Abstract
The term ‘geostatistics’ has been associated most frequently with the theory and methods primarily developed by Matheron and others at the Centre de Morphologie Mathématique in Fontainebleau, France. It consists essentially of a set of theoretical ideas known as ‘regionalised variable theory’ and a variety of practical descriptive and estimation techniques derived from them. It is impossible to present a full account of regionalised variable theory and its applications in a single chapter; by now there are a number of excellent books on the subject, including both introductory and advanced treatments of the subject. Sources which are particularly recommended are the books by Clark (1979), Rendu (1978) — both very approachable introductions; David (1977), Journel and Huijbregts (1978); and in French, Guillaume (1977). The definitive work, which laid the foundations of regionalised variable theory, is the two volume Traité de Géostatistique Appliquée, by Matheron (1962, 1963).
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Henley, S. (1981). Geostatistics. In: Nonparametric Geostatistics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8117-1_2
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