Description: "Geostatistics is the application of the formalism of random functions to the reconnaissance and estimation of natural phenomena." With this definition, G. Matheron introduced the term geostatistics in 1962 to describe a scientific approach to evaluation problems in geology and mining, from ore reserve estimation to grade control. This approach provides, in application, a coherent and efficent set of techniques enabling the geologist, mining engineer or metallurgist to use available information and obtain more accurate estimates. This book, the first complete reference work on the subject of mining geostatistics, is an attempt to synthesize the practical experience gained by researchers from the Centre de Morphologie Matheematique of Fontainebleau, France, and by mining engineers and geologists all over the world who have contributed their ideas to the question. It is designed for students and engineers who wish to apply geostatistics to practical problems occurring in progressing from the simplest to the most complicated: structual analysis, guiding exploration, estimation of in situ resources and recoverable reserves, numerical models of deposits, simulation of mining and homogenization processes, ore grade control at production. An large number of case studies. As an aid to the reader, each chapter starts with a summary of contents, and there is a guide to the notation used. The book is written by practising and experienced mining engineers for the benefit of other practitioners, and should become the standard reference text for the field during the 1980's. It is intended for the mining industry at the exploration and project level; for university departments of mining, geology and mineralogy; and also for the postgraduate student in a number of related fields such as geophysics, meterology, geochemistry, bathymetry and geological engineering.

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