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The critical and indispensable role played by the massive data bases of the South African gold mines in the birth and early development of geostatistics is covered briefly. The continuation of this role throughout and particularly during the last decade is dealt with in more detail. It is shown how this has led to the development of new distribution models and also to studies of the regional variations in the parameters of the distributions and spatial models concerned. The presence of spatial structures for the parameters as such, is also studied. Based on these studies, the advantages of applying Bayesian principles via macro-kriging are demonstrated. Regional studies of the available massive data bases are continuing and will inevitably contribute to further developments.
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Krige, D.G., Dohm, C.E. (1994). The Role of Massive Grade Data Bases in Geostatistical Applications in South African Gold Mines. In: Dimitrakopoulos, R. (eds) Geostatistics for the Next Century. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0824-9_7
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