[ai-geostats] Re: Kriging Small Blocks

2004-07-19 Thread Isobel Clark
Jul The warning about kriging small blocks is about "small" relative to the sampling density. For example, less than about one-third of the grid spacing. The warning is the same as the one about 'point' kriging (mapping) The map is too smooth - or, at least, a lot smoother than the real surface

RE: [ai-geostats] Fractals & Semivariance

2004-07-19 Thread Gregoire Dubois
Title: Message Hello Syed,   I was hoping a reply from you :)   I didn't think about the problematic of anisotropy and the potential use of ratios of fractal dimensions. It might be worth some further investigation.   The physical meaning of fractals derived from directional variograms i

[ai-geostats] sand channel modeling

2004-07-19 Thread Shazly, Salah DSC92
  Hi All,   I am at the beginning of modelling fluvial sand channels using subsurface well data (logs &cores). I would appreciate if you could send me some tips on the optimum way to do this using object modelling and indicator techniques. Are there any published work dealing with the ge

Re: [ai-geostats] sand channel modeling

2004-07-19 Thread Oriol Falivene
Object-based models where first applied to fluvial channels, becouse the "simplicity" of their geometries, there is a lot of papers published regarding this subject: Journel, A. G., R. Gundeso, E. Gringarten, and T. Yao. 1998. Stochastic modelling of a fluvial reservoir: a comparative review of

[ai-geostats] Re: Kriging Small Blocks

2004-07-19 Thread Isobel Clark
Nicolau I was talking about kriging before cutoff is applied. If the cutoff is applied to the block estimates my comments stand. If you aply the cutoff to your data first and then krige, you get the opposite problem, because you will over-estimate every value and under-estimate the tonnage. My po

Re: [ai-geostats] Sample sizes for point pattern analyses

2004-07-19 Thread Joseph Le Cuziat
Dear Mike. In point pattern analysis, your sample is supposed to be a homogeneous thinning of a more global underlying point process, and is therefore expected to share same characteristics. Usually Monte Carlo simulations are involved to test null hypothesis. The less point you have the less rob

Re: [ai-geostats] a questions of using GSTAT to do Gaussian Conditional Simulation!

2004-07-19 Thread Edzer J. Pebesma
Feng Liu wrote: Hi, Dear List:   I am trying to use Gstat to do Gaussian Conditional Simulation on my soil C content data. I got 3 questions as following:   1. If I use "set nsim=100" to do 100 times simulation, does the simulations follow a single random path or they w

RE: [ai-geostats] Re: Kriging Small Blocks

2004-07-19 Thread Edward Isaaks
Hi I think the discussion below is missing some key points: 1. If the individual block estimates are to be used for actual selection at the time of mining, then conditional bias will impact the predicted recoveries and should be minimized. 2. However, if the block model is to be used for long term

[ai-geostats] Re: Kriging Small Blocks

2004-07-19 Thread Isobel Clark
Ed I would differ from your explanation on one point. If you are merely declaring a mineral resource, i.e. mineral in the ground, then the conditional bias may not be relevant at the "pre feasibility" stage. However, as soon as you introduce any economic or technical parameters which entail sel

Re: [ai-geostats] Fractals & Semivariance

2004-07-19 Thread Syed Abdul Rahman Shibli
Gregoire, To be honest I have never attempted this, although as you said the angular tolerance, bandwidth, and lag tolerance will ultimately determine whether the directional fractal dimensions can be averaged to give an "omnidirectional" dimension, D. I would argue that two directional variogram

RE: [ai-geostats] Re: Kriging Small Blocks

2004-07-19 Thread Edward Isaaks
Hi Isabel If you go to www.isaaks.com and click on "Otherstuff", you will find an example where the block estimates are conditionally biased (rather severely), but the grade tonnage curves are right on the money. Perhaps this will help clear the confusion. Ed -Original Message- From: Isob