OF CONDITIONAL SIMULATION IN NUCLEAR-WASTE-SITE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT - DISCUSSION
TECHNOMETRICS
1994; 36 (2): 149-150
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NH52200005
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POSTERIOR IDENTIFICATION OF HISTOGRAMS CONDITIONAL TO LOCAL DATA
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1994; 26 (3): 323-359
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NU02100003
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CONDITIONAL FBM SIMULATION WITH DUAL KRIGING
International Forum in Honour of Michel Davids Contribution to Geostatistics: Geostatistics for the Next Century
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL. 1994: 407–421
View details for Web of Science ID A1994BA03E00044
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MODELING UNCERTAINTY - SOME CONCEPTUAL THOUGHTS
International Forum in Honour of Michel Davids Contribution to Geostatistics: Geostatistics for the Next Century
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL. 1994: 30–43
View details for Web of Science ID A1994BA03E00005
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ENTROPY AND SPATIAL DISORDER
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1993; 25 (3): 329-355
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LA48200004
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STOCHASTIC IMAGING OF THE WILMINGTON CLASTIC SEQUENCE
SPE FORMATION EVALUATION
1993; 8 (1): 33-40
View details for Web of Science ID A1993KV43700005
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GEOSTATISTICAL TOOLS FOR MODELING AND INTERPRETING ECOLOGICAL SPATIAL DEPENDENCE
ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
1992; 62 (2): 277-314
View details for Web of Science ID A1992HV57100005
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PREDICTION OF UNCERTAINTY IN RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE FORECAST
JOURNAL OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
1992; 31 (4): 52-62
View details for Web of Science ID A1992HJ49900009
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INDICATOR PRINCIPAL COMPONENT KRIGING
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1991; 23 (5): 759-788
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FV79900005
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SIMULATION OF NON-GAUSSIAN SPACE RANDOM FUNCTIONS FOR MODELING TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
1991; 27 (7): 1711-1721
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FV77700032
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MIXTURE OF POPULATIONS
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1991; 23 (4): 647-671
View details for Web of Science ID A1991FQ56600009
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CHARACTERISTIC BEHAVIOR AND ORDER RELATIONS FOR INDICATOR VARIOGRAMS
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1990; 22 (8): 1011-1025
View details for Web of Science ID A1990EH93400006
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VARIOGRAMS WITH ZONAL ANISOTROPIES AND NONINVERTIBLE KRIGING SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1990; 22 (7): 779-785
View details for Web of Science ID A1990EB46200003
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NEW METHOD FOR RESERVOIR MAPPING
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY
1990; 42 (2): 212-218
View details for Web of Science ID A1990CN23800010
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WHEN DO WE NEED A TREND MODEL IN KRIGING
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1989; 21 (7): 715-739
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AU11600005
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Non-Gaussian data expansion in the Earth Sciences
TERRA NOVA
1989; 1 (2): 123-134
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1989.tb00344.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000209561200005
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NEW DISTANCE MEASURES - THE ROUTE TOWARD TRULY NON-GAUSSIAN GEOSTATISTICS
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1988; 20 (4): 459-475
View details for Web of Science ID A1988N893400010
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CONSTRAINED INTERPOLATION AND QUALITATIVE INFORMATION - THE SOFT KRIGING APPROACH
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1986; 18 (3): 269-305
View details for Web of Science ID A1986A745200001
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GEOSTATISTICS - MODELS AND TOOLS FOR THE EARTH-SCIENCES
MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1986; 18 (1): 119-140
View details for Web of Science ID A1986AYQ0400006
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THE DETERMINISTIC SIDE OF GEOSTATISTICS
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1985; 17 (1): 1-15
View details for Web of Science ID A1985ACC0900001
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RECOVERABLE RESERVES ESTIMATION - THE GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH
MINING ENGINEERING
1985; 37 (6): 563-568
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AKP4500014
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NEW WAYS OF ASSESSING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF POLLUTANTS
ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES
1984; 267: 109-118
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TU68300012
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NATO INSTITUTE MEETS ON GEOSTATISTICS
GEOTIMES
1984; 29 (3): 11-12
View details for Web of Science ID A1984SJ12400010
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CONDITIONAL INDICATOR SIMULATION - APPLICATION TO A SASKATCHEWAN URANIUM DEPOSIT
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1984; 16 (7): 685-718
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TQ45900003
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NONPARAMETRIC-ESTIMATION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1983; 15 (3): 445-468
View details for Web of Science ID A1983QV16700003
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ANISOTROPIC HOLE-EFFECT MODELING
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1982; 14 (3): 217-239
View details for Web of Science ID A1982NQ51800002
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PREDICTION OF LOCAL ORE RECOVERIES AND ORE-WASTE RATIOS AT THE SILVER BELL URANIUM-MINE
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1982; 14 (6): 645-660
View details for Web of Science ID A1982PW73700008
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THE LOGNORMAL APPROACH TO PREDICTING LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SELECTIVE MINING UNIT GRADES
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY
1980; 12 (4): 285-303
View details for Web of Science ID A1980KQ85500002
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GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION .6. METHODS FOR EXPLORATION AND MINE PLANNING
E&MJ-ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL
1979; 180 (12): 86-91
View details for Web of Science ID A1979HY21200005